Matthew Bunn

August 2000

Renewing the Partnership: Recommendations for Accelerated Action to Secure Nuclear Material in the Former Soviet Union

Report

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Oleg Bukharin and Kenneth N. Luongo

The cooperative U.S.-Russian effort to ensure that Russian bomb material does not fall into hostile hands - known as the Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) program, managed by the Department of Energy (DOE)-is absolutely crucial to U.S. national security, playing a fundamental role in the global effort to stem the spread of nuclear weapons. Precisely because of the urgency and importance of the task, however, it is essential to ensure that it is being carried out in a manner that will reduce the security threat posed by insecure nuclear material as quickly and effectively as practicable.

This report provides an assessment of the current MPC&A program and makes recommendations designed to accelerate and strengthen the effort, including steps toward the difficult goal of achieving sustainable security for nuclear material in the former Soviet Union over the long term.

July 19, 2000

To Preserve, and Not to Reprocess

Op-Ed, Nezavisimaya Gazeta- Nauka

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

April 26, 2000

Plutonium at the Summit

Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

March, 2000

The Next Wave: Urgently Needed New Steps to Control Warheads and Fissile Material

Book

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

August 30, 1999

Enabling A Significant Future For Nuclear Power: Avoiding Catastrophes, Developing New Technologies, Democratizing Decisions -- And Staying Away From Separated Plutonium

Report

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

December 29, 1998

A Nuclear Crisis In Russia

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

November, 1998

"Japanese-Russian Agreement to Establish a Nuclear Facility for MOX Fabrication and Spent Fuel Storage in the Russian Far East"

Discussion Paper

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

September, 1998

Retooling Russia's Nuclear Cities

Journal Article, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, issue 5, volume 54

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

July 1, 1998

Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Theft

Book Chapter

By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

May 31, 1998

Security for Weapons-Usable Nuclear Materials: Expanding International Cooperation, Strengthening International Standards

Book Chapter

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom