The International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) has launched its
new blog, “Fissile Material” http://www.fissilematerials.org/blog
providing news and analysis of military and civilian stockpiles of
highly enriched uranium and plutonium, the key nuclear weapon
materials.
The reduction and elimination of fissile materials and control of
their production is critical to nuclear weapons disarmament, to
halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and to ensuring that
terrorists do not acquire nuclear weapons.
The blog tracks key developments in production and use of plutonium
and highly enriched uranium, industrial and political decisions
concerning these materials, as well as their impacts on international
security, safety, environment, and economy.
The blog is maintained by members of the International Panel on
Fissile Materials (IPFM), including Alexander Glaser, Yves Marignac,
Zia Mian, Pavel Podvig, M.V. Ramana and Mycle Schneider. Opinions
expressed in this blog are those of the authors of the posts and do
not necessarily represent positions of the IPFM.
The blog can be found at http://www.fissilematerials.org/blog. To
follow the blog, use the RSS feed, Twitter, or Facebook links at the
site.
The International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), is an independent
group of arms-control and nonproliferation experts from seventeen
countries: Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, the
Netherlands, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia, South
Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Panel
is co-chaired by Dr. R. Rajaraman, Professor Emeritus of Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi, India and Professor Frank von Hippel of
Princeton University.