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| How not to restrain Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions |
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National Review publishes "How Not to Restrain Iran: The 'Realist' Case for Allowing Tehran to Make Nuclear Fuel is Anything but Realistic" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski (June 24, 2009). |
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| Sokolski and Gilinsky on locking down the NPT |
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientsts publishes "Locking down the NPT" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski and former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Victor Gilinsky (June 17, 2009). |
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| Joint letter to Congress on LEU medical isotopes |
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NPEC releases Joint Letter to Congress Urging NNSA Funding to Produce Medical Isotopes Using Low Enriched Uranium (June 15, 2009). This letter was sent to the chairman (Sen. Byron Dorgan) and ranking member (Sen. Robert Bennett) of the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and to the the chair (Rep. Peter J. Visclosky), vice-chair (Rep. Ed Pastor) and ranking member (Rodney P. Frelinghuysen) of the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. It was signed by Alan J. Kuperman, firector of Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program and associate professor at LBJ School of Public Affairs in the University of Texas at Austin, and fifteen others, including NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. |
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| How to resist the weapon’s spread |
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Policy Review publishes "Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd: How to Resist the Weapon’s Spread" (June 2, 2009) by executive director Henry Sokolski. This article is also available on Policy Review's website. |
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| Amb. Ford on nuclear rights and wrongs |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Technology Rights and Wrongs: The NPT, Article IV, and Nonproliferation" (June 1, 2009) by Christopher Ford. Ambassador Ford, who previously served as the United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, is director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Technology and Global Security. |
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| North Korea's second nuclear bomb test |
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Forbes publishes "Nuclear Blast Of Reality: Coping with a Nuclear-Armed North Korea" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski (May 25, 2009).
Sokolsi was quoted in "Estimates of Size of Pyongyang's Nuclear Test Vary" by Eli Lake and Barbara Slavin (Washington Times, May 26, 2009), "Blast by N. Korea Tests U.S. Policy" by Bryan Bender (Boston Globe, May 26, 2009), "Experts: How to Curb N Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions" by Demetri Sevastopulo (Financial Times, May 26, 2009), and "Proliferation Challenge Extends Far Beyond North Korea" by Paul Eckert (Reuters, May 26, 2009).
Prior to North Korea's missile test in early April 2009, National Review Online published Sokolski's op-ed, "What to Do about Pyongyang: Nuclear Nonproliferation is on the Ropes--Does the U.S. Have the Will to Act?" (April 2, 2009).
See also "Creating Instability in Dangerous Global Regions: North Korean Proliferation and Support to Terrorism in the Middle East and South Asia" by Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr., professor of international relations at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, Virginia (April 2009). Posted with the permission of the author. |
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| Final text of U.S.-UAE civil nuclear pact |
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President Obama submitted on May 21, 2009, the final text of the civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and United Arab Emirates for Congressional review and approval. For more documents from the Executive Branch and Congress, see NPEC's special sub-site, The Future of U.S.-UAE Civil Nuclear Relations: Opportunities, Risks and Choices. |
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| Transcript: CFR event on strengthening the nonproliferation regime |
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Now available: Transcript of What Should Be Done in the Near Term to Strengthen the Nonproliferation Regime? (May 19, 2009), a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) panel with Dennis Gormley, senior fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies/Monterey Institute of International Studies; Paul Lettow, adjunct senior fellow at Council on Foreign Relations; Lawrence Scheinman, distinguished professor at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies/Monterey Institute of International Studies; and Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. The panel was moderated by Charles D. Ferguson, the Philip D. Reed senior fellow for science and technology at Council on Foreign Relations. |
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| Schneider on French nuclear activities abroad |
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Mycle Schneider, international consultant on energy and nuclear policy releases, Nuclear France Abroad: History, Status and Prospects of French Nuclear Activities in Foreign Countries (May 11, 2009). |
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| Sokolski on nuclear power and proliferation in the Middle East |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents Nuclear Power and Proliferation in the Middle East before the Energy Futures Seminar at the University of California, San Diego, on May 9, 2009. |
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| Sokolski moderates Council on Foreign Relations nonproliferation panel discussion |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski moderated Strengthening The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, a panel session that was part of the Council on Foreign Relations'Symposium on the United States and the Future of Global Governance in New York, NY, on May 8, 2009.
