Q&A: Getting Bomb-Grade Uranium Out of Civilian Hands: Toward the Nuclear Security Summit

On February 1, 2010, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) and the Royal Embassy of Norway hosted a panel discussion on nuclear security at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. The panel was introduced by Ambassador of Norway to the United States H.E. Wegger Chr. Strømmen and included the participation of Dr. Alan Kuperman, an Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Kenneth Luongo, President of the Partnership for Global Security, Cristina Hansell, Director of the Newly Independent States Nonproliferation Program, and Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, research scientist, both from the Monterey Institute's James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). During the Q&A session, the panel discussed ways to codify best practices in the area of nuclear security. For more information: http://cns.miis.edu/activities/100201_civilian_heu/index.htm

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• MIIS
• CNS
• nonproliferation
• nuclear
• security
• bomb-grade uranium
• highly enriched uranium
• HEU
• nuclear security summit