nuclearArticle - 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.
Publication - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Nigeria and Nuclear Energy: Plans and Prospects
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and a major oil exporter, suffers from chronic energy shortages. Years of under-investment, lack of maintenance and perpetual resource supply problems have elevated the situation to crisis levels. National policy makers have consequently
expressed an interest in nuclear power as a source of stable electricity.
Publication - Monday, January 4, 2010
US International Nuclear Energy Policy: Change and Continuity
Worldwide renewed interest in nuclear power has raised concerns about proliferation, safety and security. The Obama administration's policies are similar to yet different from former President George W. Bush. Tighter rules on sensitive nuclear technologies in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) are a priority for the current administration as is establishing international nuclear fuel banks and other supply assurances, and enhancing safeguards and security and efforts against nuclear terrorism.
Publication - Monday, November 9, 2009
The US Nuclear Industry: Current Status and Prospects under the Obama Administration
As the world looks to alternative energy sources to fossil fuels, expectations of a nuclear energy renaissance are high in the United States even though no new reactors have been built in 30 years.
This paper discusses the history, current status and prospects for US nuclear power under the Obama administration.
Article - Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Revisiting the folly of India's nuclear tests
WATERLOO, Ontario — Three recent events reopen the debate on the wisdom of India's nuclear tests in 1998, as judged from within the narrow framework of its own interests. Or rather, they confirm the folly of the tests: