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Siegfried S. Hecker, PhD

Senior Fellow CISAC, FSI and Professor (Research), Department of Management Science and Engineering; FSI Senior Fellow; CISAC Co-Director Emeritus

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February 29th, 2012

Stanford’s Straub, Hecker explain North Korea’s plan to halt nuclear program

CISAC, FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC News

In an agreement with Washington, Pyongyang will allow nuclear inspectors into North Korea and also receive much-needed nutritional assistance to the impoverished country. David Straub and Siegfried Hecker discuss Pyongyang’s moratorium on nuclear testing. Read more »



January 6th, 2012

North Korea watchers look at Pyongyang's nuclear trajectory

CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-ed: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on January 6, 2012

In the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Niko Milonopoulos, Siegfried Hecker and Robert Carlin use detailed overhead imagery to assess Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program -- and examine how Kim Jong-un's rise may influence it. In a separate piece, written before Kim Jong-il's death, Hecker and Carlin review the developments in North Korea in 2011.




January 5th, 2012

A message from the CISAC co-directors

CISAC, FSI Stanford News

The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford University’s hub for researchers tackling some of the world's most pressing security and international cooperation problems. Learn more from CISAC Co-Directors Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and Siegfried Hecker. Read more »



October 11th, 2011

Co-Director honored for his contributions to reducing nuclear dangers

CISAC, FSI Stanford Press Release

Congratulations to CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker for winning the 2012 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society. The selection committee cited "his leadership in developing international science and technology cooperation in areas critical to global security resulting in real reductions in the dangers of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism."



September 5th, 2011

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar becomes CISAC co-director

CISAC, FSI Stanford Press Release

On September 1, 2011, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (MA ’96, PhD ’00), a lawyer, scholar, and former official in the Clinton and Obama administrations, assumed the position of co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). Read more »




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Scientist: North Korea likely has more nuclear facilities
Prof. Siegfried Hecker of Stanford University told CNN his conclusion is based on his study of recent satellite images and other research, and what he saw when he was invited by North Korea to visit its Yongbyon nuclear power plant in 2010 to see its secret uranium enrichment program.
March 22, 2012 in CNN International

US expert: N.Korea shouldn`t be allowed to test missiles
A leading American nuclear weapons expert said Wednesday that North Korea should no longer be allowed to launch missiles, conduct additional nuclear tests, or develop centrifuges.
March 21, 2012 in The Dong-A Ilbo

Hecker: More Certain NK Has More Uranium
The American scientist to whom North Korea decided in 2010 to reveal its uranium enrichment program, Siegfried Hecker, says he's become more persuaded since that time that he didn't see all of it.
March 21, 2012 in Wall Street Journal (blog)

North Korea suspends nuclear testing
Sig Hecker, a metallurgist at Stanford University in California, saw 2000 centrifuges during an informal visit he made to the site in 2010, but international inspectors have never officially had access to the facility. This isn't the first time that ...
February 29, 2012 in Nature.com

North Korea's new nuclear plant a safety worry: expert
Siegfried Hecker, who has visited the North's main Yongbyon nuclear facility four times since 2004 and was the last foreign expert to visit the site in late 2010, said he was very concerned the reactor could be technically flawed.
January 26, 2012 in Chicago Tribune

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