Spent Nuclear Fuel in India
Highlights 11,187.41 MTU spent nuclear fuel in storage (2016) 28,642.82 MTU* spent nuclear fuel projected by 2050 1969 First year of commercial nuclear operation 22 operating nuclear power reactors 5…
Spent Nuclear Fuel in Russia
Highlights 22,449 metric tons spent nuclear fuel in storage (2016) 69,875 metric tons spent nuclear fuel projected by 2050 1964 First year of commercial nuclear operation 38 operating nuclear power…
The US-India 123 Agreement: From Bad to Worse
…Intent: 123 Agreement: Fuel Assurances: “ …civil nuclear assistance to India will not directly, or in any other way, assist India’s nuclear weapons program…” Senator Obama: “Is it the managers’ understanding…
Reducing Nuclear Dangers in South Asia
A new Stimson Center report, “Reducing Nuclear Dangers in South Asia,” recommends specific nuclear risk reduction measures to prevent and reduce the consequences of nuclear weapons’ use in South Asia. …
Pakistan-India and Argentina-Brazil: Stepping Back from the Nuclear Threshold?
…reduce regional nuclear tensions: in Latin America, efforts should be made to encourage movement toward existing regional nuclear-weapons-free zone agreements, and in South Asia multifaceted CBMs should be directed to…
Challenges of Negotiating with North Korea
…unique in establishing an incredibly high bar for being willing to voluntarily relinquish its nuclear weapons program — a rare choice among nuclear-armed states. In order to get to the…
CBMs in post-Cold War South Asia
…alleged stabilizing role of nuclear weapons. This is especially alarming since, as the earliest nuclear interactions between the United States and Soviet Union inform us, “nuclear equations are most unsettled…
India’s Nuclear Dangers
…nuclear facility, or the theft of nuclear materials to create a radiological bomb or crude nuclear weapon. India has made key steps to strengthen nuclear security, but recent incidents at nuclear facilities…