Radiological

Participant of the CNS side event (left to right): Nodar Nadirashviliv (ANRS, Georgia), Bill Potter, Laura Rockwood (VCDNP), Ionel Balan (NARNA, Moldova), Margarita Kalinina-Pohl

CNS and Partners Report at IAEA on Innovative Ways to Locate Orphan Radioactive Sources

New technologies can help locate and secure dangerous material.

Le Hague nuclear reprocessing plant. (Credit: United States Department of Energy.)

OP #42: The Other Fissile Material: Strengthening National and International Plutonium Management Approaches

Recommendations to avoid risks posed by existing and potential reprocessing programs.

Martin Pfeiffer

Atomic Advertising as History and Imaginary

VIDEO: Martin Pfeiffer discusses nuclear semiotics: how we create meaning about, around, and through nuclear weapons

Congressional Considerations for a US–Saudi Nuclear Agreement

The next round of US–KSA negotiations is expected to start in early 2019. Here’s what Congress should know.

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

Monitoring uranium mines and mills from space can provide insight into possible nuclear-weapons proliferation.

OP#39: Safeguards and Verification in Inaccessible Territories

Identifying lessons from Iraq, Libya, Syria, Fukushima/Japan, and Crimea/Ukraine.

Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress

Why Radiation Protection Experts Are Concerned over EPA Proposal

New proposed rules have little scientific backing but promise financial benefits for industry.

Peacemaker SS-17

The Presidential Nuclear Initiatives, 1991-1992

An assessment of past performance and future relevance

Nuclear power plant at night (Src: Pixababy from Pexels, used under Creative Commons Zero license)

Radioactive Material is Still Missing in Malaysia: Cause for Concern?

This material could be used to build a radiological dispersal device (RDD), commonly known as a “dirty bomb.”

Video: State-Sponsored Radiological Weapons Programs

State-Sponsored Radiological Weapons Programs

VIDEO: CNS researchers explore the history of state radiological weapons programs and how to deal with them.