March 22nd, 2012

Global Security Summit overshadowed by North Korea talk of satellite launch

CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker tells Science Magazine: When dealing with North Korea, be patient. "We have to convince them that their nuclear weapons are a liability."

• » Nunn, Hecker, Taubman: World's Most Pressing Nuclear Challenges
  
• » Science Magazine: North Korea Conundrum Overshadows Nuclear Summit

MacArthur Foundation awards CISAC $2.45 million to enhance nuclear security research

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded Stanford’s CISAC a $2.45 million grant to support its mission of reducing the dangers of nuclear weapons. Read more »

March 15th, 2012

Taubman discusses unlikely effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons

In a new book, former New York Times reporter Philip Taubman, a consulting professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, tells the story of five men who have joined efforts to eliminate the ultimate weapon. Click "read more" to access an article by the Stanford Report and an audio recording of his talk with KQED. Read more »

March 14th, 2012

Siegfried Hecker provides testimony to Congress on governance of nuclear security

Siegfried Hecker provides testimony to the House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Arms Services Committee of the House on governance, oversight and management of the nation's nuclear security enterprise. Hecker says the current system of management is no longer "deliberate, innovative and successful," due primarily to the demands of Congress for greater accountability.

• » Congressional testimony for governance, oversight and management of Nuclear Security Enterprise

March 13th, 2012

Sidney Drell honored by National Nuclear Security Administration

Sidney Drell, co-founder and former co-director of CISAC, was honored with the NNSA Administrator's Gold Medal of Excellence for Distinguished Service, the highest honorary award granted by the National Nuclear Security Administration for his lifetime commitment to nuclear issues.

• » Sidney Drell awarded NNSA Administrator's Gold Medal of Excellence

March 12th, 2012

Stanford experts look at lessons learned from Japan crisis

March 11 marked the one-year anniversary of Japan's 9.0 earthquake and the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. CISAC's experts examine what Japan and the world have learned from these catastrophic events.

• » Ed Blandford: The events at Fukushima Daiichi were due to a series of failures
• » Rodney Ewing: We need to know more about what happens when hot seawater hits nuclear fuel

March 8th, 2012

Rodney Ewing in Science magazine reviews irradiated nuclear fuel on Fukushima anniversary

On anniversary of Japan's nuclear disaster, CISAC affiliate Rodney Ewing reviews in Science magazine the various nuclear fuel interactions after a meltdown.

• » Nuclear Fuel in a Reactor Accident (Science magazine)