In 1977, the U.S. declassified the fact that in 1962 it had successfully tested a nuclear weapon using reactor-grade plutonium. In 1994 additional information about this test was released. Though on the face of it this test would seem to definitively settle the issue about whether reactor-grade […]
Bruno Tertrais examines the history surrounding France’s April 1961 Nuclear Test and aims to draw lessons for possible future contingencies where a nuclear-capable country is threatened from inside and the control of nuclear materials or weapons may be at risk. Feb 27, 2012 AUTHOR: Bruno […]
Victor Gilinsky provides a summary of the five different panels and panelist presentations for the London conference cohosted by NPEC and the Legatum Institute titled, “Reassessing Nuclear Nonproliferation’s Key Premises.” Nov 21, 2011 AUTHOR: Victor Gilinsky London Conference Summary (PDF) 42.71 KB London Conference Summary […]
This presentation was a part of the 2011 ASAN Plenum in Seoul, South Korea. Jun 14, 2011 AUTHOR: Barthélémy Courmont Europe’s responses to Fukushima: nuclear renaissance revisited? Barthélémy Courmont* The Fukushima incident not only raised the question of nuclear safety, but also appears more globally […]
Mark Cooper, the Vermont Law School Institute’s senior research fellow for economic analysis, explains how the French approach advocated by some is a failed model and why U.S. wind and solar industries would suffer if the U.S. embraced such a standard. Sep 14, 2010 AUTHOR: […]
AUTHOR: Mycle Schneider Mycle Schneider releases “Nuclear Power in France: Beyond the Myth” This study was commissioned by the Greens-European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament. Mr. Schneider, an independent consultant on energy and nuclear policy, made a presentation pertaining to this topic, titled […]
Dr. Thomas is a professor at Greenwich University. NPEC commissioned this draft study as a part of the center”s project, Civilian Nuclear Energy in an Unstable, Carbon Constrained World Mar 09, 2008 AUTHOR: Steven Thomas 20080310-Thomas-NuclearSubsidies_020211_0605
A Conference Discussion Paper for The Future of Nuclear Energy in A Carbon Constrained World, November 5th 2007, New York. Mr. Carroll is an independent consultant on policy, legal and technical issues on a range of environmental, energy and maritime subjects. Froggatt is a European […]
Presented at NPEC’s Conference “Germany and Nuclear Nonproliferation” held in Berlin, Germany in February 2005. Ernst Urich von Weizsaecher MP is the Chairman, Bundestag Committee on Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety. Feb 26, 2005 AUTHOR: Ernst Urich von Weizsaecher German Nuclear Policy (PDF) 28.07 […]
This essay was developed from a presentation given at NPEC’s conference “Is Nuclear Proliferation Inevitable?” held in Paris, France November 2004. Feb 01, 2005 AUTHOR: C. Pierre Zaleski The Future of Nuclear Power in France the EU and the World for the Nex…. (PDF) 101.54 […]
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