Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center (NEREC)
Summer Fellows Program
Apply for Summer 2016 by March 25, 2016
NEREC runs the "Summer Fellows Program" for undergraduate and graduate students. For the last two years, around forty-five students from top-notch universities in various countries including the United States, Singapore, Sweden, Vietnam, India, Nigeria as well as Korea were selected as Fellows and had a wonderful summer time by studying and doing research on nuclear nonproliferation and experiencing Korean culture.
To learn more about NEREC or for inquiries about the application, contact the NEREC office (nerec@kaist.ac.kr).
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US Nuclear Weapons: Amid Threats from Russia, China, North Korea, $450B Modernization Program Pushed
Christopher Harress, International Business Times
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has helped reimagine the rivalry between NATO and Russia, forcing the U.S. military to urgently address its aging nuclear-weapons program. But it won't be cheap.
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Aaron Mehta, Defense News
February 23, 2016
The NNSA needs extra money to help pay for long-deferred infrastructure costs.
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Earlier this month, President Obama released a budget proposal for 2017, which includes billions of dollars for controversial modernization programs for each leg of the nuclear triad - land-based, sea-based and aircraft missiles - and cuts to nuclear nonproliferation programs.
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The New UNSC Sanctions Resolution on North Korea: A Deep Dive Assessment
UN Security Council Resolution 2270, passed on March 2, 2016, substantially shifts the multilateral sanctions regime on North Korea. It not only bolsters existing provisions, but also moves beyond sanctions that rest on determinations that a proscribed activity has taken place, such as arms-related proliferation.
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Key Lessons from the Latest North Korean Crisis
Realists in international relations believe that small players have little room to maneuver in a world dominated by big powers, yet the North Korean tail has been wagging the big power dog for decades. The recent North Korea crisis offers several lessons about great power relations and East Asian security.
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Nuclear Power in the Future: Risks of a Lifetime
David Lochbaum, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
February 24, 2016
Time is a risk factor being ignored by the NRC.
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Brian Spegele, The Wall Street Journal
February 24, 2016
China General Nuclear Power Group, one of the country's biggest and fastest-growing nuclear providers, this week welcomed a coterie of foreign business leaders, diplomats and reporters inside its heavily fortified nuclear power station at Daya Bay.
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Indian Point Nuclear Plant called "Disaster Waiting to Happen"
The recent radioactive leak at New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant is prompting renewed calls for the site to be shut down, amid growing concerns about the potential damage a nuclear accident could do in one of the most densely populated parts of the country.
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Christopher Steitz, Reuters
February 23, 2016
The nuclear commission has proposed capping the utilities' liability for storage costs at 36 billion euros -- twice the size of current provisions made by the four utilities for that part of the process.
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ARMS CONTROL AND DETERRENCE
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India Nears Completion of Nuclear Triad with Armed Submarine
Nc Bipindra, Bloomberg Business
February 25, 2016
India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.
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