Feb 21 Global warming debate heats up: Wall Street Journal publishes critique http://on.wsj.com/yyDIvm           Feb 20 Belarus nuke power construction site hit by fire that destroys $10 million in property bit.ly/xH58np           Feb 20 Business Week quotes moi on the moral hazards of offering to get to yes on nuke fuel making with Tehran bit.ly/wJikhS           Feb 17 Chinese towns voice qualms about local nuke power projects http://bo.st/xqmnMq           Feb 16 Chairwoman Ros-Lehtinen letter to Obama urging him to reconsider his abandonment of the gold standard http://bit.ly/zX1Zy5           Feb 16 Bipartisan: Wash Post's Jennifer Rubin reveals Sen. Kyl & Cong. Markey agree on Prez's need to back Gold Standard  http://wapo.st/A0yKw1           Feb 16 Foreign Policy Initiative showcases their signatures (Edelman and Fly) on the NPEC Gold Standard Letter to Prez  http://bit.ly/zzL6wR            Feb 16 NPEC debates USEC VP on loan guarantees and national security arguments for centrifuge enrichment project http://bit.ly/y5Wl1k           Feb 16 20 of America's Top Security Experts Urge Obama to Back Gold Standard http://bit.ly/zFbMUq           Feb 16 IRSN annual nuclear polling study shows French support for nuke power down decisively going into Presidential elections http://bit.ly/yPh9oy           Feb 16 Obama is reported to be considering dropping # of US deployed nuclear weapons to as low as 300 http://bo.st/xafPf7           Feb 16 Detailed Christian Science Monitor article details latest Iran development and quotes moi http://bit.ly/zg5Rh           Feb 14 66% of Japanese public favor scaling nuclear power back in their country http://t.co/5FbiTRQG           Feb 14 Japanese defenders of nuclear power argue it's necessary to retain a Japanese nuclear weapons option http://t.co/m6WqqJeQ           Feb 14 Polish referendum rejects nuclear power by 94% at proposed reactor construction site http://t.co/e4cjPjFd           Feb 13 Poland's first power reactor delayed five years                                    Feb 11 Mainichi Daily reports DPRK began U enrichment in 1998, during & in violation of Agreed Framework, with Pakistani help http://t.co/wMWBjmh4           Feb 11 Motley Fool warns investors that the nuclear revival in the US is a mirage http://t.co/tKneKx59           Feb 10 Political Polar Opposites Agree Obama Needs to Tighten Nuclear Nonproliferation Restraints http://t.co/0gCLi8XL             Feb 9 Czech government drops 18-reactor expansion plan http://t.co/CFoknniZ           Feb 9 Brazil to delay plans for 4 new power reactors by 18 months http://t.co/OOepYDA7           Feb 9 Iran details just how little Persian Gulf oil can be piped out of the region to bypass the Strait of Hormuz http://t.co/ToPyy4ie           Feb 8 Swedish nuke test scientist details case DPRK tested two boosted nuke weapons in 2010 in addtition to 2 other tests http://t.co/HkDdHE4m           Feb 8 New York Times dissects why effort to get weapon usable fuel out of research medical isotope reactors is not going well http://t.co/HTpuD3FD            Feb 8 National Review posts NPEC piece criticizing Obama for sidelining tough nonpro conditions on US nuke cooperation http://t.co/uiiVj2wO           Feb 5 NY Times editorial blasting Obama abandoning nonpro Gold Standard gets much right but ignores Ros Lehtinen's leadership http://t.co/2gCCJG7           Feb 5 Japan delays shake down testing of reprocessing plant at Rokkasho by an additional month http://t.co/LmnzFP89           Feb 3 Obama about to initial civil nuke deals w/ Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam that lack Gold Standard conditions http://t.co/elHCJtfr            Feb 2 UAE national paper calls for states (i.e., US) to uphold support for nonproliferation Gold Standard http://bit.ly/xfA5FN           Feb 1 Japan likely to finally kill its fast breeder reactor program raising questions about it recycling spent nuke fuel http://bit.ly/wLB94m           Feb 1 Japanese atomic agency reports serious Chinese fast reactor accident in Oct. '11 was covered up by PRC gov. http://bit.ly/ylSWwT            Feb 1 Weekly Standard posts NPEC's critique of national security arguments used to justify subsidizing USEC http://bit.ly/xyID34           Jan 31 Weekly Standard posts NPEC's critique of national security arguments used to justify subsidizing USEC http://bit.ly/xwP2aM           Jan 31 French gov. auditor says doubling investment needed for safe maintenance will hike nuke production costs at least 10%. http://fxn.ws/AslPoP           Jan 31 India pins its nuclear power hopes on raising $100 b in foreign financing http://bit.ly/xLGbaX           Jan 29 Pentagon upgrades 30 ton penetration bomb to threaten targets deeper than 200 ft.; unclear if Iran nuke sites at risk http://on.wsj.com/xa8RbL           Jan 29 Head of Iran's state oil company says oil prices will climb to $120-$150 a barrel http://wapo.st/zs72vc           Jan 29 Japan's nuke weapons usable plutonium stocks exceed 45 tons,~9,000 bombs' worth, as prospects for its civil use near 0. http://bit.ly/ytHhFd           Jan 27 Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal