Reports

The ballistic missile defense system that the United States will deploy later this year will have no demonstrated defensive capability and will be ineffective against a real attack by long-range ballistic missiles.

The recent demonstration by the Missile Defense Agency of its missile defense simulation software was a misleading exercise that failed to address key issues about the limitations of computer simulation, especially at this stage of the test program.

Many nuclear facilities fueled with HEU are in academic or industrial settings with inadequate security—attractive targets for terrorists seeking nuclear weapons.

The risks for catastrophe change as nuclear reactors age. Protection schemes must evolve to remain correlated with age if the threat level is to be minimized.

Information about genetically engineered food, the misuse of antibiotics on farm animals, the risks and potential of pharm and industrial crops, healthier alternatives for growing food, and the work of the Union of Concerned Scientists in this area.

A plan for jobs, security, and prosperity in the 21st century.

UCS is working for a safer world by eliminating risks of nuclear arsenals and nuclear terrorism, improving nuclear plant safety, preventing the deployment of anti-satellite and space-based weapons, and enhancing international dialogue on security issues.

This report exposes regulatory malpractice by the NRC regarding the pressurized water reactor (PWR) containment sump problem.

David Wright and Lisbeth Gronlund, paper published in Science and Global Security Journal