Tag Archives: nuclear security

Lacking Urgency on the Nuclear Export Imperative

Last week the Washington Post published that Russia’s state-owned nuclear company, Rosatom, was supplying conventional weapons materials to support the war in Ukraine. The article created alarm about the role of a civil nuclear enterprise aiding the Russian war effort. That, in addition to its activities at the Ukrainian nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia, may lead…
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Nuclear Nexus Challenges for the Coming Year

The nexus between nuclear energy, climate change, and global security had a breakthrough year in 2022. But to be durable, the Nexus Agenda will require less celebration and more hard work in 2023. There are three broad areas that will require intensive attention in the coming year – international exports, next-generation market preparation, and technology…
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A Preventable Trainwreck

U.S. and South Korean nuclear energy companies have been on a collision course over new international reactor sales for the last three years. Now, this totally preventable trainwreck has come to a head and been hurled into court. The fuse for this fight was lit by the competition for reactor construction in Saudi Arabia. But…
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Four New Realities Facing the Future

New assessments of a world in dramatic transition were delivered this week like lava erupting from an angry volcano. At the center were four key issues - China, Russia, technology, and governance. The EU, the UK, and the U.S. all presented new analyses of how the world has, and is, changing and what steps need…
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