Last month, Wyoming became ground zero for the future of nuclear power. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and the state of Wyoming announced their intent to construct a commercial fast reactor demonstration plant, known as the Natrium project. Experts are already debating the project’s merits. Can...
Last week, the Nuclear Energy Institute’s CEO came out in favor of advanced reactors and establishing commercial spent reactor fuel reprocessing to fuel them. Plutonium chemically stripped out from spent reactor fuel can be used to power new, planned fast reactors that the industry is...
When Washington worries about our government surviving against future military threats, it uses nuclear war as its benchmark. To skirt the worst, it maintains international nuclear hotlines; hardens our nation’s nuclear command, control, and warning systems; and games possible nuclear attacks, defenses, and counter strikes....
When Washington worries about our government surviving against future military threats, it uses nuclear war as its benchmark. To skirt the worst, it maintains international nuclear hotlines; hardens our nation’s nuclear command, control, and warning systems; and games possible nuclear attacks, defenses, and counter strikes....
Earlier this month, the Secretary of Defense requested $60 million for further development of Project Pele, a micro-reactor concept the Army is working on to provide power for remote military bases. So far, the project has flown largely below the political radar screen. It shouldn’t....
As Secretary of State Blinken returns from his trip to Israel after its shooting match with Hamas, the question arises, just how peaceful is the Middle East ever likely to be. The immediate crisis and the shooting may be over in Israel but the long-term...
On May 26th at 5:00 pm EDT, NPEC hosted a virtual meeting on, “India and Pakistan’s Next Military Challenge: Drone Warfare.” NPEC secured two of the top experts on this issue, Sameer Lalwani, Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, and General (retired) Feroz Khan, Research...
Complete List of Praise for NPEC Fellowship (PDF) 316.32 KB CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Fall 2021 The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) Public Policy Fellowship is designed to give congressional, executive, and diplomatic staff and journalists the scientific, technological, legal, and historical background needed to gain a...
On May 20, 2021, Henry Sokolski gave a brief overview of the recent NPEC report, “China’s Civil Nuclear Sector: Plowshares to Swords?” This presentation answered the following questions: How might China exploit its “peaceful” fast reactor and reprocessing programs to make nearly as many nuclear...
Given the shooting in the Middle East not only in Israel, but between Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, reviving the nuclear deal is getting far more difficult than it was before. Compounding these difficulties is that the Iranian election June 18th is likely to produce...
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