Nickolas Roth
Senior Director, Nuclear Materials Security
Nuclear Facilities in Times of Crisis
Novel and increasingly intense global crises, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are stressing nuclear facilities in new ways. This paper evaluates existing strategies for reducing the risk of catastrophe at nuclear facilities during armed conflict and natural disasters and recommends additional steps that governments and international institutions should take to ensure that facilities are prepared to withstand future crises.
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