The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Nuclear Safety
Scholarly Publications
Mission Impossible? Socio-technical Integration of Nuclear Waste Geological Disposal Systems
November 2018
Abstract: We present a new perspective on geological disposal systems for nuclear waste.
Novel Method of Quantifying Radioactive Cesium-Rich Microparticles (CsMPs) in the Environment from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
June 2018
Highly radioactive cesium-rich microparticles (CsMPs) were released from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) to the surrounding environment at an early stage of the nuclear disaster...
Other Publications
Reset of America’s Nuclear Waste Management Strategy and Policies
December 2018
The U.S. government has worked for decades and spent tens of billions of dollars in search of a permanent resting place for the Nation’s nuclear waste.
Policy: Reassess New Mexico's nuclear-waste repository
January 2016
For the past 15 years, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has stored transuranic waste from the US nuclear-defense programme.
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...
News
U.S. must start from scratch with a new nuclear waste strategy, a Stanford-led panel says
December 2018
Rod Ewing led a three-year study recommending changes to the U.S. nuclear waste management program. (Image credit: Courtesy CISAC)The U.S.
Rodney Ewing awarded for distinguished public service in mineral and geologic science
November 2018
Rodney C.
Fourth Young Nuclear Professionals forum brings together U.S. and Russian scholars in Moscow
November 2018
Persistent nuclear threats and the recent erosion of relations between the United States and Russia paint a gloomy picture for the future of cooperation between nuclear powers.
Events
The Stopping Power of Law: Saturation Bombing, Civilian Immunity and US Attitudes Toward the Norms and Laws of War
December 14, 2018
Abstract: Sagan and Valentino's path-breaking survey of public opinion American attitudes towards the laws of war found Americans are relatively insensitive to international norms and taboos...
Nuclear Disarmament Verification via Resonant Phenomena
December 14, 2018
Abstract: Nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient in and of themselves to neutralize the existential threat of the nuclear weapons.
Projects
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
The Critical Infrastructure Initiative builds the cyber-resilience of critical infrastructure through methodologically diverse outputs-oriented research and engagement with end users and homeland...
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
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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