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Economist article cites NPEC's Sokolski The Economist cites NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski's views in "Nuclear Disarmament: What to Do with a Vision of Zero" (November 13, 2008). See Sokolski's draft working paper, "The Next Arms Race" (November 11, 2008) for an elaboration of his views.
Analyst considers credit crunch's impact on nuclear power NPEC releases "The Credit Crunch and Nuclear Power" (November 12, 2008), a draft essay by Steven Thomas. Mr. Thomas is professor of energy policy at the Public Services International Research Unit at the University of Greenwich, London.
Analysts assess Pakistan's energy alternatives NPEC releases the final version of "Is Nuclear Power Pakistan´s Best Energy Investment? Assessing Pakistan´s Electricity Situation" by John Stephenson and Peter Tynan. Mssrs. Stephenson and Tynan, both of Dalberg Global Development Advisors, presented the main findings of this essay at an NPEC seminar in July 2008.

See also Stephenson and Tynan's "Will the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative Light India?" (2007), an assessment published in NPEC's edited volume, Gauging U.S.-Indian Strategic Cooperation (2007).

NPEC releases 1996 Pentagon-sponsored study on nuclear weapons impact in Third-World crises 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 Arms Control Wonk Dot Com.
NPEC examines Russia bomb-grade uranium's future NPEC releases "How Much More Bomb Uranium Will Russia Blend Down?" (October 31, 2008) by NPEC research fellow Robert Zarate. Mr. Zarate's 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.
NPEC executive director discusses U.S.-India nuclear deal's unintended consequences The Interpreter, the weblog of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, publishes "U.S.-India Deal: The Law of Unintended Consequences" (October 26, 2008), a weblog entry by NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski. See also "When Nuclear Sheriffs Quarrel: Fighting the Nuclear Fight" (October 31, 2008) by The Economist.
Nuclear analyst assesses how quickly Iran could enrich uranium to make a bomb NPEC releases "Iran’s Centrifuge Enrichment Program as a Source of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons" (October 17, 2008) 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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November 12, 2008 NPEC releases "The Credit Crunch and Nuclear Power (DRAFT)," by Steven Thomas. Mr. Thomas is professor of energy policy at the Public Services International Research Unit at the University of Greenwich, London.
November 11, 2008 NPEC releases "The Next Arms Race (DRAFT)," by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski
November 7, 2008 NPEC releases "Is Nuclear Power Pakistan´s Best Energy Investment? Assessing Pakistan´s Electricity Situation (FINAL)," by John Stephenson and Peter Tynan. Mssrs. Stephenson and Tynan, both of Dalberg Global Development Advisors, presented the main findings of this essay at an NPEC seminar in July 2008.