warns of n. arms race; backs M. East nuclear weapons free zone with military sanctions http://yhoo.it/wIPMDw           Jan 26 CEZ, eager to keep its current credit rating, now in search of outside investor for its $10 b reactor project http://buswk.co/zTkG3O           Jan 25 Even without blockading Hormuz, Iran has many options to upset oil markets and Gulf security http://reut.rs/xpvosv           Jan 24 Wall Street Journal details Obama's decision to abandon efforts to tighten nonpro conditions on US nuke exports http://on.wsj.com/Am2ZCP           Jan 23 State and Energy letter to Hill says Obama to drop efforts to push nonpro conditions in UAE-US deal for future 123s http://bit.ly/xVNWv8           Jan 23 Power politics: Are Japanese officials exaggerating likely 2012 summer electricity shortages to push nuke restarts? http://bit.ly/A0eOnZ           Jan 23 BBC details Fair Energy legal EU complaint on member states' illicit nuclear subsidies http://bbc.in/xUEEbf           Jan 21 Oil Price details why PRC-Saudi oil-nuke agreement is a big and possibly worrisome deal http://bit.ly/zeXzVq           Jan 21 Checkout NPEC's latest: Weekly Standard on why 'peaceful' reactors in Iran, N. Korea, and beyond are nuke weapons worry http://bit.ly/Aq71nS           Jan 20 New Spanish government takes 1st step to reverse previus governmtn 2013 reactor shutdown order http://bit.ly/ziyCM4           Jan 20 NPEC enthusiastically welcomes John Lauder, former CIA Nonproliferation Center Director, to advisory board http://bit.ly/ziyCM4           Jan 20 Letter to congress encouraging "pref. procurement" amendment for non-HEU medical isotopes in S.99 http://bit.ly/ADqkJy           Jan 20 Euro enviro group files formal complaint with EU against EU members that subsidize nuke power with liability caps, etc. http://bit.ly/wUADRW           Jan 20 Check this out: DoE assessment of USEC loan guarantee torpedoes all of the applicant's national security arguments http://bit.ly/wGyKIt           Jan 16 Saudi Arabia and China seal a civilian nuclear cooperative agreement http://on.wsj.com/zHmTEg           Jan 16 New US Nuclear Power Plants Economics Get Hit Again: Natural gas prices fall another 35% to $2.67/1000 btus http://abcn.ws/ytUT0d           Jan 15 As oil prices fall http://bit.ly/z36Bg6, experts worry tensions over Iran will drive them back up to record levels http://wapo.st/zSijIQ           Jan 14 US pork politics go nuclear: W. Post dissects various Hill efforts to bailout USEC http://wapo.st/yWtknV           Jan 13 Obama's nuke power export team tells Hill US is again working nuke cooperation deals with Jordan and Vietnam http://bit.ly/whmA54           Jan 12 Indian high court to hear legal suit against construction of 2800 MW nuclear park at Gorakhpur http://bit.ly/ynE1xp           Jan 12 Is Russia running low on cash to finance nuke exports: Capital flight from Russia doubles on soveign debt worries http://on.wsj.com/yoIMZa           Jan 12 The Wall Street Journal details why US natural gas prices are projected to sink to $2/1000 BTU http://on.wsj.com/yCofbe           Jan 12 U Gotta B Kidding: Royal Chemical Society blames Dr. No for current anti nuke sentiment http://bbc.in/yAp8eb           Jan 12 Former IAEA safeguards director details when Iran could make a bomb's worth of highly enriched uranium http://bit.ly/yraX40           Jan 11 Obama's nuclear power promotion team whispers to the Hill it's about to announce a new nuclear export policy http://bit.ly/zBqGZz           Jan 11 Japan goes German: Tokyo decision to close reactors over 40 yrs. old would shut down 2/3rds of Japan's fleet by 2030 http://usat.ly/xl5cHM           Jan 11 5th assasination attempt made since 2010 against Iran's nuclear scientists kills a top chemical engineer; Israel blamed http://reut.rs/zqhWJl           Jan 9 India shops abroad in hopes of securing affordable financing to build its next 2 power reactors http://on.wsj.com/weFrC3           Jan 8 Taiwan to put the question of completing construction of its fourth nuke reactor to a public vote later this month http://bit.ly/w0uH8O           Jan 6 Dutch say AREVA wants to buy a majority of URENCO, which enriches uranium fuel http://bit.ly/yRgly5           Jan 5 EDF says extending life of existing French reactors will cost $65 billion; EDF stock prices immediately fell http://buswk.co/zlKYPP           Jan 3 Israel announces that it will shutdown Dimona in wartime and in times of tension http://bit.ly/smmdSZ           Jan 2 More on Japan's coverup of the high costs of reprocessing vs storage of spent nuke fuel http://bit.ly/rz6lGv           Jan 1 Official Japanese panel finds government underestimated nuclear power and reprocessing costs 1.5 to 2 fold http://bit.ly/vQ09M2           Jan 1 US aims to devise a new nuclear accident liability understanding with India that would be acceptable to US nuke firms http://bit.ly/sSLXk4           Jan 1 Iran claims it is now testing its own power reactor fuel rods for Bushehr http://reut.rs/tYKaOc                       http://t.co/HM1mfgGs     
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Policymakers and Security Experts on NPEC

