The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Nuclear policy
Scholarly Publications
What Really Went Wrong at WIPP: An Insider’s View of Two Accidents at the Only US Underground Nuclear Waste Repository
July 2019
Within a 10-day period in February 2014, two accidents happened at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico – the United States’ only underground repository for nuclear waste.
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.
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.
Atomic Homefront: a film about struggling to live with Manhattan Project radioactive waste
June 2018
Abstract: This commentary reviews and discusses HBO’s new documentary, Atomic Homefront, which shows how communities are still struggling to live with radiation from radioactive waste generated...
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.
News
Fukushima Cesium-Enriched Microparticle (CSMP) Update (Interview with Rod Ewing)
August 2019
An interesting paper was recently published by a team headed by Dr. Satoshi Utsunomiya of Kyushu University on the subject of Fukushima-derived cesium-enriched microparticles (CsMPs).
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.
At Stanford, US and Russian Young Professionals Meet on Nuclear Topics in 5th Meeting
June 2019
In early May, CISAC convened the fifth Young Professional Nuclear Forum (YPNF), a program sponsored by the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and the Moscow...
Events
Drell Lecture: US National security in an era of great power competition and technological disruption
August 5, 2019
The world is experiencing an unprecedented period of geopolitical change and technological disruption. How should we rethink U.S.
Maximizing Leverage: China’s Strategic Force Posture Choices in the Information Age
March 11, 2019
Abstract: How do nuclear-armed states coerce their adversaries in wars with limited aims without using nuclear weapons?
Jason Rezaian in Conversation with Brett McGurk
February 20, 2019
*This event is co-sponsored with the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies. Jason Rezaian discusses his new book, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison, with Brett McGurk,...
Projects
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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