Global HEU Minimization Challenges - Political, Technical and Economic Issues
Vienna, Austria
Panel 4: Global HEU Minimization Challenges - Political, Technical and Economic Issues
This panel discussion was convened as a part of the 2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization in Vienna, which was co-hosted by Austria, Norway and NTI, in cooperation with the IAEA. Panel members discussed the factors that constrain HEU minimization efforts globally.
- Chair: Elena Sokova, Vienna Centre for Non-proliferation and Disarmament
- Dr. Tadahiro Katsuta, Meiji University (Japan)
- Dr. Annette Schaper, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Germany)
- Chad Westmacott, OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency
- Dr. Winfried Petry, Technical University Munich (Germany)
About
This was the fourth of six panel discussions that took place at the 2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization in Vienna, which was co-hosted by Austria, Norway and NTI, in cooperation with the IAEA.
Understanding
the Nuclear Threat
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In Depth
Global Security Newswire
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Canadian Imports of Russian HEU Criticized
March 21, 2012
A 2010 agreement between a Canadian medical isotope production company to purchase highly enriched uranium from Russia has drawn criticism from nonproliferation analysts who argue it runs contrary to Ottawa's publicized nuclear security promises, the Globe and Mail reported on Wednesday.
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U.S. Recovers German Reactor Fuel Under New Program, Plans to Help Convert Argentine Reactor
Aug. 13, 2004
WASHINGTON — The United States this month received the first shipment of U.S.-origin spent fuel repatriated through the Global Threat Reduction Initiative, which seeks to recover U.S.- and Russian-origin fresh and spent nuclear fuel from research reactors around the world, the U.S. Energy Department announced this week (see GSN, July 21).