The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center has distinguished itself with its no-nonsense analyses and strong advocacy for robust nonproliferation policies. The organization's leadership ranks in the top tier of experts that the Committee on Foreign Relations looks to for testimony on difficult issues.

Senator Richard Lugar
Ranking Member
Senate Foreign Relations Committee

In a town where institutions tend to stake out predictable and not very original positions, NPEC cannot be easily pigeon-holed.Its honest, hard-hitting analysis has often made administrations of both parties uncomfortable –and that’s probably a good thing.

Robert Einhorn
U.S. Department of State

For 15 years, no individual or organization has spent more time studying the risks associated with the spread of civil nuclear power technology and the failure to deal with the nuclear weapons programs of Iran and North Korea as Henry Sokolski and the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC).  As the threats of nuclear terrorism and proliferation continue to dominate national security policy debates, both Sokolski and NPEC will continue to provide a vital service to the legislative and executive branches.

Senator Jon Kyl
Assistant Minority Leader (Republican Whip)

NPEC is fearless.It never hesitates to speak out for nuclear nonproliferation as the top national security priority of the United States, regardless of whose feathers get ruffled.Its work is always provocative, informative, and useful to those of us who are deeply interested in these issues. Congratulations!

Congressman Howard Berman
Chairman
House Foreign Affairs Committee

NPEC and its guiding light, Henry Sokolski, have for fifteen years performed an invaluable service to our country on the critical threats posed by proliferation. They have provided evidence, analysis and opinion to inform and enhance our policy debates, and in so doing earned the respect of all the participants in that debate, no mean accomplishment in Washington these. Although I wish the world were such that we didn't have to wish Henry and NPEC well for another fifteen years, we do, and we should.  Best of luck! 

Ambassador John Bolton
AEI, former Under Secretary of State
UN Ambassador

Henry Sokolski and the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center have been for many years top resources for my work on nonproliferation issues. NPEC’s commitment to reducing the nuclear threat is second to none.

