Replacing Cesium-137 Irradiators: Alternative and Emerging Technology
Hospitals and research centers are addressing security, safety and liability concerns by replacing cesium-137 irradiators with alternative technologies.
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Replacing Cesium-137 Blood Irradiators
Cesium-137 blood irradiator owners can take steps to eliminate risks by switching to alternative technology. (CNS)
Replacing Cesium-137 Irradiators: Leaders Taking Steps
Decision makers in the United States and across the world are taking steps to eliminate the risk of dirty bombs through cesium-137 irradiator replacement.
Replacing Cesium-137 Irradiators: Lifecycle Cost and Liability Considerations
Hospitals and research centers in the United States and around the world are addressing concerns about radiological security, safety, and liability.
U.S.-Russia Test Site Transparency Measures: Avoiding a Return to the Arms Race
An interactive test site tour explores how U.S.-Russia confidence building measures could help avoid a return to nuclear testing. (CNS)
The best way for our leaders to remember the dead on Armistice Day? Do everything they can to avoid a nuclear war
This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, one of the world’s most horrific conflicts. One of the best accounts of how this tragedy began, by the historian Christopher Clark, details how a group of well-meaning European leaders – “The Sleepwalkers” – led their nations into a war with 40 million military and civilian casualties. Today, we face similar risks of mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals, compounded by the potential for the use of nuclear weapons – where millions could be killed in minutes rather than over four years of protracted trench warfare. Do we have the tools to prevent an incident turning into unimaginable catastrophe?
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Bloomberg TV: NTI Ranks 2018’s Biggest Nuclear Security Threats
Ernest Moniz, co-chair and chief executive officer at Nuclear Threat Initiative and former U.S. Secretary of Energy, spoke with Bloomberg’s David Westin on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power,” on September 10, 2018. Moniz explained NTI’s latest nuclear security rankings and the biggest global threats to the United States. Below is a transcript of the interview.