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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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Henry Sokolski, Executive Director (BIO)

Tamara Mitchell, Deputy Director of Operations (BIO)

Greg Jones, Senior Researcher (BIO)

Pam Wang, Event-Outreach Coordinator (BIO)

Jennifer Macellaro, Operations Manager (BIO)

Sheri Macatangay, Events-Outreach Coordinator (BIO)

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Peter Bradford – Adjunct professor, Vermont Law School, former member Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and chairman of the New York Public Service Commission and of Public Utilities Commission of Maine

Rolf Ekeus – International Commission on Missing Persons Commissioner, former UNSCOM Chairman, Swedish ambassador to the US, and chairman of SPIRI

Eldon Greenberg – Garvey Schubert Barer.*

John A. Lauder – Vice President for Intelligence, Threat Reduction, and Homeland Security Programs at Arete Associates, an advanced science and engineering company; former CIA Nonproliferation Center Director

Richard K. Lester – Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Industrial Performance Center (IPC) and professor of nuclear science and engineering

Steve Lukasik – Former Director of the U.S. Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency and Chief Scientist of the Federal Communications Commission

Gordon Oehler – Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency's Nonproliferation Center

Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. – President of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and Professor at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

David Rapoport – Editor, Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence; Professor, University of California at Los Angeles

Peter Tynan – Partner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors

Mark Wallace – Former US Ambassador to the United Nations, President of UANI*

The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC), is a 501 (c)3 nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational organization founded in 1994 to promote a better understanding of strategic weapons proliferation issues. NPEC educates policymakers, journalists, and university professors about proliferation threats and possible new policies and measures to meet them.
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