Congressman Ed Markey
Chairman, House Energy and the Environment Subcommittee

The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center headed by Henry Sokolski has repeatedly proven to be an indispensable source of expertise for the Congress in its work on nuclear issues.  Through testimony to the Foreign Affairs Committee, the many papers produced by NPEC, and his analysis of complex issues, he has contributed significantly to the Committee’s many accomplishments in this area.  I look forward to continuing to working closely with NPEC for many years to come.

Ilena Ros-Lehtinen
Ranking Member
House Foreign Affairs Committee

NPEC stands out among the many groups that provide analysis and information about nuclear nonproliferation because it focuses on something that receives less attention than it should – namely, the proliferation impacts of civilian nuclear cooperation.  You can count on NPEC to provide incisive analysis of nuclear nonproliferation issues from diverse points of view.

Congressman Brad Sherman
Chairman
House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade

Nuclear proliferation is a vexing policy challenge.  The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center is an invaluable resource for Members of Congress and their staff as we grapple with these critical issues.  Its Expertise is needed now more than ever.

Congressman Ed Royce
Ranking Member
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade

NPEC and Henry Sokolski are a steady source of penetrating analysis and innovative policy recommendations.  They are an exceptionally creative players in the nonproliferation field. 

George Perkovich
VP for Studies and Nonproliferation Program
Director, The Carnegie Endowment

I am deeply impressed with NPEC’s mastery of a broad range of nonproliferation topics and the depth of analysis reflected in its profusion of publications.  NPEC is widely respected for distilling complex nuclear threat issues down to their essence and providing timely, actionable, and eminently sensible policy recommendations.

 Congressman Jeff Fortenberry
Co-chairman
House Nuclear Security Caucus
House Foreign Affairs Committee

Few nonproliferation policy shops, including the big ones, have accomplished as much as NPEC.

Victor Gilinsky
Former NRC Commissioner

Anyone with a serious interest in nuclear proliferation needs to track NPEC's reports. NPEC provides not only up-to-date information, it exposes the considerable array of follies and contradictions in our policies. It is a one- stop shop for sanity on technology, economics, politics and bureaucratic behavior.

Henry Rowen
Hoover Institution
Former RAND President
Chairman, the National Intelligence Council, and Assistant Secretary of Defense

NPEC is a vital and effective world leader in the deadly serious business of stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. If we don't want to lose a city, or worse, we should support NPEC's work now.

Amory Lovins
Rocky Mountain Institute

Nuclear proliferation is a complicated intellectual field and a difficult practical challenge. If we succeed in coming to grips with the challenges we face, it will be in large part because of the fearless and first-rate work of NPEC.

William Kristol
Editor
The Weekly Standard

Thanks to the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center no one dealing with nuclear non-proliferation policies and issues will ever be able to say "I didn't know", "I didn't realize" or "what else could have been done?" This, by itself, is a major accomplishment.

Pierre Goldschmidt
Former Head of the IAEA
Department of Safeguards

There are many think tanks in Washington. Very few of them can be described as invaluable. NPEC is one of those few. In an era where no issue matters more -- or is thought about less -- than nuclear proliferation, NPEC has consistently provided the most comprehensive and intelligent analysis available.

Bret Stephens
The Wall Street Journal 

NPEC has commissioned landmark research reports on  nuclear-proliferation-related issues and plays an important role in Washington's nuclear-policy debates as an expert and effective nuclear iconoclast.

Frank Von Hippel
Princeton University
Co-chair International Panel on Fissile Materials

No organization speaks as forcefully and cogently on the range of topics influencing our thinking about nuclear power and proliferation as does NPEC.

Jeff Kueter
President
The George Marshall Institute

The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) has made major contribution for U.S. policies to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and educated indeed. Congressional Commission on the U.S. Strategic Posture upon which I served certainly benefited from NPEC’s studies; in particular its analysis regarding fissile material controls. 

Fred Ikle
CSIS
Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and Arms Control

NPEC has consistently been way ahead of the curve. Not only does NPEC identify problems long before they hit the front pages, it has an excellent record at bringing together regional experts with strategic thinkers. It also thinks seriously about how the other side will try to counter whatever approach the United States adopts and realizes that foreign policy problems usually require an ongoing campaign, not just immediate policy steps. 

