Nuclear EnergyArticle - Monday, July 19, 2010
Global Insider: India-Canada Relations
India and Canada signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Toronto late last month. In an e-mail interview, Ernie Regehr, a Centre for International Governance Innovation fellow, co-founder of Project Ploughshares, and adjunct associate professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, explains broader India-Canada relations.
Article - Monday, June 7, 2010
IAEA faces mushrooming Asia challenge
Iran and the possibility that a North Korean spy infiltrated a Japanese nuclear power plant are not the only challenges facing Yukiya Amano, the Japanese director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He has major issues across Asia, which is increasingly bullish on nuclear power plants.
Article - Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Cannon's notes state Israel's nuclear capabilities
Bolstered by the nuclear non-proliferation conference in New York, criticisms of Iran and the ongoing Middle East peace process, renewed questions about Israel's unconfirmed nuclear capabilities have made fresh headlines in recent weeks.
Article - Wednesday, May 5, 2010
NATO misses another opportunity
NATO foreign ministers met in Estonia last month, and the opportunity they missed was for a serious rethink of the presence of US nuclear weapons in Europe.
Article - Monday, April 12, 2010
CIGI releases comprehensive Nuclear Energy Futures report
Waterloo, Canada – April 12, 2010 – As the nuclear summit in Washington hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama unfolded today, The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) released the main report of its Nuclear Energy Futures (NEF) project online. The undertaking is the culmination of three-and-a-half years of research into the purported nuclear energy revival and its implications for global governance.
Article - Monday, April 5, 2010
New regulations called for amid nuclear power revival
Aging infrastructure and international terrorism spur need for international safety guidelines, former UN official says
Article - Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Louise Fréchette gives talk on global nuclear governance at CIGI
Waterloo, Ontario – March 31, 2010 – In the lead up to next month’s international meeting of leaders on nuclear proliferation in Washington, Louise Fréchette, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and a distinguished fellow at The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), will give a public lecture on April 5.
Article - Thursday, March 11, 2010
CIGI Encourages Deeper Industry Participation in Nuclear Governance Issues
A key recommendation from the Action Plan and Overview on nuclear energy and global governance to 2030 is to engage the industry more deeply on nuclear governance issues. One such endeavour is being undertaken by the Australian-based International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND), which has launched an industry survey.
Article - Friday, March 5, 2010
Flaws must be fixed before nuclear revival
As the author of The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 and its Implications for Safety, Security and Non-Proliferation, released by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) last month, I wish to respond to Patrick Moore's reading of it.
Article - Friday, March 5, 2010
Flaws must be fixed before nuclear revival
As the author of The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 and its Implications for Safety, Security and Non-Proliferation, released by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) last month, I wish to respond to Patrick Moore's reading of it.