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
Unattainable Conditions for New START Extension?
June 2020
President Donald Trump’s chief arms control envoy last week acknowledged the possibility that the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) could be extended, but he added, “only under...
On Arms Control, Little Reason for Optimism
May 2020
Officials in Moscow and Beijing will read Mr. Billingslea’s interview and see nothing to give them reason to negotiate.
Events
A Critical Analysis Of The Nuclear Waste Management Consequences For Small Modular Reactors
May 27, 2020
* Please note all CISAC events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/M7DEG62NsVQ About the Event: In recent years, small modular reactors (SMRs, i.e.
The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race And Presidential Power From Truman To Trump
May 5, 2020
* Please note all CISAC events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/wV3Jvqri5Ds About the Event: Throughout America’s atomic history, the president has...
The Tragedy of American Nuclear Policy
February 7, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/YQU4cuywdK8 About this Event: What sort of narrative defines the American experience with nuclear weapons?
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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