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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Issues

The Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests: An End to Nuclear Proliferation, or to Nuclear Non-Proliferation?
Paul Leventhal, NCI President, presented to Conference on the Impact of the South Asian Nuclear Crisis on the Non-Proliferation Regime, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 16, 1998

"Averting a Latin American Nuclear Arms Race"
Introduction to book on NCI's Montevideo Conference, Averting  a Latin American Nuclear Arms Race: New Prospects and Challenges for Argentinian-Brazilian Nuclear Cooperation, edited by Paul Leventhal and Sharon Tanzer, St. Martin's Press, 1992.

India Cheated
Op-Ed article by former NRC Commissioner Victor Gilinsky and NCI President Paul Leventhal, Washington Post, June 15, 1998

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1956 India-U.S. Heavy Water Supply Contract

Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests: Frequently Asked Questions
Steven Dolley, NCI, June 9, 1998

Outside Assistance to the Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Programs
Steven Dolley, NCI, June 9, 1998

Preventing the Inevitable: Ruminations on India and Pakistan
Forthcoming article by Paul Leventhal for The Monitor, journal of the University of Georgia's Center for International Trade and Security, June 3, 1998

Time for the Netherlands to Disengage from the Plutonium Economy
Paul Leventhal, president, NCI
Testimony before a Parliamentary Hearing of the Tweede Kamer, The Hague, The Netherlands, October 24, 1997

Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons
"Defense Monitor," Center for Defense Information TV program, July 29, 1997; Paul Leventhal, NCI, guest

The Plutonium Industry and the Consequences for a Comprehensive Fissile Materials Cutoff
Paul Leventhal, president, NCI, "Working Towards a Nuclear-Free World," Oxford Research Group Seminar, in cooperation with Chinese People's Association for Peace & Disarmament, Oxford University, Oxford, England, April 28, 1997

NCI's Reaction to Frontline's "Nuclear Reaction"
Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, April 25, 1997

NCI Position Papers Prepared for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting (PrepComm), United Nations, New York, April 7, 1997

Civilian Uses of Bomb-Grade Uranium and the NNPT
Ultra-Hazardous Nuclear Shipments by Sea and the NNPT

"Putting the Nuclear Genie Back in the Bottle"
Paper by Dr. Theodore B. Taylor, NCI board member and former nuclear weapons designer, May 1, 1996

"Political vs. Security Concerns in Plutonium Decision-Making"
Paul Leventhal, remarks presented to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Nonproliferation Conference, Washington, D.C., February 12, 1996

 

   
 

Bomb-Grade Uranium

HEU Core Conversion of Russian Production Reactors: A Major Threat to the International RERTR Regime
Alan J. Kuperman, senior policy analyst, and Paul L. Leventhal, president, NCI, presented at the 21st Annual International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR), Săo Paulo, Brazil, October 19, 1998

Civilian Highly Enriched Uranium and the Fissile Material Convention: Codifying the Phase-Out of Bomb-Grade Fuel for Research Reactors
Alan J. Kuperman, senior policy analyst, NCI, prepared for a symposium on "The Scope of a Fissile Material Convention," United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the Oxford Research Group, Geneva, Switzerland, August 29, 1996, updated October 9, 1998

End Global Commerce in Bomb-Grade Fuel
Paul Leventhal and Sharon Tanzer op-ed, International Herald Tribune, May 7, 1998

RERTR End-Game: A Win-Win Framework
Alan Kuperman, senior consultant, and Paul Leventhal, president, NCI
Presented at the International Meeting on the RERTR Program, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, October 5-10, 1997

A Three-Nation Nuclear End Run
Paul Leventhal and Alan Kuperman op-ed, New York Times, June 6, 1996, International Herald Tribune, June 8-9, 1996

"German's HEU Decision at Garching: Impact on World Commerce in Bomb-Grade Uranium"
Testimony by Paul Leventhal presented to Hearing of Green Party on the Garching 2 Research Reactor, Bonn, Germany, November 1, 1995

"RERTR at the Crossroads: Success or Demise"
Paper by Paul Leventhal and Alan Kuperman presented to the International RERTR Conference, Paris, France, September 18, 1995