Click here for the event's video | audio | transcript.
Panel participants included Charles Ferguson, the Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow For Science And Technology at the Council On Foreign Relations; Ambassador Christopher A. Ford, Director of the Center For Technology And Global Security And Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and former U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation; and Paul Lettow, Adjunct Senior Fellow and Council On Foreign Relations and former Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council. |
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| Sokolski on nuclear abolition and the next arms race |
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New presentation: NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents Nuclear Abolition and the Next Arms Race (April 21, 2009). Mr. Sokolski presented this at a DTRA-ASCO event at Fort Belvoir, VA. |
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| Lovins on nuclear power: climate fix or folly? |
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Draft paper: NPEC releases "Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly?" (April 13, 2009). Amory Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, summarizes why nuclear power cannot, in principle, deliver the climate-protection or energy-security and reliability benefits claimed for it. |
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| Von Hippel on the costs and benefits of reprocessing |
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Final paper: NPEC releases "The Costs and Benefits of Reprocessing: Why Reprocessing Persists in Some Countries and Not in Others" (April 9, 2009), a paper by Frank von Hippel. Dr. von Hippel is a professor at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. |
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| Koplow on subsidies to Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 |
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Draft paper: NPEC releases "Nuclear Power as Taxpayer Patronage:
A Case Study of Subsidies to Calvert Cliffs Unit 3" (April 6, 2009). Doug Koplow is the founder of Earth Track, an organization focused on comprehensive and accurate information on government interventions in energy markets. |
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| NPEC/Heritage event: "Is Subsidizing Commercial Energy Projects the Best Way for America to Achieve its Energy Goals?" |
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Now available: Video of Is Subsidizing Commercial Energy Projects the Best Way for America to Achieve its Energy Goals?, a panel co-hosted by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and the Heritage Foundation on March 24, 2009.
Speakers included Peter Bradford, professor at Vermont Law School and Union of Concerned Scientists Board Member who served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under President Carter; Marlo Lewis, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute; Doug Koplow, founder of Earth Track; Ben Lieberman, senior policy analyst on energy and environment at the Heritage Foundation. Panel was moderated by Jack Spencer, research fellow in nuclear energy policy at the Heritage Foundation, and Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center.
Koplow's presentation slides, Energy Transition: Mapping an Appropriate Role for Government (March 24, 2009), are now available. |
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| NPEC in the news |
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NPEC Print and Media Citations |
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| ENTRIES BY DATE |
| June 25, 2009 |
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The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center releases "NPEC Celebrates 15 Years". A presentation introducing new members of the NPEC Board of Advisors and celebrating 15 years of existence with testimonials from the U.S. and international community, reviews of its publicatons and a comprehensive summary of its work since 1994. |
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| June 2, 2009 |
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Policy Review publishes "Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd: How to Resist the Weapon’s Spread" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. This article is also available on Policy Review´s website. |
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| June 1, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Technology Rights and Wrongs: The NPT, Article IV, and Nonproliferation," by Christopher Ford. Ambassador Ford, who previously served as the United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, is director of the Hudson Institute´s Center for Technology and Global Security. |
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| May 9, 2009 |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents Nuclear Power and Proliferation in the Middle East. Mr. Sokolski made this presentation before the Energy Futures Seminar at the University of California, San Diego, on May 9, 2009. |
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| April 21, 2009 |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents Nuclear Abolition and the Next Arms Race. Mr. Sokolski presented this at a DTRA-ASCO event at Fort Belvoir, VA. |
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| April 19, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "How Should the United States and Russia Collaborate to Reduce Future Nuclear Threats and Proliferation Dangers?," by Robert Zarate. Mr. Zarate is a research fellow at NPEC, and a concurrent legislative fellow at the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade. The views expressed in Mr. Zarate´s essay are his own. |
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| April 13, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly?," by Amory Lovins. This 15-page January 2009 update and expansion of "Forget Nuclear" in Rocky Mountain Institute´s Spring 2008 Solutions newsletter adds the new data and summarizes why nuclear power, in principle, cannot deliver the climate-protection or energy-security and reliability benefits claimed for it. |
