The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Nuclear Risk
Scholarly Publications
Dissolution of radioactive, cesium-rich microparticles released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in simulated lung fluid, pure-water, and seawater
October 2019
Click here to view article Abstract: To understand the chemical durability of highly radioactive cesium-rich microparticles (CsMPs) released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in March...
Behavioral Economics and Nuclear Weapons
August 2019
Recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience have improved our understanding of why our decision making processes fail to match standard social science assumptions about rationality.
Other Publications
US-Russia rift threatens science ties that keep us safe
December 2016
Siegfried Hecker describes Russia's systematic termination of nuclear cooperation with the United States and the harmful consequences that this could have for both countries.
Hecker & Milani: Stop killing Iranian nuclear scientists
January 2015
CISAC's Siegfried Hecker and Abbas Milani note in this article for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists that for merely working in their field of expertise, Iranian nuclear scientists face perils and...
Iran's Path to Nuclear Peace
January 2014
CISAC and FSI Senior Fellows Siegfried Hecker and Bill Perry write in this OpEd in The New York Times that Iran has little to show for its 50-year pursuit of a nuclear program.
News
CISAC's Rod Ewing to Receive Mineralogical Society of America's Distinguished Public Service Award
October 2019
/*-->*/ CISAC Co-Director Rodney Ewing was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), to honor his “important contributions to furthering the...
CISAC Team Releases Satellite Imaging-Based Study of North Korean Uranium Mines
September 2019
North Korea currently has only one publicly known uranium mine—the Pyongsăn uranium mining and milling complex—that serves as a first step in the country’s pathway towards nuclear weapons.Using a...
The Future of Global Nuclear Power Through the Eyes of Young Russian and American Professionals
June 2019
As we witness the increasingly detrimental effects of global climate change, the role that nuclear power could play globally to mitigate its effects continues to be debated.
Events
Molten-Salt and Salt-Cooled Nuclear Reactors: The Opportunities and Challenges Faced in Providing a Global Solution to Clean Energy
October 3, 2019
Abstract: The motivation to develop nuclear energy waned in the latter part of the twentieth century.
Discussion on the DPRK with Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun
January 28, 2019
UPDATE: This event will be live streamed on our Facebook page.
Nuclear Disarmament Verification via Resonant Phenomena
December 14, 2018
Click here to view paper Abstract: Nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient in and of themselves to neutralize the existential threat of the nuclear weapons.
Projects
Regional Conflict and Cooperation
Regional conflicts present their own set of unique challenges to the international community.
English
Nuclear Risk Reduction
The Nuclear Risk Reduction initiative engages technical and policy experts to reduce nuclear risks by promoting collaboration between the United States and Russia, China and Pakistan.
English
Multimedia
2016 Drell Lecture: William J. Perry - A National Security Walk Around the World
February 2016
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William J.
America’s Nuclear Waste – No Solution in Sight
January 2016
America’s nuclear waste is accumulating at over seventy sites in 39 states – but there is no clear way forward for its final disposal. An international cast of experts explains how the U.S.
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