The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Nuclear policy
Scholarly Publications
Rethinking Nuclear Arms Control
September 2020
Where is nuclear arms control—negotiated restraints on the deadliest weapons of mass destruction—headed? This 50-year tool of US national security policy is currently under attack.
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
Donald Trump Could Lose the Election by Authorizing a New Nuclear Weapons Test
June 2020
Polls in the United States and nine allied countries in Europe and Asia show that public support for a nuclear test is very low.
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...
News
Washington’s Arms Control Delusions and Bluffs
September 2020
The Trump administration’s stances on nuclear negotiations don’t even make sense as a starting point.
Rethinking Nuclear Arms Control
September 2020
Where is nuclear arms control—negotiated restraints on the deadliest weapons of mass destruction—headed? This 50-year tool of US national security policy is currently under attack.
Nuclear Weapons: It’s Time for Sole Purpose
September 2020
The “sole purpose” of U.S. nuclear weapons should be to deter and—if necessary, retaliate against—a nuclear attack. This would mark a significant change in U.S. nuclear policy, eliminating ambiguity...
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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