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MagnifyMichael M. May, PhD
Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Emeritus; FSI Senior Fellow; CISAC Faculty Member
CISAC
Stanford University
Encina Hall, C237
Stanford, CA 94305-6165
Research Interests
Nuclear weapons policy in the US and in other countries; nuclear terrorism; nuclear and other forms of energy and their impact on the environment, health and safety and security; the use of statistics and mathematical models in the public sphere.
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Working Papers
Thoughts on the Day After
Michael M. May
CISAC (2007)
- Impact on Global Warming of Development and Structural Changes in The Electricity Sector of Guangdong Province, China
Chi Zhang, Michael M. May, Thomas C. Heller
CISAC (2000) - U.S. Enlargement Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, The
Michael M. May
CISAC (2000)
Reports
Lessons Learned from “Lessons Learned”: The Evolution of Nuclear Power Safety after Accidents and Near-Accidents
Edward Blandford, Michael M. May
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2012)
Game Changers for Nuclear Energy
Katherine D. Marvel, Michael M. May
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2011) - Rebuilding the NPT Consensus
Michael M. May
CISAC (2008) 
Nuclear Forensics: Role, State of the Art, Program Needs
Michael M. May, Reza Abedin-Zadeh, Donald A. Barr, Albert Carnesale, Philip E. Coyle, Jay Davis, Bill Dorland, Bill Dunlop, Steve Fetter, Alexander Glaser, Ian D. Hutcheon, Francis Slakey, Benn Tannenbaum
(2008)
Enhancing Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540
Allen S. Weiner, Chaim Braun, Michael M. May, Roger Speed
CISAC (2007)
Day After, The: Action in the 24 Hours Following a Nuclear Blast
Ashton B. Carter, Michael M. May, William J. Perry
Preventive Defense Project, Harvard and Stanford Universities (2007)- September 11 and the Need for International Nuclear Agreements
Michael M. May
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (2003) - An Alternative Nuclear Posture
Michael M. May,
52nd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs (2002) - Verifying the Agreed Framework
Michael M. May, Chaim Braun, George Bunn, Zachary Davis, James Hassberger, Ronald Lehman, Wayne Ruhter, William Sailor, Robert Schock, Nancy Suski
Center for Global Security Research; CISAC (2001) - Cox Committee Report, The: An Assessment
Michael M. May, Alastair Iain Johnston, W.K.H. Panofsky, Marco Di Capua, Lewis Franklin
CISAC (1999) 
Environmental Quality and Regional Conflict
Donald Kennedy, David Holloway, Erika Weinthal, Walter P. Falcon, Paul Ehrlich, Rosamond L. Naylor, Michael M. May, Stephen H. Schneider, Stephen Fetter, Jor-San Choi
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (1998)- Energy and Security in East Asia
Michael M. May
Shorenstein APARC (1998)
Journal Articles
The Nuclear Energy Market and the Nonproliferation Regime
Chaim Braun, Michael M. May
Nonproliferation Review vol. 13, 3 (2006)
International Regime of Fresh Fuel Supply and Spent Fuel Disposal
Chaim Braun, Michael M. May
Nonproliferation Review vol. 13, 1 (2006)
Preparing for the Worst
Michael M. May, Jay Davis, Raymond Jeanloz
Nature vol. 443, 7114 (2006) 
Dangerous Doctrine: How New U.S. Nuclear Plans Could Backfire
Roger Speed, Michael M. May
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists vol. 61, 2 (2005)
Carbon intensity of electricity generation and CDM baseline: case studies of three Chinese provinces
Chi Zhang, Thomas C. Heller, Michael M. May
Energy Policy vol. 33 (2005)- Teaching About Nuclear Weapons
Michael M. May
Physics and Society vol. 33, 4 (2004) - Stronger Measures Needed to Prevent Proliferation
Michael M. May, Tom Isaacs
Issues in Science and Technology (2004) 
Effectiveness of Nuclear Weapons against Buried Biological Agents
Michael M. May, Zachary Haldeman
Science and Global Security vol. 12 (2004)
Detecting Nuclear Material in International Container Shipping: Criteria for Secure Systems
Michael M. May, Dean Wilkening, Tonya L. Putnam
Journal of Physical Security vol. 1, 1 (2004)
Books & Book Chapters
Op-eds & Editorials
- After the bomb
William J. Perry, Michael M. May, Ashton Carter
Op-ed: New York Times on June 12, 2007 - The null hypothesis in Iraq
Michael M. May
Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on February 18, 2007 - The real nuclear threat is to America's bases
Michael M. May, Michael Nacht
Op-ed: Financial Times on September 22, 2005 - The importance of teaching about nuclear weapons
Michael M. May
Op-ed: Physics and Society on October 1, 2004 - An alternative nuclear posture
Michael M. May
Op-ed: Physics and Society on October 1, 2003 - No matter what the evidence, U.S. was going to war in Iraq
Michael M. May
CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-ed: San Jose Mercury News on January 30, 2004