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| April 9, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "The Costs and Benefits of Reprocessing: Why Reprocessing Persists in Some Countries and Not in Others," by Frank von Hippel. Dr. von Hippel is a professor at Princeton´s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.. |
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| April 7, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Power as Taxpayer Patronage: A Case Study of Subsidies to Calvert Cliffs Unit 3," by Doug Koplow. Doug Koplow is the founder of Earth Track, an organization focused on comprehensive and accurate information on government interventions in energy markets. |
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| April 2, 2009 |
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National Review Online publishes "After Pyongyang’s Rocket Launch: What to Do" by Henry D. Sokolski. This article for NRO can also be found here. |
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| March 25, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Power: How Much More?," by Sharon Squassoni. Ms. Squassoni is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace focusing on nuclear nonproliferation and national security. |
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| March 25, 2009 |
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National Review Online publishes "Nuclear Dealing: A proposed agreement with a crucial Middle East state deserves close scrutiny" by Henry D. Sokolski. View the article at the NRO website here. |
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| March 14, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "DRAFT: Nuclear Fuel: Myths and Realities," by Steve Kidd. Mr. Kidd is Director of Strategy & Research at the World Nuclear Association. |
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| March 4, 2009 |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents What’s to Keep Atoms for Peace in the Middle East? (March 4, 2009). Mr. Sokolski made this presentation before Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Clearing the Legal Hurdles, a panel discussion co-hosted by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Georgetown University Institute for International Law and Politics in Washington, D.C. |
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| February 9, 2009 |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Power in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey – how cost effective?," by John Stephenson and Peter Tynan. Mr. Stephenson and Mr Tynan both of Dalberg Global Development Advisors presented the findings at a day-long workshop hosted by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on February 11, 2009. |
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| January 16, 2009 |
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NPEC, National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Marshall Institute's letter: Obama Shouldn´t Request Add´l Budget Authority for DoE Loan Guarantee Program Until Taxpayers Are Assured Billions Won´t Be Lost. This letter urges Prsident Barack Obama not to request additional budget authority in the FY 2010 budget for the Department of Energy (DoE) loan guarantee program, and instead to ensure DoE creates a transparent system to assess fully the cost of loan guarantees to U.S. taxpayers before the program goes forward. |
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| December 15, 2008 |
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Mycle Schneider releases "Nuclear Power in France: Beyond the Myth". This study was commissioned by the Greens-European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament. Mr. Schneider, an independent consultant on energy and nuclear policy, made a presentation pertaining to this topic, titled Nuclear Power Made in France: The Model?, at an NPEC-sponsored seminar in September 2008. |
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| December 15, 2008 |
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National Review Online publishes "Nuclear Cooperation with the UAE? If It Doesn´t Increase Our Leverage on Iran, Is the Deal Worth It?" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available on NRO´s website. |
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| December 8, 2008 |
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W. David Montgomery presents Creating a Neutral Policy Environment for Clean Technology: Principles, Benefits, and Obstacles. Dr. Montgomery, vice president of CRA International, made this presentation before Comparing Electricity Costs, an NPEC conference held in New York, NY, on December 1, 2008. |
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| December 2, 2008 |
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Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism releases "World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism". NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski, who served on the WMD Commission, also included an Additional View on the Commission´s final report. For more, see the list of NPEC-policy recommendations adopted and endorsed by the WMD Commission´s final report. The website of the Commission is www.preventwmd.gov.. |
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| November 18, 2008 |
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Doerte Fouquet presents The TVO Nuclear Finance Case. Dr. Fouquet, a partner at the law firm Kuhbier, presented these slides at Insuring Nuclear Power´s Future, an NPEC- and Chatham House-sponsored meeting in London. |
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| November 11, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "The Next Arms Race (DRAFT)," by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. For more, see the Economist´s "Nuclear Disarmament: What to Do with a Vision of Zero" (November 13, 2008), which cites Sokolski´s views on possible future strategic nuclear competitions. |
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| November 5, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Weapons that Went to War (NWTWTW)," by William Yengst, Stephen Lukasik and Mark Jensen. (DNA-TR-96-25, draft final report sponsored by the U.S. Defense Special Weapons Agency and Science Applications International Corp., October 1996, unclassified.) NPEC research fellow Robert Zarate wrote a brief summary of this study on the Arms Control Wonk weblog. |
