ARTICLES & BOOKS
Nuclear Energy and Power
- World Nuclear Association
- World Nuclear Association Public Information Service
- The American Nuclear Society
- The American Nuclear Society
Glossary of Nuclear Terms- The Nuclear Security Sciences & Policy Institute
The Nuclear Safeguards Education Portal- The Argonne National Laboratory
Resources on nuclear energy for the high school level- The Virtual Nuclear Tourist
- DOE Nuclear Energy Student Zone
- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Explains nuclear energy, radiation, security, decommission, and radioactive wasteU.S. Government Organizations
- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Department of Energy
- National Nuclear Security Administration
Non-Government Organizations
IAEA
Nuclear Safety
- IAEA Nuclear Safety Action Plan Approved by General Conference
September 22, 2011- IAEA General Conference Focuses on Nuclear Safety
September 19, 2011- IAEA Director General Statement at General Conference
September 19, 2011- IAEA Safety Standards
Updated October 5, 2011IAEA Documents
- Draft IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety
September 5, 2011- The Interface Between Safety and Security at Nuclear Power Plants
INSAG24 2010- Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors
The World Nuclear Association, October 31, 2011Nuclear Security
- Nuclear Security Summit, Washington DC
April 12-13, 2010- Highlights of National Commitments at the Nuclear Security Summit
April 12-13, 2010- Key Facts about the Nuclear Security Summit
- Nuclear Security Summit Final Communique
April 13, 2010- Nuclear Security Summit Final Work Plan
April 13, 2010- Nuclear Security Summit U.S. National Statement
2010- Nuclear Security Summit Work Plan Reference Document
April 13, 2010- Securing the Bomb
Matthew Bunn, April 2010- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 Database
Updated April 2011- Securing Nuclear Materials: The 2010 Summit and Issues for Congress
Mary Beth Nikitin, October 31, 2011UN High-level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security
(September 22, 2011)Statements
- Reaching for a Critical Mass of Political Will for Nuclear Disarmament
- Costs, Risks, and Myths of Nuclear Power
Country Statements
NGO/Research Institute Analysis
- Nuclear Safety and Security
Sharon Squassoni, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 20, 2011- Nuclear Governance after Fukushima
Sharon Squassoni- Nuclear Power
Union of Concerned Scientists, Updated July 15, 2011- U.S. Nuclear Power after Fukushima: Common sense recommendations for safety and security
Union of Concerned Scientists, July 2011- Managing Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors: Experience and lessons from around the world
International Panel on Fissile MaterialsWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- A Proposal for Spent-fuel Management Policy in East Asia: The current state and future plans of South Korea, China, and Japan– An outside perspective
January 2011- Nuclear Power and Spent Fuel in East Asia: Balancing energy, politics and nonproliferation
Pomper M., Dalnoki-Veress F., Lieggi S., & Scheinman L.- Think Again: Nuclear Power – Japan melted down, but that doesn’t mean the end of the atomic age
Charles D. Ferguson, November 2011- Preventing Nuclear Dangers in Southeast Asia and Australasia
Ch. 3: Nuclear Safety and Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2009- Integrating Nuclear Safety and Security:
Operational and Policy Perspectives Workshop
October 12, 2011- Integrating Nuclear Safety and Security: Operational and policy perspectives
Sharon Squassoni, Center for Strategic and International Studies- Implementing the Safety/Security Interface: Operational and policy perspectives
Marc Dapas, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030: Final Report of the Nuclear Energy Futures Project
Chris Earls- Nuclear Energy and Global Governance to 2030
The Center for International Governance Innovation- US International Nuclear Energy Policy: Change and Continuity
- Nuclear Power – Help at Hand?
Discusses nuclear energy and effects of radiation and waste disposal.Industry
The Fukushima Accident
- Deconstructing the zero- risk mindset:
The lessons and future responsibilities for a post-Fukushima nuclear Japan
Tatsujiro Suzuki- Nuclear or not? The complex and uncertain politics of Japan’s post-Fukushima energy policy
Masa Takubo- The radiological and psychological consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi accident
Frank N. von Hippel- Fukushima: The myth of safety, the reality of geoscience
Nöggerath J., Geller R. J., and Gusiakov V. K.- Surviving the one-two nuclear punch: Assessingrisk and policy in a post-Fukushima world
Edwin S. Lyman, September 2011- Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima: Ananalysis of traditional and new media coverage of nuclear accidents and radiation
Sharon M. Friedman, September 2011- Nuclear Safety after Fukushima (VIDEO)
Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 2011- Fukushima Accident 2011
The World Nuclear Association, November 2, 2011- Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The near-term task force review of insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionThree Mile Island
- Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Three Mile Island Accident
World Nuclear Association, March 2001- Three Mile Island Accident
Wikipedia- Three Mile Island: The Inside Story
Smithsonian: National Museum of American History- Meltdown at Three Mile Island
PBS Online- Three Mile Island – 25 Years Later
Chernobyl
- Chernobyl Accident 1986 September 2011 World Nuclear Association
- Backgrounder on Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- WHO Ionizing Radiation: Health effects of the Chernobyl accident
Video
- YouTube The Battle of Chernobyl 2006
- PBS Revisiting Chernobyl
- PBS Radioactive Wolves
ORGANIZATIONS
Groups against Nuclear Power
- Friends of the Earth International
- Greenpeace International
- Nuclear Information and Resource Service (International)
- Sortir du nucléaire (Canada, France)
- Pembina Institute (Canada)
- Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (U.S.) (U.S.)
- World Nuclear Association (International)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Nuclear Energy Institute (U.S.)
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Groups In Support of Nuclear Power
- EURATOM (Europe)
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (Canada)
- Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy (International)
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
- Fukushima: Activity Suggestions Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
- Examining long-term radiation effects: Case studies of the atomic bombings of Japan and the Chernobyl power plant thermal explosion, Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
- BBC Nuclear Power Mapped April 2011
BBC Bitesize
MULTIMEDIA
VIDEO
- Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Miles A. Pomper, May 11, 2011- Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy (ASAN)
- Intersection between Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security
The Legal Framework of Nuclear Safety and Security
Nuclear Safety
- Convention on Nuclear Safety
- Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
- Code of Conduct on the Safety of Research Reactors
Nuclear Security
- Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM)
- International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
- NTI 1540 database
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373
Relevant framework for both nuclear safety and nuclear security
