Browsing by Author "Bunn, Matthew"
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Advanced Energy Supply Technologies
Williams, Robert; Bunn, Matthew G. (United Nations Development Programme, 2001) -
Advancing Nuclear Security:Evaluating Progress and Setting New Goals
Bunn, Matthew G.; Malin, Martin Benjamin; Roth, Nickolas James; Tobey, William H (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2014)The threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism has not disappeared, though the world has made important progress in reducing these risks. Urgent new steps are needed to build effective and lasting nuclear security ... -
All Stocks of Weapons-Usable Nuclear Materials Worldwide Must be Protected Against Global Terrorist Threats
Bunn, Matthew G.; Maslin, E.P. (Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, 2011)The danger of nuclear terrorism is real enough to justify urgent action to reduce the risk. Some terrorist groups are actively seeking nuclear weapons and the materials to make them; it is plausible that a technically ... -
Beyond Crises: The Unending Challenge of Controlling Nuclear Weapons and Materials
Bunn, Matthew G. (Strategic Studies Institute, 2013)Book abstract: At the height of the Cultural Revolution a Chinese long-range nuclear missile is fired within the country, and the nuclear warhead it is carrying detonates. A French nuclear device is exploded in Algeria ... -
Consolidation: Thwarting Nuclear Theft
Bunn, Matthew G.; Harrell, Eben (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2013)At the first nuclear security summit in April 2010, the assembled leaders agreed on the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear material worldwide within four years, including consolidating plutonium and highly enriched ... -
Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials: A Report Card and Action Plan
Bunn, Matthew G.; Holdren, John P.; Weir, Anthony (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. Nuclear Threat Initiative., 2003) -
Cooperation to Secure Nuclear Stockpiles: A Case of Constrained Innovation
Bunn, Matthew G. (MIT Press - Journals, 2006)The 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union posed an unprecedented challenge: to keep tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, and enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) and separated plutonium to make tens of thousands more, out ... -
The Cost of Reprocessing in China
Bunn, Matthew; Zhang, Hui; Kang, Lin Wei (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2016)As it expands its fleet of nuclear power plants, China faces an important decision: whether to make large capital investments in facilities to reprocess spent nuclear fuel and recycle the resulting plutonium in fast-neutron ... -
Cutting Too Deep: The Obama Administration’s Proposals for Nuclear Security Spending Reductions
Bunn, Matthew G.; Roth, Nickolas James (2014)The Obama administration has proposed steep cuts in funding for improving security for dangerous nuclear materials—cuts which, if approved, would slow progress toward preventing the essential ingredients of nuclear bombs ... -
Decoding the Iran Nuclear Deal: Key Questions, Points of Divergence, Pros and Cons, Pending Legislation, and Essential Facts
Samore, Gary S; Allison, Graham T.; Bunn, Matthew G.; Burns, R. Nicholas; Feldman, Shai; Freilich, Chuck; Heinonen, Olli; Malin, Martin Benjamin; Miller, Steven E.; Mohseni, Payam; Rockwood, Laura; Sebenius, James Kimble; Tobey, William H (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2015)On April 2, 2015, the EU (on behalf of the P5+1 countries) and Iran announced agreement on “key parameters” for a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran. The EU-Iran Joint Statement is buttressed by unilateral fact sheets ... -
Disposition of Excess Plutonium
Bunn, Matthew G.; Diakov, Anatoli (International Panel on Fissile Materials, 2007) -
DOE FY 2010 Budget Request and Recovery Act Funding for Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment: Analysis and Recommendations
Anadon, Laura Diaz; Gallagher, Kelly Sims; Bunn, Matthew G. (2009) -
DOE FY 2011 Budget Request for Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment: Analysis and Recommendations
Anadon, Laura Diaz; Bunn, Matthew G.; Chan, Gabriel; Chan, Melissa; Gallagher, Kelly Sims; Jones, Charles; Kempener, Ruud; Lee, Audrey; Narayanamurti, Venkatesh (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2010) -
DOE FY09 Budget Request for Energy Research, Development & Demonstration – Commentary
Anadon, Laura Diaz; Gallagher, Kelly Sims; Bunn, Matthew G. (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2008) -
The Economics of Reprocessing Versus Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Bunn, Matthew G.; van der Zwaan, Bob (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, 2005)This report assesses the economics of reprocessing versus direct disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The breakeven uranium price at which reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from existing light-water reactors (LWRs) and recycling ... -
The Economics of Reprocessing vs. Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Bunn, Matthew G.; Van der Zwaan, Bob; Holdren, John P.; Fetter, Steve (2003)This report assesses the economics of reprocessing versus direct disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The breakeven uranium price at which reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from existing light-water reactors (LWRs) and recycling ... -
Enabling a Nuclear Revival — And Managing its Risks
Bunn, Matthew G.; Malin, Martin Benjamin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2009)Matthew Bunn and Martin B. Malin examine the conditions needed for nuclear energy to grow on a scale large enough for it to be a significant part of the world’s response to climate change. They consider the safety, security, ... -
Funding for U.S. Efforts to Improve Controls Over Nuclear Weapons, Materials, and Expertise Overseas: A 2009 Update
Newman, Andrew; Bunn, Matthew G. (2009) -
Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Safe, Flexible, and Cost-Effective Approach to Spent Fuel Management
Bunn, Matthew G.; Weeks, Jennifer; Holdren, John P.; MacFarlane, Allison M.; Pickett, Susan E.; Suzuki, Atsuyuki; Suzuki, Tatsujiro (2001) -
International Workshop on Research, Development, and Demonstration to Enhance the Role of Nuclear Energy in Meeting Climate and Energy Challenges
Anadon, Laura Diaz; Bosetti, Valentina; Bunn, Matthew G.; Catenacci, Michela; Lee, Audrey (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2011)Dramatic growth in nuclear energy would be required for nuclear power to provide a significant part of the carbon-free energy the world is likely to need in the 21st century, or a major part in meeting other energy challenges. ...