October 23rd, 2011

Charles Perrow: How technology can nudge climate change politics

Writing in Bloomberg View, Charles Perrow says U.S. investment in carbon capture and storage technology could "induce China and Europe to follow suit." This "would allow the world time for renewable-energy technologies to mature -- to the point where we could do away with coal burning altogether." Read more »

June 7th, 2011

Kate Marvel and Michael May: What is the future of nuclear energy?

In a new paper published by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Kate Marvel and Michael May explore the potentially game-changing events for the future of nuclear energy.
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March 22nd, 2011

CISAC researchers: How the failing reactors could change Japan and the industry

As events unfold at Japan's troubled nuclear power plants, CISAC researchers past and present discuss the future of nuclear energy, regulation, and what could happen next.

• » Edward Blandford: Nuclear energy and the true cost of electricity
• » Alan Hanson: Preventing the worst
• » Thomas Isaacs: The future of nuclear
• » Gaurav Kampani: How India will respond
• » Kate Marvel: Game changers in nuclear energy
• » Charles Perrow: Safety improvements are needed now
• » Charles Perrow: Experts ignored the risks
• » Robert Rosner: What is the future of nuclear power?
• » Hanson, Marvel, and Daniel Okimoto: What's next for Japan
• » Crisis in Japan (slides and video)

March 16th, 2011

Thomas Isaacs: The future of nuclear

As Japan's troubles continue, CISAC's Thomas Isaacs discusses the future of the nuclear industry. Read more »

November 19th, 2010

CISAC team discovers new North Korean uranium enrichment facility

CISAC's Siegfried Hecker, Robert Carlin, and John Lewis recently returned from North Korea, where it was revealed to them that Pyongyang was working on a new light-water reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear center, as well as a small, ultra-modern, industrial-scale uranium enrichment facility. "How the United States and its partners respond to these developments may help to shape whether Pyongyang will rely more on the bomb or begin a shift toward nuclear electricity," Hecker wrote in a report on their findings.

• » North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Complex: A presentation by Siegfried S. Hecker at the Korea Economic Institute
  
• » North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Complex: A Report by Siegfried S. Hecker
• » Robert Carlin and John W. Lewis in the Washington Post: "Review U.S. Policy Toward North Korea" (Nov. 22, 2010)

March 2nd, 2010

Tom Fingar reports on earthquake from Santiago

Tom Fingar, an alum and a fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, was in the Chilean capital of Santiago when the Feb. 27 earthquake struck. Fingar, former chairman of the National Intelligence Council, has spent winter quarter teaching Bing Overseas Studies Program students in Chile "Global Issues, Local Politics and American Foreign Policy" and "How to Analyze National Security Issues." Read more »

August 26th, 2009

Thomas Fingar assesses Iran's nuclear capability

Thomas Fingar is interviewed in a weeklong NPR series on the uncertainty surrounding Iran's nuclear capability. The audio interview can be downloaded from National Public Radio's website at www.npr.org.

• » NPR Aug 24: "Uncertainty Surrounds Iran's Nuclear Capability"
• » NPR Aug 25: "Could Deterrence Counter a Nuclear Iran?"