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| October 31, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "How Much More Bomb Uranium Will Russia Blend Down?," by Robert Zarate. Mr. Zarate is a research fellow at the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. His essay essay looks at the future of Russian high enriched uranium downblending and Russian low enriched uranium sales to the United States in the wake of the so-called "Domenici Amendment" (September 30, 2008), a recent law sponsored by Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) that, among other things, creates new commercial incentives for Russian keep downblending HEU after 2013. |
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| October 17, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Iran´s Centrifuge Enrichment Program as a Source of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons," by Gregory S. Jones. In this report, Mr. Jones, a senior researcher at the RAND Corporation, provides a technical analysis of how quickly Iran could enrich uranium to make a bomb. This report was sponsored by NPEC and the Bipartisan Policy Center. |
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| October 1, 2008 |
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Dalberg Global Development Advisors presents Nuclear Power in Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia: How Cost-Effective?. Peter Tynan and John Stephenson presented these findings at an NPEC conference on Civil Nuclear Energy in an Unstable, Carbon-Constrained World in Prague, Czech Republic, in early 2008. |
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| September 28, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Pakistan 2020: The Policy Imperatives of Pakistani Demographics," by Craig Cohen. Mr. Cohen is associate vice president for research and programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), He presented a version of this essay at NPEC´s July 2008 workshop symposium, Pakistan´s Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risks. |
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| September 25, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Atoms for Peace in the Middle East: The Technical and Regulatory Requirement," by James Acton and Wyn Q. Bowen. Dr. Acton is a lecturer at, and Dr. Bowen is the director of, the Center for Science & Security Studies at King´s College London. |
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| September 22, 2008 |
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Mycle Schneider presents Nuclear Power Made in France: The Model?. Mr. Schneider, an international consultant on energy and nuclear policy, made this presentation before an NPEC dinner-seminar in mid-September 2008. |
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| September 19, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "The Indo-Pakistani Nuclear Confrontation: Lessons from the Past, Contingencies for the Future," by Neil Joeck. Dr. Joeck is a Senior Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory´s Center for Global Security Research, and served from 2004 to 2005 as Director for Counterproliferation Strategy at the National Security Council. He presented a version of this paper at NPEC´s July 2008 workshop symposium, Pakistan´s Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risks. |
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| August 31, 2008 |
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IPS News Agency publishes "An Interview with EarthTrack´s Doug Koplow: Gambling on Nuclear Power: How Public Money Fuels the Nuclear Power Industry in the United States" by Global Subsidies Initiative. This article is also available on IPS News Agency´s website. |
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| August 31, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Energy Policy: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here," by Irwin Stelzer. This white paper is also available on Hudson Institute´s website. |
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| August 22, 2008 |
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Nuclear Engineering International publishes "Escalating Costs of New [Nuclear Reactor] Build: What Does It Mean?" by Steve Kidd. This article is also available on Nuclear Engineering International´s website. |
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| August 8, 2008 |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski's letter: Comment to the NRC on the NRDC´s Petition on U.S. Civil HEU. Mr. Sokolski submitted this letter in response to the request for comment in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission´s Notice of Receipt of the National Resources Defense Council´s rulemaking petition to establish a date after which the NRC shall not license the civil use of high enriched uranium except in specific circumstances. |
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| June 13, 2008 |
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Peter A. Bradford presents "Subsidy Without Borders: The Case of Nuclear Power" before Developing Clean, Innovative Commercial Energy: Will Proposed Federal Subsidies Hurt or Help?, a forum co-hosted by the Marshall Institute and NPEC. Mr. Bradford -- who served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Carter and Reagan -- is vice chair of the Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School. |
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| June 13, 2008 |
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Jeff Kueter presents introductory slides before Developing Clean, Innovative Commercial Energy: Will Proposed Federal Subsidies Hurt or Help?, a forum co-hosted by the Marshall Institute and NPEC. Mr. Kueter is president of the George C. Marshall Institute. |
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| June 13, 2008 |
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W. David Montgomery presents "Developing Clean, Innovative Commercial Energy: Will Proposed Federal Subsidies Hurt or Help?" before a forum co-hosted by the Marshall Institute and NPEC. Dr. Montgomery is Vice President of Charles River Associates and directs CRA´s Environment practice. He served previously in the Department of Energy and Congressional Budget Office. |
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| June 9, 2008 |
