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Future of the Nuclear Security Environment in 2015: Proceedings of A Russian-U.S. Workshop
The NAS and the RAS held a joint workshop aimed at identifying U.S. and Russian views on the international nuclear security environment in 2015, what challenges may arise from that environment, and what options the U.S. and Russia have in partnering to address those challenges.
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Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Goals, Strategies, and Challenges
The NAS and the RAS assessed the technical, economic, legal/regulatory, and non-proliferation criteria necessary for the implementation of an international civilian nuclear fuel cycle. The study addresses both institutional and technical questions concerning schemes for international fuel cycles.
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English-Chinese Chinese-English Nuclear Security Glossary
CISAC with and its Chinese counterpart, the Chinese Scientists Group for Arms Control at the Institute for Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in Beijing produced a glossary of nuclear security terms in English and Chinese.
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Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism
This report presents the papers and summarizes the discussions of a workshop between Indian and U.S. experts to examine the terrorist threat faced in both countries and elsewhere in the world, and explore opportunities for the U.S. and India to work together in the future.
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Reports Archive

• Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Explosive Materials: An Assessment of Methods and Capabilities, 2005
• Strengthening U.S. - Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation: Recommendations for Action, 2005*
• Overcoming Impediments to U.S. - Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation: Report of A Joint Workshop, 2004*
• Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 2002*
• The Spent-Fuel Standard for Disposition of Excess Weapon Plutonium: Application to Current DOE Options, 2000*
• The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, 1997
• Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Blueprint for U.S.-Russian Cooperation, A Report to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense, 1997*
• U.S.-German Cooperation in Elimination of Excess Weapons Plutonium, 1995*
• Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium--Reactor-Related Options, 1995*
• Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium, 1994
  (Executive summaries and Russian translations of the Executive Summary are also available from CISAC)
• The Future of the U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Relationship, 1991
• Challenges for the 1990s for Arms Control and International Security, 1989
• Reykjavik and Beyond: Deep Reductions in Strategic Nuclear Arsenals and the Future Direction of Arms Control, 1988
• Crisis Management in the Nuclear Age, 1987
• Nuclear Arms Control: Background and Issues, 1985

*Carried out by committees or panels under CISAC’s auspices.