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Siegfried Hecker chats with some of the participants in the US-Russia Young Professionals Nuclear Forum

The future of global nuclear power through the eyes of young Russian and American professionals

As we witness the increasingly detrimental effects of global climate change, the role that nuclear power could play globally to mitigate its effects continues to be debated. The series of articles featured in the Bulletin in December 2016 aired a broad spectrum of opinions, ranging in assessment of the role of nuclear power from insignificant … Continued

An HEU milestone means a new challenge ahead

How will we track progress on nuclear security once removals are done?

Prague, revisited

Few national security issues are as important to President Barack Obama as reducing the threat posed by nuclear weapons. Obama devoted his first major foreign policy speech as president to the subject in April 2009 in Prague, where he pledged America's commitment to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons. In particular, the president laid out a series of interim steps that the United States must take to reduce the risk of a nuclear catastrophe.

The security benefits of a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the "Global Fissile Material Report 2008: Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty." The complete report can be found here.

Martin B. Malin, nuclear policy community-builder par excellence

Martin B. Malin, who passed away April 19 from cancer, was both a serious scholar of nuclear policy and one of the field’s great community-builders. His warm, insightful mentorship inspired a generation of nuclear scholars.

Regime change for nuclear security

Almost no country in the world would refuse an invitation to join a collective declaration acknowledging nuclear terrorism as one of the most challenging threats to global security. However, defining a common view about how to advance practical measures that will prevent nuclear terrorism is not so easy. When it comes to nuclear security, it has always been difficult to go from statements to actions.

Why China should observe the Nuclear Security Summit pledge

Beijing has nothing to fear from IAEA security procedures or real-life, real-world tests of security at its nuclear sites.

Why the US should keep cooperating with Russia on nuclear security

Washington-Moscow relations may be strained over Ukraine, but the countries must still work together

Confronting twenty-first-century nuclear security realities

In the past six months, President Barack Obama has taken three major steps to protect the world from nuclear terrorism and advance the disarmament agenda. First, during his April speech in Prague, he outlined his arms control and nonproliferation objectives and announced a U.S.-led international effort to secure all of the world's vulnerable nuclear materials within four years.

‘Right of boom’: Meet the experts who respond to nuclear disaster

An unofficial gathering held once a year plays a crucial role in government preparedness for nuclear disasters. These are the experts who plan for the aftermath of some of the worst imaginable radiological emergencies.
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At COP27, nations agree on loss and damage fund, but at what cost?

Wealthy nations caved to demands to create a fund for climate disaster relief, but some fear not enough was done to limit warming.

The Nuclear Posture Review, now and later

The long-awaited report of the third Nuclear Posture Review is now scheduled for delivery to Congress on March 1. According to a recent New York Times article, the posture review will consider the prevention of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism to be equally as important as the nuclear deterrence mission.

Two treaties. One Congress. No time to wait.

While Washington, DC, is paralyzed by partisanship on most topics, there is one issue that commands overwhelming bipartisan agreement: the threat posed to US national security by nuclear terrorism.

Fukushima and the Seoul 2012 Nuclear Security Summit

In considering the implications of Fukushima for the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, many experts in the United States would probably argue that there are none -- their fundamental point being that it is a security summit, not a safety summit. However, it is undeniable that Japan's nuclear disaster has sounded alarm bells around the world. The words "nuclear reactor," "radiation," and "safety" have new resonance. Fear is inescapable.

Setback for WMD security

When the Group of Eight (G-8) last gathered in Canada in 2002, the summit meeting was an unarguable success for the future of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) security. The leaders launched a multilateral initiative, known as the Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, and pledged $20 billion over 10 years to help Russia destroy their WMD stockpiles.

Strengthening nuclear security: The legal agenda

President Barack Obama's upcoming Nuclear Security Summit has the potential to become a defining moment for international security in the twenty-first century, especially after the recent release of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review. When he introduced this document, Obama said, "For the first time, preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism is at the top of America's nuclear agenda."

CSI comes to nuclear security

A call for more nations to have nuclear forensics libraries
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To prevent nuclear war, borrow from 1973

A dusty US-Soviet agreement—little noticed when signed and largely forgotten since—has real potential amid today’s unpromising arms control environment to reduce the risk of nuclear war.

Jodi Lieberman’s Nuclear Roundup moves to the Bulletin

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is pleased to announce that Jodi Lieberman’s “Nuclear Roundup” is now a featured column on the Bulletin’s website. The Roundup is an indispensable daily listing of nuclear-related news and reports, delivered to your inbox. If you are a current subscriber to the Nuclear Roundup, your service will not be interrupted. … Continued

Debunking nuclear security hype on the eve of the Nuclear Security Summit

There is too much sensationalism in coverage of nuclear security, which threatens to undermine real efforts to make us safer.