Protecting Those Who Protect Human Rights: Opportunities and Risks for Action at the UN
…for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms through peaceful means. The instrument also recognizes the key role of human rights defenders in the realization of the…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, June 2025
Dear Friend, As assessments of the damage from June’s Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites continue to swirl, the nuclear security and nonproliferation community once again wrestles with…
Bringing the Back-End to the Forefront
…Nuclear Graphite Knowledge Base, last modified 2020, accessed October 9, 2020, https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/graphiteknowledgebase/wiki/Guide_to_Graphite/Other%20Designs%20of%20Nuclear%20Power%20Stations.aspx SNF arises in the form of spent fuel elements and cladding in cylindrical “bundles,” which are smaller and…
What’s New on the Mekong Dam Monitor
…dam location on the map. Scroll below the operating curves to see the most recent satellite image of a dam or river site. Use the pull-down menus to compare two…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, November 2023
…that neither side should fire at, or from, a nuclear facility, and should not use nuclear sites as a base for large-scale military equipment and weapons. Both sides have accused…
New Warhead Designs
…low yield.” Concerning plutonium-pit production, Dr. Foster recommends that Livermore and Los Alamos compete in the design of modular production and, “when satisfactory performance has been demonstrated, deploy enough modules to…
New Warhead Designs
…Foster recommends that Livermore and Los Alamos compete in the design of modular production and, “when satisfactory performance has been demonstrated, deploy enough modules to produce say 100/yr and then…
Biden’s Foreign Policy Legacy: A Troubled Interregnum
…make the world safe for authoritarians. Blinken says that while the United States “has been clear that it does not seek bloc confrontation, choices these revisionist powers make mean we…