Time Ripe to Rid Middle East of Chemical Weapons
…September when he agreed to sign the Chemical Weapons Convention barring the use of such weapons and to permit the supervised destruction of all his chemical weapon stocks. The move…
Spent Nuclear Fuel in Canada
Highlights 52,652 tHM spent nuclear fuel in storage (2017) 94,000 tHM spent nuclear fuel projected by 2050 1968 First year of commercial nuclear operation 19 operating CANDU PHWR nuclear power…
Blockchain Prototype for Safeguarding Nuclear Material Unveiled & Demonstrated
…to increase efficiency, trust, and transparency in the management of nuclear safeguards information. This project is important because nuclear regulatory authorities around the world often use outdated systems to track…
Nuclear Cybersecurity: Risks and Remedies
…Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. The invitation-only workshop comprised a group of two dozen cybersecurity experts and stakeholders in the nuclear industry, including operators, transporters, regulators, states, and nuclear security analysts. The…
Commentary on The Impact of US Ballistic Missile Defenses on Southern Asia
…scale of nuclear force, but in condition of survivable nuclear forces. Moreover, the slowness of the South Asian arms race should not obscure that it is an arms race. While…
Complexities of Risk Reduction in South Asia
…nuclear arsenal currently sit on the horns of a dilemma: Consolidation of Pakistan’s nuclear assets would protect most effectively against insider threats, while dispersion of Pakistan’s nuclear assets would protect…
Arms Racing Redux?
…now mean arms reduction. A careful look suggests change as well as familiar behaviors. Nuclear arms have indisputably staged a comeback. Four of the NPT Nuclear-Weapons States (NWS) are undertaking…
Taking Stock
…looking for concrete measures of assurance that nuclear dangers are being reduced. I have advocated shifting the frame from arms control and stability to reducing nuclear dangers and nuclear weapons….