Sentences with word «nonproliferation»

PULLMAN, Wash. — The role of university research in national security will be discussed by the deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the Goertzen Hall atrium at Washington State University.

Leonard Spector of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington DC told a US Congressional committee last week that in a recent military exercise, the US and 18 other nations, and «more than 12,000 participants» rehearsed ways to «prevent the transfer of chemical arms out of Syria».

That's why nonproliferation experts generally prefer that countries that use nuclear power buy fuel on the international market instead of doing their own enrichment and reprocessing.

This month the parties to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty meet again to debate how well the agreement is working.

Mr. Miller is an internationally - recognized expert on nonproliferation, defense, nuclear energy and policy issues, and export control.

It was precisely because of this evidence that the United States and its partners passed multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, implemented devastating sanctions, and devised the JCPOA, which puts much more severe restrictions on Iran's nuclear program than it would have faced as a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in good standing.

A decision on whether to declassify laser fusion data has now been referred to an inter-agency committee responsible for nuclear nonproliferation policy that is chaired by the State Department.

A combination of domestic regulation and international nonproliferation efforts could reduce the possibility that drones will fall into the wrong hands.

Today, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico and Tri-Valley CAREs of California asked a federal judge to halt construction of two new biosafety level 3 (BSL - 3) labs, claiming that the department hasn't adequately studied the environmental risks and considered whether the new labs would endanger U.S. compliance with nonproliferation treaties.

Hall and Palazzo both wanted to know when the White House would announce its plans for obtaining a congressional waiver from the Iran - North Korea - Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) so NASA can continue to pay Russia for hardware and services for the International Space Station (ISS).

The speech was given to the Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference in Washington DC, and took place in the week of the Blair - Brown transition, and so was little noticed except by specialist audiences.

Researchers have been developing and testing the system to support nonproliferation objectives of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration.

The research detailed in the article builds on activities funded by DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Nonproliferation Research and Development.

Boozman asked about the need for NASA to get another waiver from the Iran - North Korea - Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA).

Mr. Dyke has 30 years of experience and leadership in the nuclear industry focusing on the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear nonproliferation issues.

«Trump is basically creating audience costs for Kim to back down,» Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, told Vox.

The final agreement is based upon (and buttresses) «the rules - based nonproliferation regime created by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and including especially the IAEA safeguards system».

Applying the method to modern blasts could help regulators identify nuclear tests long after the fact and better enforce nonproliferation treaties, the researchers propose in a paper to appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of July 4.

«While almost two years in the making, this new decrease in dangerous and costly nuclear arsenals sets the stage for not only improved Russian - American relations, but also for much more effective global nonproliferation policies.»

«We found that when we tried to extend the discussion from nonproliferation concerns to environment and safety, everybody got their backs up,» he says.

Poneman is in Japan for the inaugural meeting of the U.S. - Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation, an initiative launched in April by President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to work on nuclear issues such as nonproliferation, emergency response, and waste.

Downblending and disposition of excess plutonium is under consideration given the motivation to demonstrate progress in meeting nonproliferation objectives, delay in the U.S. MOX program, and the current fiscal environment.

Since the breakdown of US - Russia talks on the fate of Syria, Russia has pulled out of a nuclear - nonproliferation agreement with the US, citing «unfriendly acts» by America.

«It remains U.S. policy, as it has been for some time, to seek the strongest possible nonproliferation protections in every instance,» he told the senators.

Fourth, in trashing the Iran deal and threatening to unravel it, not only is Trump courting a second major nonproliferation crisis but he is putting a negotiated solution to reduce the North Korean threat even further out of reach.

Feinstein noted that the Senate bill would cut spending on nuclear nonproliferation by 6.8 % to $ 1.81 billion — as requested by the Obama administration.

This has applications for nuclear plant safety, as well as national security and nuclear nonproliferation monitoring.

The United States — India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act allows India to import nuclear technology and fuel in exchange for opening up most of its nuclear facilities to international inspections.

That reaction concerns Jonathan Tucker, director of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Washington, D.C. «The smallpox situation sets a troubling precedent for other infectious diseases, such as polio and measles,» he says.

«We wanted a rapid way of detecting radiological aerosols that are usually associated with the production of dirty bombs or other radiological weapons,» says Joseph Cope, a Ph.D. student and fellow with the Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC) at NC State and lead author of a paper on the work.

Christopher Bidwell, adjunct senior fellow for nonproliferation law and policy at FAS, moderated the discussion.

Nonproliferation advocates are worried that the Trump administration will drop the country's self - imposed ban on conducting underground nuclear tests that has existed since 1993.

Drell's endorsement rests on several assumptions, he notes: that RRW is not a weapon for new applications, that it does not drain funds from the successful maintenance of existing weapons and that it would not violate nonproliferation treaties.

Ensuring Nonproliferation A critical aspect of new nuclear energy systems is ensuring that they do not allow weapons - usable materials to be diverted from the reprocessing cycle.

The bill includes language prohibiting new nuclear nonproliferation projects in Russia without certain notifications from the Secretary of Energy.

«The promise of NiDOBDC and similar metal - organic frameworks is that we will be able to make faster and more sensitive separation and monitoring equipment,» said Grate, who has been working in materials and systems for sensing and nonproliferation applications for his entire career at PNNL.

The U.S. think tank Nonproliferation Policy Education Center was involved in putting together the letter signed by the 14 experts, including Henry Sokolski, the NPEC executive director.

It's a strategy that has both eroded international sympathy and exposed the great hypocrisy behind America's nuclear nonproliferation initiatives.

to President Barack Obama on 8 August, 29 prominent U.S. physicists and nonproliferation experts (including

May 16, 2018 • Researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies say the country has used front companies and intermediaries to market products, sometimes to unwitting consumers.

As the volume of plutonium grew, co-signatories on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty started asking British authorities:

American - made small reactors, Sanders insists, can play a central role in global nonproliferation efforts.

Bob Corker, the committee's chairman, has been a stickler on nonproliferation in the past; he criticized the Obama administration for not being tough enough.

March 27, 2018 - LIVERMORE — Harnessing the unusual characteristics of the elusive subatomic particles known as antineutrinos, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will lead a new international multi-laboratory and university collaboration for nonproliferation research.

Christine joined AAAS in 2016 with more than 15 years of experience, with a focus on international security and nonproliferation issues.

In order to fulfill treaty commitments while supporting the nuclear nonproliferation regime, the U.S. and Russia signed the PMDA in 2000.

The method could help regulators enforce nonproliferation treaties, the researchers say.

Because of both safety limitations and nonproliferation concerns, NAC worked under an accelerated schedule.

A combination of domestic regulation and international nonproliferation efforts could reduce the possibility that drones would fall into the wrong hands.