International Management of Uranium Enrichment

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A paper by Thomas B. Cochran and Christopher E. Paine to be presented at the International Meeting onNuclear Energy and Proliferation in the Middle East, Amman, Jordan, June 22-24, 2009.

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Comments of Thomas B. Cochran to questions from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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Comments of Thomas B. Cochran to questions from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources "Questions for the Record", United States Senate, Washington, DC, Re: "Nuclear Energy Developments" Washington, DC, March 18, 2009.

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Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex for Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World

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NRDC is a member of the Nuclear Weapons Complex Consolidation Policy (NWCC) Network, a collaboration of six national and regional groups. This NWCC study provides the roadmap for a large and swift reduction in the nation's nuclear weapons and the sprawling government complex that develops and produces them. The study outlines the case for a tenfold reduction in the nation's active nuclear weapons stockpile, to 500 deployed nuclear warheads by 2015, supported by a weapons complex reduced from the current eight sites in seven states to just three sites in two states, Texas and New Mexico.

• nuc_09040701a.pdf (full report)
• nuc_09040701b.pdf (summary)
• nuc_09040701c.pdf (map)

A Manhattan Project for Climate Change?

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A presentation to the National Academies' Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP) by Robert S. Norris, September 5, 2008.

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Complaint Filed Against a Nuclear Weapons Production Facility in Kansas City, Missouri

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Complaint filed by a coalition of environmental and peace organizations asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. to set aside plans for a new nuclear weapons plant and direct the agencies to prepare a new environmental analysis of site-cleanup and relocation alternatives for the existing Kansas City Plant (KCP).The lawsuit was filed in response to a joint refusal by the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to consider the significant environmental impacts of moving a critical nuclear weapon production facility to a new location.

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Statement of Thomas B. Cochran, Senior Scientist, on The Utility of Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Monitors for Interdicting WMD

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Statement before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate Washington, D.C., September 25, 2008.

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Statement on the Environmental, Safety and Economic Implications of Nuclear Power and Its Role in Mitigating Climate Change

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Statement of Thomas B. Cochran, Senior Scientist, NRDC's Nuclear Program before the Energy and Environment Committee of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, April 23, 2008.

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NRDC's Petition for Rulemaking to Ban Future Civil Use of Highly Enriched Uranium

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NRDC has filed a petition with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish a date after which it would stop licensing or authorizing the export of highly enriched uranium for civil purposes.

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Toward True Security

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Ten steps the next president should take to transform U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

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A Nontechnical Guide to Groundwater Modeling With Specific Reference to the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site

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A  report addressing groundwater modeling in the U.S. Department of Energy's nuclear weapons complex that will permit community organizations to more effectively oversee and understand DOE environmental cleanup actions.

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NRDC Comments on the Scope of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Complex 2030 Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

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Letter to the U.S. Department of Energy, January 17, 2007.

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NRDC Comments on the Energy Department's Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

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Letter to the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, April 11, 2007.

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Letter from NRDC Regarding a NNSA-GSA Proposal for a New Kansas City Plant

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Letter to NNSA regarding its plans to construct a new facility for non-nuclear component procurement and manufacturing operations in Missouri which violates NEPA, May 21, 2007.

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NRDC Comments on Dominion Power's Request to Construct Two New Reactors at Its North Anna, VA Nuclear Power Plant

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Letter to Mr. Jack Cushing, Environmental Project Manager for North Anna ESP Site Application, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, September 8, 2006.

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Reissuance of VPDES Permit VA0052451 North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2

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Comments of Christopher Paine, NRDC Nuclear Program Director, on the reissuance of VPDES permit VA0052451 North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2, July 18, 2007.

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NRDC Nuclear Program Response to April 19, 2007 Recommendations of the National Commission on Energy Policy on Nuclear Power

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NCEP's recommendations would put the public's health and safety at risk by suggesting that Congress undermine existing standards for disposal of highly toxic nuclear waste.

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What is the Size of Khushab II?

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Analysis regarding new nuclear reactor Pakistan is constructing to produce plutonium for weapons.

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