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Assured Fuel Supply: Potential Conversion and Fabrication Bottlenecks
This paper is intended to identify bottlenecks that may arise in the conversion and fuel fabrication steps when used in conjunction with the U.S.-sponsored Reliable Fuel Supply (RFS) reserve.
     Heidi Mahy, Richard Latorre; Contributors: Carrie Mathews, Chuck Willingham, Ed Wonder

Cradle-to-Grave Nuclear Fuel Supply Assurance Workshop: Industry’s Potential Role
This document reports the discussion of a workshop in which representatives from government, industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), national laboratories, and other organizations participated. As such, views expressed within this report are not the consensus views of PNNL, industry or government. The three sections of the report represent an attempt to convey key themes discussed and specific concerns that emerged as part of this discussion.
     September 2007, Gretchen Hund, PNNL; Carol Kessler, PNNL; Heidi Mahy, PNNL; Fred McGoldrick, Bengelsdorf, McGoldrick and Associates, LLC.; Amy Seward, PNNL

Energy Cooperation in NE Asia
Efforts to enhance energy security and therefore economic security in North East Asia have been gaining ground in the last few years. World energy demand is anticipated to increase 53 percent by 2030, increasing pressure on countries to ensure their energy security. In NE Asia, many regional energy projects that could aid energy security are under discussion, but few have reached the implementation stage. This paper addresses mechanisms for increasing the economics of energy supply in the region and improving the reliability of its energy supply.
     Presented at Shanghai Forum, Shangai, China, May 2007, Carol Kessler

Special Issue on University Nonproliferation Education and Training Introduction
Nonproliferation, like many aspects of security, has not played out as many expected following the end of the Cold War. The peace dividend has been elusive in many countries. The notion that the world would become a safer and more secure place as nuclear weapons stockpiles were reduced has been trumped by the rise in international terrorism. Hopes that nuclear weapons would lose their salience as markers of elite status among nations along with pressures to acquire them have been dashed.
     Journal of Nuclear Materials Management, Summer 2006, K. Mark Leek

Nonproliferation Education at the University of Washington
The nonproliferation curriculum at the University of Washington (UW) is the product of collaboration between Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security (PNWCGS) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS) and the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. This collaboration began in 2001 with the establishment the Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies (IGRSS). IGRSS is housed in the Jackson School, which will celebrate its centennial in 2008 as a center for the study of world regions. PNNL also engages in a number of collaborative relationships with UW units in the natural and applied sciences.
     Journal of Nuclear Materials Management, Summer 2006, Christopher D. Jones and K. Mark Leek

Nonproliferation Promoted By Industry Self-Regulation
Government can only do so much to dissuade the illicit trafficking and/or theft of key components used to construct weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The need for an industry self-regulation approach became quite apparent following the discovery of the AQ Khan black market network.
    Proceedings of the INMM 47th Annual Meeting, July 2006, Gretchen Hund

Options for Creating a Nuclear Fuel Stockpile for Assured Nuclear Fuel Supply
Rising world demand for fossil fuels, in conjunction with their decreasing availability, continues to drive a steady increase in the relative price of fossil energy. This increasing price of fossil fuels is causing a surge of interest in nuclear power as an economic and dependable source of clean energy.  Here we present and offer exploratory analysis of a series of questions for both government and industry regarding the assurance of nuclear fuel supply.
     Proceedings of the INMM 47th Annual Meeting, July 2006, Thomas Wood, Heidi Mahy, Matthew Milazzo, Edward Love

An Anatomy of China’s Energy Insecurity and Its Strategies
This paper examines China’s search for energy amidst its actual and perceived energy insecurity. The author highlights strategies that the Chinese leadership has used to address its insecurity and he offers policy implications for the both China and the United States.
     Published by the Center for Global Security, December 2005, Bo Kong

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