Reprocessing

DOE Reprocessing Policy and the Irreversibility of Plutonium Disposition
Dr. Edwin Lyman, NCI Scientific Director, Paper Presented to the American Nuclear Society, Charleston, SC, September 9, 1998

What to Do with Germany's Spent Nuclear Fuel?
Paul Leventhal, Testimony before the Hesse State Legislature, Wiesbaden, Germany, June 20, 1996

Japan's Plutonium Program

Impact of U.S. Plutonium Decision-Making on Japan's Plutonium Program
Paul Leventhal and Steven Dolley, presented to the Conference on International MOX Assessment, Citizens Nuclear Information Center, Kyoto, Japan, October 25, 1996

"The Importation and Storage of High-Level Radioactive Wastes at Rokkasho-mura: Safety Concerns"
Paper by Dr. Edwin Lyman presented to the Public Forum on High-Level Nuclear Waste and Reprocessing, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Issues Research Group, Aomori, Japan, April 16, 1996

"Separating Myths from Reality: Awakening from Japan's Plutonium Dream"
Paper by Paul Leventhal presented to the Public Forum on High-Level Nuclear Waste and Reprocessing, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Issues Research Group, Aomori, Japan, April 16, 1996

Sea Transport of Radioactive Material

"The Need for Further International Action Regarding Safety of Sea Transport of Ultrahazardous Radioactive Materials"
Jon M. Van Dyke, Professor of Law, University of Hawai'i School of Law, August 17, 1998

"Summary Response of the Nuclear Control Institute to Comments on 'The Sea Transport of Vitrified High-Level Wastes: Unresolved Safety Issues" Dr. Edwin Lyman, January 1998

Supplementary Information/Analysis to MEPC39/INF.15: "The Sea Transport of Vitrified High-Level Wastes: Unresolved Safety Issues"
Report by Edwin Lyman, PhD, scientific director, NCI, submitted to the 40th Session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee, July 11, 1997

The Legitimacy of Unilateral Actions to Protest the Ocean Shipment of Ultrahazardous Radioactive Materials
Paper by Prof. Jon M. Van Dyke, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, December 1996

The Sea Transport of Vitrified High-Level Radioactive Wastes: Unresolved Safety Issues
Report by Dr. Edwin Lyman, Scientific Director, NCI, December 9, 1996

"Addressing Safety Issues in the Sea Transport of Radioactive Material"
By Dr. Edwin Lyman, presented to the IMO Special Consultative Meeting, March 4-6, 1996, London, England

"Applying the Precautionary Principle to Ocean Shipments of Radioactive Material"
By Professor Jon Van Dyke, presented to the IMO Special Consultative Meeting, March 4-6, 1996, London, England

Air Transport of Radioactive Material

Inadequacy of the IAEA's Air Transport Regulations: The Case of MOX Fuel
Technical Paper presented to Dangerous Goods Panel, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), by Dr. Edwin S. Lyman, NCI scientific director, Montreal, Canada, October 24, 1997

"Status Report on Plutonium Air Shipments"
By Sharon Tanzer, NCI backgrounder, June 14, 1996

Military Plutonium Disposition

Reaching for a Common Ground
Speech by Paul Leventhal, NCI President, presented to the International Policy Forum on Management & Disposition of Nuclear Weapons Material, Bethesda, Maryland, March 24, 1998

The Case Against Using Military Plutonium as Civilian Fuel
Paul Leventhal, Remarks to a Symposium on "Nuclear Materials: A Clear and Present Danger," The American News Women's Club, March 12, 1998

A Pox on MOX
Paul Leventhal, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April, 1998

Better Plutonium Plan
Paul Leventhal & Edwin Lyman, letter to the editor, New York Times, February 5, 1998

A Safer Plutonium Plan
Edwin Lyman, scientific director, NCI, letter to the editor, Washington Post, August 24, 1997

Comments on the Scope of the Department of Energy's Surplus Plutonium Disposition Environmental Impact Statement
Steven Dolley, research director, NCI, July 18, 1997