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World Nuclear News publishes "Nuclear Generation Drops 1.9% in 2007" by WNN Staff. The article -- which is also available on WNN´s website -- reports that "figures from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) show that nuclear power generation worldwide was 50 TWh lower in 2007 than in 2006, mainly due to cutbacks in three countries". |
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| May 30, 2008 |
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National Review Online publishes "North Korean Nuclear Theater: Not Worth the Price of Admission" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available on National Review´s website. |
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| May 30, 2008 |
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The Wall Street Journal Opinion publishes "Italy´s Nuclear Job" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available on the Wall Street Journal Europe´s website. |
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| May 20, 2008 |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents testimony, "China and Nuclear Proliferation: Rethinking the Link," before U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Mr. Sokolski is NPEC´s executive director. |
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| May 12, 2008 |
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The Weekly Standard publishes "Advice for the Nuclear Abolitionists" by Henry Sokolski and Gary Schmitt. Mr. Sokolski is executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, and Dr. Schmitt is director of the program on advanced strategic studies at the American Enterprise Institute. This article, which is also available on The Weekly Standard´s website, responds to two Wall Street Journal op-eds: "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons" (January 4, 2007) and "Toward a Nuclear-Free World" (January 15, 2008), both by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn. |
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| May 6, 2008 |
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Times Online publishes "Nuclear Reactors Will Cost Twice Estimate, Says E.ON Chief" by Robin Pagnamenta. Published on May 5, 2008, this article is also available on the Times Online website. |
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| April 21, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Moving Toward Life in a Nuclear Armed Crowd? (1975)," by Albert Wohlstetter, et al. (18 MB). Co-authored by Thomas Brown, Gregory Jones, David McGarvey, Henry Rowen, Vincent Taylor and Roberta Wohlstetter, this report was filed with the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in the mid-1970s. It is also available on Albert Wohlstetter Dot Com, the website for NPEC´s project to highlight the continuing relevance of the Wohlstetters´ work on limiting and managing proliferation and other nuclear dangers. |
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| April 7, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Taxpayer Financing for Nuclear Power: Precedents and Consequences," by Peter A. Bradford. Mr. Bradford, who served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Carter and Reagan, is an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School. |
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| April 6, 2008 |
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Peter A. Bradford presents "Nuclear Power as ´Federal Infrastructure´ " (DRAFT). Mr. Bradford, who served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Carter and Reagan, is an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School. He presented these slides at an NPEC conference at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, Czech Republic. |
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| April 2, 2008 |
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Nuclear Engineering International releases "Buried Costs". Ian Jackson´s article -- which examines the costs of disposing of nuclear waste, and how this might impact the costs of new nuclear power plant-builds in Britain -- excerpts from his new book, Nukenomics: The Commercialization of Britain´s Nuclear Industry. Mr. Jackson, who joined the UK nuclear industry in 1986, has worked in Britain´s Atomic Energy Research Establishment and as a nuclear regulator. |
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| March 30, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "On the Westinghouse AP 1000 Sale to China and its Possible Military Implications (2007)," by Stephen V. Mladineo. Mr. Mladineo is a former nuclear submarine officer, and a U.S. government nuclear threat reduction analyst working at the national laboratories run by Department of Energy; the opinions expressed in this paper are his alone. Commentary is provided by Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former nuclear submarine officer. |
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| March 25, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Nuclear Triggers and Safety Catches, the FSU and the FSRs (1992)," by Albert Wohlstetter. Courtesy the private papers of Henry Sokolski, this previously unpublished note is also available on Albert Wohlstetter Dot Com, the website for NPEC´s project to highlight the continuing relevance of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter´s work. |
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| March 14, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Official correspondence reaffirming that it is critically important that any nuclear activity protected under the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968) afford ´timely warning´ of possible military diversions," by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the US Secretary of State. The correspondence is dated July 17, 2007, and November 19, 2007. For the legislative history of what "timely warning" requires, see "The Concept of ´Timely Warning´ in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978" by Leonard Weiss (The Congressional Record, March 1988). |
