Nonproliferation and nuclear arms reduction should be joint, balanced efforts, according to Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. “I think fewer probably [are] better,” Sokolski said about nuclear weapons yesterday at the Heritage Foundation. “If you come down, you don’t want to be alone,” he said, referring to parity in multilateral nonproliferation efforts. “Coming down . . . on balance, if you can, with some transparency, is a good thing,” he said. Sokolski led a panel discussion about his new book, Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future, which outlines potential long-term proliferation scenarios and provides recommendations meant to prevent them. According to Sokolski, these recommendations include focusing on Asia as “the center of gravity of the world,” emphasizing “timely detection,” shifting attention to missiles, “not just nuclear warheads,” and “[tightening] the rules with regard to the spread of peaceful nuclear technology.”
Nonproliferation Expert: Fewer Nukes Are Better With Balanced, Multilateral Reductions
NNSA removes high-risk cesium from Vermont
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has removed all high-risk cesium-137 from Vermont, making it the 15th U.S. state or territory declared free of high-risk quantities of the radioactive material. This follows a July operation in which a team from Idaho National Laboratory removed a self-shielded cesium irradiator from the University of Vermont in Burlington […]