Victor Gilinsky

Victor Gilinsky is program advisor for The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) and served as a Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner under presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan.


Articles by Victor Gilinsky

Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a 2017 visit to Idaho National Laboratory.

Why Congress should say no to yet another fast reactor dream

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Opinion
Nuclear cooling tower

A containment failure: How American nuclear regulators undercut power plant safety from the beginning

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk
Nuclear cooling tower

Exporting power reactors: No way to fight proliferation

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Putting the nonproliferation back in the NPT

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

When 10,000 square miles of contamination is an acceptable risk: The NRC’s faulty concept

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Opinion
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The real German submarine scandal

By Victor Gilinsky | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

What if nuclear weapons are used?

By Victor Gilinsky | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

On tickling the dragon’s tail

By Victor Gilinsky | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Israel’s sea-based nukes pose risks

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Yucca Mountain redux

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Did Israel steal bomb-grade uranium from the United States?

By Victor Gilinsky, Roger J. Mattson | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Technology and Security

The Iran interim agreement: An international precedent for nuclear rules

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion