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Scientist Spotlight with FAS Board Member Rodney Nichols

FAS presents "Scientist Spotlight," a new installment that will feature prominent FAS-affiliated scientists and engineers.

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Scientist Spotlight with FAS Board Member Rodney Nichols

Moving Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems to Global Deployment

In the FAS Special Report, "Moving Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems to Global Deployment," Charles D. Ferguson, FAS President, identifies the major factors that will affect deployment of advanced reactors (often referred to as Generation IV reactors) in the coming years to decades and analyzes what industry and governments need to do to move forward toward the ultimate goal of widespread deployment of potentially hundreds of highly energy-efficient, much safer, more proliferation-resistant, and economically- competitive nuclear power systems.

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Moving Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems to Global Deployment

Nuclear Weapons Experts File Amicus Brief to Support Marshall Islands Lawsuit Against Nuclear Weapons States

Four nuclear weapons experts have filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in support of a lawsuit filed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands to compel the United States to meet its requirements under the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT). The basic bargain of the NPT is that non-weapons states agreed to never acquire nuclear weapons, in exchange for which nuclear weapons states promised to enter into good faith disarmament negotiations.

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Nuclear Weapons Experts File Amicus Brief to Support Marshall Islands Lawsuit Against Nuclear Weapons States

Six Achievable Steps for Implementing an Effective Verification Regime for a Nuclear Agreement with Iran

Now that an agreement has been reached between the P5+1 and Iran, a non-partisan task force convened by FAS has published a report that addresses anticipated implementation challenges and offers findings and recommendations for strengthening the implementation process both internationally and within the United States.

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Six Achievable Steps for Implementing an Effective Verification Regime for a Nuclear Agreement with Iran

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Moving Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems to Global Deployment

By FAS | August 20, 2015

In the FAS Special Report entitled, Moving Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems to Global Deployment, Charles D. Ferguson, FAS President, identifies …

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Moving Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems to Global Deployment

Nuclear Weapons Experts File Amicus Brief to Support Marshall Islands Lawsuit Against Nuclear Weapons States

Six Achievable Steps for Implementing an Effective Verification Regime for a Nuclear Agreement with Iran

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