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| March 3, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "The Concept of ´Timely Warning´ in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978," by Leonard Weiss. Mr. Weiss, who worked for Sen. John Glenn for more than two decades, was the chief architect of the NNPA of 1978 and other legislation sponsored by Sen. Glenn. This essay was originally placed by Sen. Glenn in The Congressional Record of March 21, 1988, in order to establish the legislative intent of the law regarding what is meant by "timely warning" and thus which civil nuclear activities are -- and are not -- effectively safeguardable. |
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| February 28, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom," by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski (editor). Electronic copies of this edited volume are available on the Strategic Studies Institute´s website.. |
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| February 26, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "The Buddha Smiles: Absent-Minded Peaceful Aid and the Indian Bomb (1977)," by Roberta Wohlstetter. This report, a version of which was filed with the US Department of Energy´s predecessor, analyzes how diplomatic confusion over the terms of US-India nuclear cooperation in the 1950s, 60s and 70s unwittingly facilitated India´s construction and May 1974 detonation of a nuclear explosive device. It is also available on Albert Wohlstetter Dot Com, the website for NPEC´s project to highlight the continuing relevance of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter´s work. |
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| February 20, 2008 |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents "Against the Tide: Securing Pakistan’s Nuclear Assets" before the Council on Foreign Relations´ roundtable How Secure Are Pakistan’s Nukes? |
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| February 4, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Towards a New Consensus on Nuclear Technology, Vol. 1 (1979)," by Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter, Gregory S. Jones, and Henry S. Rowen. This report is also available on Albert Wohlstetter Dot Com, the website for NPEC´s project to highlight the continuing relevance of the Wohlstetters´ work on limiting and managing proliferation and other nuclear dangers. |
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| January 28, 2008 |
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Doug Koplow presents "Energy Subsidies: How Much Does Nuclear Power Have in Common with Ethanol?" (DRAFT). Mr. Koplow, founder of Earth Track, made this presentation at an NPEC seminar on energy subsidies. |
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| January 17, 2008 |
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The Wall Street Journal publishes "Atomic: Why are France and America Helping the Mideast Go Nuclear?" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available on the Journal´s website. |
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| January 17, 2008 |
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The Wall Street Journal publishes "This ‘Nuclear-Free’ Plan Would Effect the Opposite" by Henry S. Rowen. In this letter to the Editor, Mr. Rowen--a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who served in the Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan and Bush 41 administrations--objects to the inclusion of nuclear fuel assurances in the Nunn-Kissinger-Shultz-Perry ´Nuclear-Free´ plan. |
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| January 16, 2008 |
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Financial Times publishes "No Amount of Juggling Can Nullify Nuclear Investment Risk" by Steven Thomas. Dr. Thomas, a professor of energy policy in the Public Services International Research Unit at the University of Greenwich (London), wrote this in response to "Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Investment" by David Newbery, a professor of applied economics at Cambridge University. Both Newbery´s and Thomas´ articles are available on the FT´s website. |
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| January 16, 2008 |
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NPEC releases "Pakistan´s Nuclear Future: Worries Beyond War," by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski (editor). Electronic copies of this edited volume are available on the Strategic Studies Institute´s website. |
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| January 10, 2008 |
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European Free Alliance in the European Parliament releases "The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007" |
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| December 21, 2007 |
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The Weekly Standard publishes "Policy Implosion: Bush Backs Moscow´s Fueling of Bushehr" by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. This article is also available on The Weekly Standard´s website. |
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| October 30, 2007 |
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The National Academies Press publishes "Minority Opinion: Dissenting Statements of Gilinsky and Macfarlane" by Victor Gilinsky and Allison Macfarlane. The minority opinion is part of the recently released study, Review of DOE´s Nuclear Energy Research and Development. Dr. Gilinsky, a former NPEC senior associate and Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, and Dr. Macfarlane were members of the Committee on Review of the DOE´s Nuclear Energy Research and Development Program, which co-authored this study. |
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| August 6, 2007 |
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NPEC releases "Market-Fortified Nonproliferation," by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. This essay is one part of the Century Foundation’s latest publication, Breaking the Nuclear Impasse. |
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| May 10, 2007 |
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NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents testimony, "Market-Based Nonproliferation," before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at a hearing on nuclear nonproliferation, Every State a Superpower?: Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century. Mr. Sokolski´s "Opening Statement" to the Committee is available here. |
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