Matthew Bunn

March, 1998

'Pit-Stuffing': How to Disable Thousands of Warheads and Easily Verify Their Dismantlement

Journal Article, Federation of American Scientists Public Interest Report, issue 2, volume 51

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

March / April 1998

Act Now, Mr. President

Journal Article, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, issue 2, volume 54

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

November 1997

"Managing Military Uranium and Plutonium in the United States and the Former Soviet Union"

Journal Article, Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, volume 22

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

Effective approaches to the management of plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU)--the essential ingredients of nuclear weapons— are fundamental to controlling nuclear proliferation and providing the basis for deep, transparent, and irreversible reductions in nuclear weapons stockpiles.

June 14, 1997

The Case for a Dual-Track Approach -- And How to Move Forward From Here

Journal Article, Nuclear Materials Monitor, issue 5, volume 1

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

January 1, 2001

Letter to Presidents Bush and Putin in Wake of WTC Attack

Letter

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

We are appalled by the terrorist attacks last week in New York and Washington D.C. Our sympathies are with the innocent victims and their families and friends. But we are also extremely alarmed by this event. There can now be little doubt that if such terrorists obtain weapons of mass destruction in the future they will use them. It is imperative, therefore, that preventing terrorists from gaining access to the technologies and materials of weapons of mass destruction - including nuclear materials - be a high priority component of the new global battle against terrorism.

January 1, 1997

Immobilization Form Peer Review Panel Report

Letter

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

This letter represents the report of the Peer Review Panel, convened to review the recommendation and supporting documentation relating to the choice between glass and ceramic forms for immobilization of excess weapons plutonium. The Panel met August 18-21, 1997, and reviewed the second (partial) draft of the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) report and the initial working draft of the Final Immobilization Form Assessment and Recommendation prepared by immobilization program management at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), both dated August 17. The Panel also considered additional documentation and presentations, including presentations by advocates for both the glass and ceramic waste forms.

Winter 2012

Reducing Nuclear Dangers

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Issues in Science and Technology, issue 2, volume 28

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

Matthew Bunn reviewed Ron Rosenbaum's How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III for Issues in Science and Technology, arguing that Rosenbaum is right to be alarmed, but misses both some of the most important threats and some of the most compelling solutions that would help make the world safer.

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September 16, 2011

"Preventing the Next Fukushima"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Science, volume 333

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

"If nuclear power is to grow on the scale required to be a significant part of the solution to global climate disruption or scarcity of fossil fuels, major steps are needed to rebuild confidence that nuclear facilities will be safe from accidents and secure against attacks."

April 2007

"Troubled Disposition: Next Steps in Dealing With Excess Plutonium"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Arms Control Today, issue 3, volume 37

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

Matthew Bunn argues that plutonium disposition—physically transforming it into a form that would be difficult and costly to recover for use in nuclear weapons—if carried out on a large scale would “mark a key step toward deeper and less-reversible nuclear arms reductions.”  But, as he documents, delays, costs, and obstacles have plagued plutonium disposition plans in both the United States and Russia.

July, 2001

The Bush Administration and Nonproliferation: Skeptics at the Helm

Magazine or Newspaper Article, PIR Center Arms Control Letters, (Moscow),

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