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You Don't Make Deals Like This With Your Friends:
Arms Control and the New U.S.-Russian Tension
Eryn MacDonald, All Things Nuclear
September 23, 2015
Now that the Iran agreement is done, it would behoove U.S. officials to keep that sentiment in mind when it comes to Russia.
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Fast Neutron Reactors
World Nuclear Association
October 2015
Fast neutron reactors are a technological step beyond conventional power reactors, but are poised to become mainstream. They offer the prospect of vastly more efficient use of uranium resources and the ability to burn actinides which are otherwise the long-lived component of high-level nuclear wastes.
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Iran's Invisible Opportunity
Amory B. Lovins, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September 30, 2015
At the eye of the storm over the Iran agreement is a zone of silence-an almost unnoticed opportunity to raise the odds of success. On the Iranian side, wisely using the period of restrictions on potential military nuclear activities could help Iran shift its domestic electricity priorities from a failed nuclear power program to a world-class, faster-to-implement, and vastly cheaper program that combines energy efficiency, modern renewables, and advances in the electrical grid.
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The Nuclear Waste Startup Aiming to Rebrand Atomic Energy
Margaret Rhodes, Wired
October 12, 2015
Two MIT nuclear science graduates have sweeping ambitions - to bring back a nuclear reactor design first prototyped in the 1960s, and in doing so, change the landscape of clean energy in the 21st century.
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U.S. Says Ready to Defend Against North Korean Nuclear Threat
Andrea Shalal, Reuters
October 7, 2015
The U.S. government believes North Korea has the capability to launch a nuclear weapon against the U.S. homeland and stands ready to defend against any such attacks, a high-level U.S. military official said on Wednesday.
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The Repercussions of South Korea's Pro-Nuclear Energy Policy
Se Young Jang, The Diplomat
October 8, 2015
South Korea runs 24 nuclear reactors in four nuclear power plant sites, the second highest number of reactors among Asian countries after Japan and fifth highest in the world. Despite the contribution of nuclear energy to the South Korean economy, however, the country is currently facing mounting domestic concerns over its pro-nuclear energy policy.
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Centers of Excellence in East Asia: Encouraging Collaborative Approaches to Nuclear Security
Daniel Salisbury and Christopher Hobbs, The Stanley Foundation
September, 2015
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New Terminology to Help Prevent Accidental Nuclear War
Steven Starr, Robin Collins, Robert Green, and Ernie Regehr, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September 29, 2015
Fear of a disarming nuclear strike, especially during a crisis, creates immense pressure to use-or-lose nuclear forces if an attack is detected. Launch-ready ballistic missiles allow opposing sides to launch a counter-strike before nuclear detonations confirm whether or not the perceived "nuclear attack" is real, the launch of a retaliatory strike would in reality be a preemptive nuclear first-strike, should the warning prove to be false-resulting in accidental nuclear war.
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