Roundtable on the Management and Disposition of Excess Nuclear Weapons Material

Director: Richard L. Garwin
February 1, 1998 - March 1, 1998

This series fostered discussion on how to ensure excess fissile material from decomissioned nuclear weapons is not converted back into weapons, notably by terrorists. The focus was on the former Soviet Union, where disposition options include the support by Western governments for Russian fuel fabrication plants to reprocess excess plutonium as well as the outright U.S. purchase of five hundred tons of high-enriched uranium from Russian weapons. On the U.S. side, participants discussed the merits of privatizing the U.S. Enrichment Corporation, which manages the flow of materials for use in U.S. civilian nuclear reactors.

Meetings

Roundtable Meeting

The Management and Disposition of Excess Nuclear Weapons Material.

Presider: Richard L. Garwin
Speakers: Matthew Bunn, Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Harvard University
Howard R. Canter, U.S. Department of Energy
March 30, 1998
Roundtable Meeting

The Management and Disposition of Excess Nuclear Weapons Material

Presider: Jessica T. Mathews
Speaker: Howard R. Canter, U.S. Department of Energy
March 9, 1998
Roundtable Meeting

The Management and Disposition of Excess Nuclear Weapons Material..

Presider: Jessica T. Mathews
Speaker: Matthew Bunn, Harvard University
February 26, 1998