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Public Policy & Nuclear Threats Boot Camp
IGCC Now Accepting Applications
July 6-16, 2014
UC San Diego
The Public Policy & Nuclear Threats Boot Camp is a multidisciplinary approach to bridging science and public policy. Join professionals, graduate and PhD students, and postdocs for 10 days of lectures, discussion, and simulation exercises with nuclear science and policy experts from academia, national labs, government, and international organizations.
Apply Now
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Whatever Happened to Minimum, Credible Deterrence?
Michael Krepon, Arms Control Wonk
January 6, 2014
Featuring an info graphic illustrating missile development programs and lethargic diplomacy, Krepon anaylzes the difficulties facing national leaders in India and Pakistan as they attempt to stabilize their nuclear competition.
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Turkey and the Backpack Bombs
Aaron Stein, WMD Junction
February 6, 2014
Last week, Foreign Policy published a fascinating article by Adam Rawnsley and David Brown documenting the hidden history of US Cold-War era plans to use man-portable Special Atomic Demolition Munitions (SADMs) to combat Soviet forces on battlefields in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The lightweight, low-yield "backpack" nuke was intended to counteract the Warsaw Pact's presumptive conventional military advantage and to reassure wary allies of the US commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend them.
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U.N. Disarmament Body Remains at Odds on 2014 Work Plan
Rachel Oswald, Global Security Newswire
February 5, 2014
The international envoy who currently presides over a key U.N. disarmament body said consensus on the forum's 2014 agenda remains elusive.
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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Report:
Strengthening Forensic Science:
February 2014
Science and technology are essential to the pursuit of justice and are critical to the appropriate collection, assessment, and application of evidence in the criminal justice system. To ensure that the best forensic science is brought to bear in the pursuit of justice, the Administration has from its earliest days supported a wide range of research and policy activities. This document highlights a number of accomplishments to date, focusing primarily on activities carried out by a variety of federal departments.
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Obama Team Seeks to Renew U.N. Nuclear Supply Pact
Diane Barnes, Global Security Newswire
February 3, 2014
The Obama administration is pushing for a 40-year extension to its nuclear trade agreement with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency.
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Push for Tighter Global Nuclear-Security
Standards Expected at Summit
Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire
February 7, 2014
Next month's Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands may come closer to establishing international standards for how to lock down dangerous nuclear materials than did the two prior gatherings of the biennial confab, sources say.
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CORAL: The Next Big Thing in Supercomputing; Next-Gen Machines for Oak Ridge, Argonne, Livermore
Frank Munger, Atomic City Underground
February 2014
Three of the nation's premier national labs - Oak Ridge, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore - are banding together to push the boundaries of supercomputing and acquire next-generation supercomputers for each of the labs at the best value for the U.S. government.
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