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Rickover Fellowship Program in Nuclear Engineering
The Department of Energy's Rickover Fellowship Program in Nuclear Engineering is accepting applications through January 31, 2016. The program will assist in preparing students for roles in naval nuclear propulsion and will support the broader objective of advancing fission energy development through the research efforts of the fellows.Technical areas of greatest interest include reactor physics, nuclear materials science and engineering, radiation shielding technology, thermal hydraulics, and computational fluid dynamics. The principal emphasis is on students seeking PhD degrees in nuclear engineering or closely related fields.
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COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
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A New Push for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
Hugh Gusterson, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
October 28, 2015
The Department of Energy symposium held October 21 was advertised as a celebratory backward look at twenty years of stockpile stewardship but, by the end, it looked like the rollout of a new push for CTBT ratification, with a speech by Secretary of State John Kerry.
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Kerry Announces New Push for Nuclear Test Ban
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Time for a Different Kind of US-Russian Arms Control
Adam Mount, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
October 27, 2015
Bilateral arms control efforts have stalled since the United States and Russia signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in 2010. Adam Mount outlines two impediment: domestic politics in both Russia and the United States, and the absence of a framework that would be of equal benefit to both.
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Russia Is Creating a Global Nuclear Power Empire
Ian Armstrong, Global Risk Insights
October 29, 2015
While Russia's recent military adventures have attracted much attention from investors, a more stealthily conducted Russian energy strategy might hold equally major implications: the establishment of Russian nuclear power in vital strategic countries across the globe.
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As Predicted, the Iran Deal Has Begun to Wreck Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Efforts
Fred Fleitz, The National Interest
October 28, 2015
Amid growing indications that Iran does not plan to comply with the JCPOA, there is a new report that the huge U.S. concessions offered to Tehran to get this agreement are already undermining global efforts against nuclear proliferation.
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NEW REPORT
Nuclear North Korea: How Will It Behave?
Robert Carlin and Robert Jarvis
October 2015
In a new report published by the US-Korea Institute at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Carlin and Jervis argue that, as of yet, there are few clues as to how--or whether--the DPRK's growing nuclear arsenal will affect its diplomacy or security policy.
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New High Resolution B-Roll of North Korea Sites & Missiles
Nuclear Threat Initiative and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
October 2015
In early October the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) released new high quality, high resolution B-roll footage for researchers following developments in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. A separate collection of 3D facility videos with background and additional details about the proliferation sensitivities of North Korea's nuclear and missile facilities is also available.
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Turbulent Times for Brazil's Nuclear Projects
Togzhan Kassenova, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
October 29, 2015
Just five years ago, Brazil was bright light on the nuclear scene with active nuclear diplomacy, plans for nuclear energy expansion, and a large-scale nuclear submarine project. These ambitions have been sidetracked by a high-level corruption investigation that has shaken up the country.
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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
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Proliferation Alert! The IAEA and Non-Compliance Reporting
Trevor Findlay, Project on Managing the Atom
October 20, 2015
Trevor Findlay provides the first comprehensive study of the International Atomic Energy Agency's handling of states that are not complying with their non-proliferation obligations. His report finds that none of the cases--which include North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Libya, and Syria, among others--have followed the non-compliance process outlined in the agency's Statute and safeguards agreements. Rather, each case has posed unique challenges to the non-proliferation regime. The report concludes that creativity and statecraft rather than a formulaic approach are key to the handling of complex non-compliance cases.
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How Do You Find Plutonium? Go to Nuclear Inspector School
Geoff Brumfiel, National Public Radio
October 19, 2015
Inside a nondescript building at Los Alamos National Laboratory, nuclear weapons inspectors are carefully trained in the detection of plutonium. NPR reported Geoff Brumfiel had a rare opportunity to see IAEA inspectors learning their craft at the lab.
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