At Peace With Nuclear Expansion: Nonproliferation Imperative

Dr. Raymond Juzaitis, head of the Nuclear Engineering Department at Texas A&M University talks about the world nuclear "renaissance" and the nonproliferation challenges of countries' growing infrastructure for nuclear fuel cycle at a luncheon seminar at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He highlights the need for proliferation resistant fuel cycle, nuclear materials awareness, and strengthening the scope and effectiveness of safeguards.

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[adamredwine]

Nice speech, I am a student his department at A&M and have been impressed by Dr. Juzaitus' talents and knowledge.

[mpwelk]

Although the SL-1 experimental power reactor project in Idaho was not a civilian operation, in 1961 it experienced an explosive supercritical accident resulting in three deaths. SL-1 was a live test of a unit intended to power remote military outposts.

There was a 1/4" plate steel containment building, far less than the massive concrete structures surrounding all present-day power reactors.

Some see it as another argument against, or like myself, as a lesson to help us harness the source!