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Questions for the presidential candidates on nuclear terrorism, proliferation, weapons policy, and energy
September 2016
Stanford expert Siegfried Hecker proposes a series of nuclear weapons and energy questions that journalists and citizens should consider asking the 2016 presidential candidates.
Le Rayonnement de la France: énergie nucléaire et identité nationale après la Seconde Guerre mondiale
April 2014
This is a French translation of The Radiance of France, by the same author (MIT Press, 2009)From MIT Press: "In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the...
For the People
January 2014
CISAC's Siegfried Hecker and Abbas Milani, founding co-director of the Iran Democracy Project here at Stanford, write in this Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists analysis that Iran must move beyond...
Nuclear denial: From Hiroshima to Fukushima
September 2013
Abstract: Governments and the nuclear power industry have a strong interest in playing down the harmful effects of radiation from atomic weapons and nuclear power plants.
Disowning Fukushima: Managing the credibility of nuclear reliability assessment in the wake of disaster
July 2013
Abstract: This paper reflects on the credibility of nuclear risk assessment in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns.
Lessons Learned from “Lessons Learned”: The Evolution of Nuclear Power Safety after Accidents and Near-Accidents
June 2012
Blandford and May review the major lessons learned from nuclear power accidents, and assess the impact those lessons have had on nuclear power, specifically, which measures were put into place to...
The Causes of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
March 2011
Abstract: This critical review of the new political science literature on the causes of nuclear weapons proliferation consists of four parts.
Nuclear Latency and Nuclear Proliferation
July 2010
First paragraph of the book chapter: How quickly could individual governments, starting from different levels of nuclear-related expertise and technology, develop a nuclear weapon if they chose to...
North Korea's Choice: Bombs Over Electricity
July 2010
Nuclear power and nuclear weapons have a common technological foundation.
Multinational Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
April 2010
Introduction With the recent attention to new nuclear power, the challenge of managing the spread of nuclear technology has increased.
The Key Role of the Back-end in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
January 2010
This two-volume special issue of Daedalus highlights the challenges associatedwith the global expansion of nuclear power.
Despite Economic Downturn, Nuclear Energy Commerce is still Worrisome
December 2009
Article Highlights The economic crisis has quieted talk of a nuclear renaissance, but that doesn't mean the need to manage nuclear energy's potential global spread has lessened.
The Growth of Nuclear Power: Drivers & Constraints
October 2009
Many countries around the world are taking a fresh look at nuclear power.
Shared Responsibilities for Nuclear Disarmament
October 2009
Interest in nuclear disarmament has grown rapidly in recent years. Starting with the 2007 Wall Street Journal article by four former U.S.
Nuclear power without nuclear proliferation?
October 2009
In this introductory essay, we aim first to demonstrate why the question of which states will develop nuclear power in the future matters for global security.
Fueling the Future: Mongolian Uranium and Nuclear Power Plant Growth in China and India
September 2009
Increased nuclear electricity generation in China and India presents uranium suppliers such as Mongolia with an opportunity to develop its uranium and nuclear industries.
The Radiance of France: Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II
July 2009
From MIT Press: "In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the modern, postcolonial world, the nation and its leaders enthusiastically embraced large...
Mongolia and Her Uranium Prospects
February 2009
The entry of Mongolia to the league of democracy took place less than two decades ago.
Redirecting North Korea's nuclear workers
January 2009
Threat-reduction programs with former Soviet states can serve as models to create new, peaceful jobs for the North's cadre of nuclear scientists and bomb makers.
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