Patrick Clawson
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

“Henry Sokolski's work earns wide regard because it is both informed and trenchant. His analysis offers valuable insights and presents important challenges—not only to those who have advocated prior non-proliferation initiatives but to those who contend that there are better options.

Alton Frye
Vice President
The Council on Foreign Relations 

  
 
NPEC in the Media

Feb 20, 2012: Business Week quotes NPEC's executive director in "IAEA Iran Visit May Offer End to War Talk Over Nuclear Work," by Jonathan Tirone.

Feb 16, 2012: The Christian Science Monitor quotes NPEC's executive director in "Iran's good cop, bad cop act: agrees to talks, flaunts nuclear advances," by Howard LaFranchi.

Feb 14, 2012: The Weekly Standard cites NPEC's executive director in, "Bolton and Markey: Is Obama Embracing a Post-Iran Nuclear Arms Race?," by Robert Zarate.

Jan 26, 2012: The Washington Post cites NPEC executive director in Jennifer Rubin's, "Morning Bits," by Jennifer Rubin.

Jan 25, 2012: The Wall Street Journal quotes NPEC executive director in, "U.S. Shifts Policy on Nuclear Pacts," by Jay Solomon.

Jan 13, 2012: The Washington Post quotes NPEC executive director in, "‘Crunch time’ at troubled nuclear fuel plant," by Steven Mufson.

 
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NPEC's Latest
NPEC Articles & Studies
NPEC Books
Nuclear Power's Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks
Dec 2010
Reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Jan 2010
Pakistan's Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risk
Apr 2010
Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter
Jan 2009
Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom
Mar 2008
Pakistan's Nuclear Future: Worries Beyond War
Jan 2008
Gauging U.S.-Indian Strategic Cooperation
Mar 2007
Taming the Next Set of Strategic Weapons Threats
May 2006
Getting Ready for a Nuclear Ready Iran
Jan 2005
Getting Mad: Nuclear Mutual Assured Destruction, Its Origins and Practice
Nov 2004
Checking Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
Jan 2004
Beyond Nunn Lugar: Curbing the Next Wave of Weapons Proliferation Threats from Russia
Apr 2002
Planning for a Peaceful Korea
Feb 2001
Twenty First Century Weapons Proliferation
Jan 2001
Best of Intentions: America's Campaign Against Strategic Weapons Proliferation
Jan 2001
Prevailing in a Well-Armed World: Devising Competitive Strategies Against Weapons Proliferation
Mar 2000
Fighting Proliferation: New Concerns for the Nineties
Jan 1996
Daily Briefs of Import
Outside of NPEC

Global warming debate heats up: Wall Street Journal publishes critique
Feb 21, 2012
Concerned Scientists Reply on Global Warming, The Wall Street Journal, 21 February 2012

Belarus nuke power construction site hit by fire that destroys $10 million in property
Feb 20, 2012
"Belarusian NPP Construction Site Caught Fire," Office for a Democratic Belarus, 14 February 2012

Chinese towns voice qualms about local nuke power projects
Feb 17, 2012
"Chinese towns spar over planned nuclear plant," The Boston Globe, 16 February 2012

Obama is reported to be considering dropping # of US deployed nuclear weapons to as low as 300
Feb 16, 2012
"US weighing steep nuclear arms cuts," The Boston Globe, 14 February 2012

IRSN annual nuclear polling study shows French support for nuke power down decisively going into Presidential elections
Feb 16, 2012
"French Nuclear Anxieties Soar After Fukushima," oilprice.com, 14 February 2012

Bipartisan: Wash Post's Jennifer Rubin reveals Sen. Kyl & Cong. Markey agree on Prez's need to back Gold Standard
Feb 16, 2012
"Obama’s flip-flop on nuclear fuel," The Washington Post, 16 February 2012

Polish referendum rejects nuclear power by 94% at proposed reactor construction site
Feb 14, 2012
"UPDATE 2-Polish sea resort poll rejects nuclear plant", Reuters, 14 February 2012

 

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