Don't Delay R&D on Immobilization of Warhead Plutonium, Groups Urge DOE
NCI/NRDC/ERF Letter to Energy Secretary Peńa, July 1, 1997

NCI Fact Sheets on Warhead Plutonium Disposition

Questions and Answers on Warhead Plutonium Disposition
Ploughshares or Swords?: Why the MOX Approach to Plutonium Disposition is
Bad for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control
Burn It or Bury It?: Burying Warhead Plutonium as Waste is Safer and Cheaper than Burning It in Reactors
Using Warhead Plutonium as Reactor Fuel Does Not Make It Unusable in Nuclear Bombs

Bury the Stuff
Paul Leventhal, president, and Edwin Lyman, scientific director, NCI, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 1997

MOX Disposal of Surplus Weapons Plutonium: Politically Expedient, But Does It Make Sense?
Paul Leventhal, president, Nuclear Control Institute, Presented at the Fourth International Policy Forum: Management and Disposition of Nuclear Weapons Materials, Lansdowne Conference Center, Lansdowne, Virginia, February 12, 1997

"Stabilization and Immobilization of Military Plutonium: A Non-Proliferation Perspective"
By Paul Leventhal, presented to the U.S. Department of Energy Plutonium Stabilization and Immobilization Workshop, December 12, 1995

"A Perspective on the Proliferation Risks of Plutonium Mines"
by Dr. Edwin S. Lyman, presented to the U.S. Department of Energy Plutonium Stabilization and Immobilization Workshop, December 12, 1995; revised January 2, 1996

The MOX and Vitrification Options Compared: A Non-Proliferation Perspective
Paul Leventhal and Steven Dolley, Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation: ICEM '95, Berlin, Germany, September 3-7, 1995

U.S.-China Nuclear Trade Issues

China, Pakistan and Proliferation
Paul Leventhal, NCI President, testimony before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection, House Commerce Committee, May 14, 1998

China's Non-Proliferation Words vs. China's Nuclear Proliferation Deeds
NCI Issue Brief, December 9, 1997

Is Nuclear Cooperation with China in the National Interest?
Daniel Horner, senior policy analyst, NCI
Congressional Research Service Briefing, October 24, 1997

Testimony of Paul Leventhal on the U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
Presented to the House Committee on International Relations, October 7, 1997

China's Record of Proliferation Misbehavior
Steven Dolley, NCI research director, NCI Issue Brief, September 29, 1997

The Renewal of Nuclear Trade with China: Legal and Policy Considerations
Paul Leventhal, NCI, and Eldon Greenberg, Garvey, Shubert & Barer, November 21, 1996

Proliferation: Show China We Mean Business
Paul Leventhal and Daniel Horner op-ed, Washington Post, June 14, 1996

Iraq's Nuclear Bomb Program

Unanswered Questions in Iraq
Steven Dolley & Paul Leventhal, Letter to the editor, Washington Post, June 22, 1998

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Iraq's Nuclear File: Still Open

Mohammed ElBaradei, Director-General, IAEA, Washington Post op-ed, June 1, 1998
NCI Response, Washington Post, June 22, 1998

Iraq's Nuclear Weapons Program: Unresolved Issues
Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, May 12, 1998

U.S. Must Fight for Monitoring Of Iraq's Continued Atom Threat
Paul Leventhal and Steven Dolley, NCI Op-Ed in Newsday, April 27, 1998

Now is a Good Time to Revisit Saddam's Nuclear Capability
Paul Leventhal & Steven Dolley, International Herald Tribune, March 5, 1998

Iraq and the Bomb: The Nuclear Threat Continues
Report by Steven Dolley, NCI Research Director, February 19, 1998

"Iraq: How Close to a Nuclear Weapon?"
Edwin S. Lyman, November 14, 1995

"Who Says Iraq Isn't Making a Bomb?"
By Paul Leventhal and Edwin Lyman, International Herald Tribune, November 2, 1995

Nuclear Terrorism

Nuclear Terrorism: Threat, Perception and Response in South Asia
Paul Leventhal, NCI President, and Brahma Chellaney, Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard, paper presented to the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, October 10, 1988

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U.S.-EURATOM Nuclear Cooperation Agreement