See also Stephenson and Tynan´s "Will the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative Light India?" (2007), an assessment published in NPEC´s edited volume, Gauging U.S.-Indian Strategic Cooperation (2007).
October 31, 2008 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.
October 17, 2008 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.
October 1, 2008 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.
September 28, 2008 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.
September 25, 2008 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.
September 22, 2008 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.
September 19, 2008 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.
August 31, 2008 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.
August 31, 2008 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.
August 22, 2008 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.
August 8, 2008 The New Atlantis publishes "Nuclear Policy and the Presidential Elections" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski
August 8, 2008 NPEC´s 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.
July 10, 2008 The Wall Street Journal Opinion publishes "Negotiating India´s Next Nuclear Explosion" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available online at the WSJ´s website.
June 13, 2008 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.
June 13, 2008 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.
June 13, 2008 Guardian (UK) publishes "This Nuclear Agenda is Losing Power: Is This the First Chink in the Government´s No-Subsidies Armour?" by Steven Thomas. Dr. Thomas is Professor of Energy Policy at the Public Services International Research Unit in the University of Greenwich, London. His op-ed is also available on the Guardian´s website.
June 13, 2008 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.
June 12, 2008 NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski presents testimony, "The U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: The Case for Conditioning," before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at a hearing on Russia, Iran, and Nuclear Weapons: Implications of the Proposed US-Russia Agreement. At the hearing, Mr. Sokolski submitted for the record "The Next Phase of U.S.-Russia Civil Nuclear Relations: Opportunities Risks and Choices" (revised June 12, 2008), a background paper by NPEC research fellow Robert Zarate and Mr. Sokolski on impending changes and challenges to the bilateral nuclear parternship.
June 12, 2008 NPEC releases "Overview of The Next Phase of U.S.-Russian Civil Nuclear Relations: Opportunities, Risks and Choices (Updated August 1, 2008)," by Robert Zarate and Henry Sokolski. Mr. Sokolski, NPEC´s executive director, entered into the record a version of this overview essay during his testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs´ June 12th hearing on the U.S.-Russian civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
June 9, 2008 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".
May 30, 2008 National Review Online publishes "North Korean Nuclear Theater: Not Worth the Price of Admission" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available on National Review´s website.
May 30, 2008 The Wall Street Journal Opinion publishes "Italy´s Nuclear Job" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available on the Wall Street Journal Europe´s website.
May 22, 2008 The Financial Post publishes "French Power Myths" by Mycle Schneider. Mr. Schneider, a principal in Paris-based Mycle Schneider Consulting, also authored an NPEC-commissioned draft presentation, Nuclear Power in France: Systemic Issues Influencing Costs (March 2008).
May 20, 2008 NPEC´s 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.
May 12, 2008 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.
May 6, 2008 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.
April 26, 2008 The Far Eastern Economic Review publishes "From Pyongyang with Love" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This article is also available on The Far Eastern Economic Review´s website. For more, see "Analysts Mull DPRK´s Connection to Syrian Nuclear Site," a segment from The News Hour with Jim Lehrer in which Mr. Henry Sokolski appears.
April 25, 2008 NPEC releases "Assisting the Management of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste (NON-PAPER)," by the Government of the United States. This undated non-paper on the implementation of the U.S.-Russia July 2007 Declaration on Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation was circulated at the "Sochi Summit" between Presidents Bush and Putin in early April 2008.
April 24, 2008 NPEC releases "International Finance and Investment for Nuclear Power Projects in Developing Countries (NON-PAPER)," by the Government of the United States. This undated non-paper on the implementation of the U.S.-Russia July 2007 Declaration on Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation was circulated at the "Sochi Summit" between Presidents Bush and Putin in early April 2008.
April 22, 2008 Doug Koplow presents "State and Federal Subsidies to Nuclear Power: The Case of Calvert Cliffs Unit III" (REVISED DRAFT). Mr. Koplow, founder of Earth Track, presented his findings at an NPEC conference at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, Czech Republic.
April 21, 2008 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.
April 7, 2008 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.
April 6, 2008 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.
April 2, 2008 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.
March 30, 2008 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.
March 25, 2008 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.
March 14, 2008 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).
March 10, 2008 NPEC releases "Can Nuclear Power Plants be Built in Britain without Public Subsidies and Guarantees?," by Steven Thomas. Dr. Thomas is a professor at Greenwich University. NPEC commissioned this draft study as a part of the center´s project, Civilian Nuclear Energy in an Unstable, Carbon Constrained World.
March 3, 2008 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.
February 28, 2008 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..
February 26, 2008 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.
February 20, 2008 NPEC´s 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?
February 4, 2008 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.
January 28, 2008 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.
January 17, 2008 The Wall Street Journal publishes "Atomic: Why are France and America Helping the Mideast Go Nuclear?" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This op-ed is also available on the Journal´s website.
January 17, 2008 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.
January 16, 2008 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.
January 16, 2008 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.
January 10, 2008 European Free Alliance in the European Parliament releases "The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007"
December 21, 2007 The Weekly Standard publishes "Policy Implosion: Bush Backs Moscow´s Fueling of Bushehr" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This article is also available on The Weekly Standard´s website.
November 9, 2007 The Far Eastern Economic Review publishes "Devils Emerge from India Nuclear Deal" by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This article is also available on FEER´s website (registration required).
October 30, 2007 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.
August 6, 2007 NPEC releases "Market-Fortified Nonproliferation," by NPEC´s executive director, Henry Sokolski. This essay is one part of the Century Foundation’s latest publication, Breaking the Nuclear Impasse.
June 15, 2007 NPEC releases "Economics of New Nuclear Power and Proliferation Risks in a Carbon-Constrained World," by Jim Harding. Mr. Harding is an energy consultant.
May 10, 2007 NPEC´s 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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