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Threat Perceptions and Drivers of Change in Nuclear Security Around the World: Results of a Survey
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2014)
Leaders at the 2010 nuclear security summit agreed on the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear
material in four years. This goal implied that many countries would change their nuclear security
policies. But the factors ...
Preventing Insider Theft: Lessons from the Casino and Pharmaceutical Industries
(Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, 2013)
Through structured interviews and a literature review, we assess
which approaches to protection against insider thefts in the
casino and pharmaceutical industries could be usefully applied
to strengthen protections ...
Advancing Nuclear Security:Evaluating Progress and Setting New Goals
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2014)
The threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism has not disappeared, though the world has made important progress in reducing these risks. Urgent new steps are needed to build effective and lasting nuclear security ...
Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2011)
The United States and the world need a revolution in energy technology—a revolution that would improve the performance of our energy systems to face the challenges ahead. A dramatic increase in the pace of energy innovation ...
Progress on Securing Nuclear Weapons and Materials: The Four-Year Effort and Beyond
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2013)
On the eve of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, a new study finds that an international initiative to secure all vulnerable nuclear stockpiles within four years has reduced the dangers they pose. But the ...
Consolidation: Thwarting Nuclear Theft
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2013)
At the first nuclear security summit in April 2010, the assembled leaders agreed on the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear material worldwide within four years, including consolidating plutonium and highly enriched ...
Strengthening Global Approaches to Nuclear Security
(2013)
Despite substantial progress in improving nuclear security in recent years, there is more to
be done. The threats of nuclear theft and terrorism remain very real. This paper recommends learning
from the much stronger ...
Beyond Crises: The Unending Challenge of Controlling Nuclear Weapons and Materials
(Strategic Studies Institute, 2013)
Book abstract: At the height of the Cultural Revolution a Chinese long-range nuclear missile is fired within the country, and the nuclear warhead it is carrying detonates. A French nuclear device is exploded in Algeria ...
Reducing the Greatest Risks of Nuclear Theft and Terrorism
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2009)
Keeping nuclear weapons and the materials needed to make them out of terrorist hands is critical to U.S. and world security - and to the future of nuclear energy as well. In the aftermath of a terrorist nuclear attack, ...
Enabling a Nuclear Revival — And Managing its Risks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2009)
Matthew Bunn and Martin B. Malin examine the conditions needed for nuclear energy to grow on a scale large enough for it to be a significant part of the world’s response to climate change. They consider the safety, security, ...