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Fissile Materials Working Group

Fissile Materials Working Group

fissile materials working group

The Fissile Materials Working Group (FMWG), a nongovernmental coalition of over 40 U.S. experts representing many of the top nonproliferation and nuclear security organizations in the country and also includes several international partner organizations. Members of the FMWG collaborate in a series of meetings designed to create consensus behind top fissile materials priorities, develop actionable policy proposals, and package recommendations for implementation by U.S. and foreign government officials.

The FMWG has been a forceful presence in support of improved fissile material security and the prevention of nuclear terrorism. Important milestones for the FMWG include the publication of its consensus recommendations to the Obama Administration for improving nuclear material security (September 2009); the convening of a summit of international experts and supporting events in support of the official Nuclear Security Summit (April 2010); and a series of regional meetings to explore international perspectives on nuclear security (October 2010 - April 2011). These activities highlight the urgency of this agenda and engage a broad array of international stakeholders. Please click here for a summary of the FMWG's acitivites to date. To view the FMWG's condensed work plan, please click here.

Media Contact:
Sean Harder
sharder@stanleyfoundation.org
319-455-6397

The Steering Committee is comprised of the following professionals:

Kenneth N. Luongo, President, Partnership for Global Security (co-chair)
Alexandra Toma, Executive Director, Connect U.S. Fund (co-chair)
Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom; Co-Principal Investigator, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (ERD3) Policy Project, Harvard University
Togzhan Kassenova, Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Miles Pomper, Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Jennifer Smyser, Program Officer, Policy and Outreach, The Stanley Foundation
Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Benn Tannenbaum, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paul Walker, Director, Security & Sustainability, Global Green USA

Key Staff:

Ryan Costello

FMWG Coordinator

Rcostello@connectusfund.org

202-721-5600 x. 5724

Michelle Marchesano
mmarchesano@partnershipforglobalsecurity.org
202-332-1412

Group Documents

fissile materials working group

The Fissile Materials Working Group (FMWG), a nongovernmental coalition of over 40 U.S. experts representing many of the top nonproliferation and nuclear security organizations in the country and also includes several international partner organizations. Members of the FMWG collaborate in a series of meetings designed to create consensus behind top fissile materials priorities, develop actionable policy proposals, and package recommendations for implementation by U.S. and foreign government officials.

The FMWG has been a forceful presence in support of improved fissile material security and the prevention of nuclear terrorism. Important milestones for the FMWG include the publication of its consensus recommendations to the Obama Administration for improving nuclear material security (September 2009); the convening of a summit of international experts and supporting events in support of the official Nuclear Security Summit (April 2010); and a series of regional meetings to explore international perspectives on nuclear security (October 2010 - April 2011). These activities highlight the urgency of this agenda and engage a broad array of international stakeholders. Please click here for a summary of the FMWG's acitivites to date. To view the FMWG's condensed work plan, please click here.

Media Contact:
Sean Harder
sharder@stanleyfoundation.org
319-455-6397

The Steering Committee is comprised of the following professionals:

Kenneth N. Luongo, President, Partnership for Global Security (co-chair)
Alexandra Toma, Executive Director, Connect U.S. Fund (co-chair)
Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom; Co-Principal Investigator, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (ERD3) Policy Project, Harvard University
Togzhan Kassenova, Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Miles Pomper, Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Jennifer Smyser, Program Officer, Policy and Outreach, The Stanley Foundation
Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Benn Tannenbaum, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paul Walker, Director, Security & Sustainability, Global Green USA

Key Staff:

Ryan Costello

FMWG Coordinator

Rcostello@connectusfund.org

202-721-5600 x. 5724

Michelle Marchesano
mmarchesano@partnershipforglobalsecurity.org
202-332-1412

FMWG Member Publications

Matthew Bunn, Harvard University

Securing Nuclear Stockpiles in Four Years - Budget and Policy Requirements (February 2010)
Funding for U.S. Efforts to Improve Controls Over Nuclear Weapons, Materials, and Expertise Overseas (June 2009)
Securing All Nuclear Stockpiles in Four Years - What's Required? (May 2009)
Securing the Bomb 2008 (November 2008)

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

FY 2011 and FY 2012 Budgets for Nuclear Security (February 2011)
Advancing Obama's Goal to Secure Nuclear Materials In Four Years (September 2010)

Center for International Trade and Security (University of Georgia)

World Needs new nuclear goverance (May 2011)
Nuclear Security and Nuclear Counterterrorism: Streamlining and Updating the Legal Framework (Jan. 2010)

Thomas Cochran, Natural Resource Defense Council

Proliferation Resistant Uranium Enrichment (November 2009)

Rita Grossman-Vermaas, Fund for Peace

Minimizing Threat Convergence Risks in East Africa and the Horn of Africa (May 2010)

Kenneth Luongo, Partnership for Global Security

Using the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to Denuclearize the DPRK: A Dialogue on Radiological Source Security (May 2011)
The Urgent Need for a Seoul Declaration: A Road Map for the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit and Beyond (April 2011)
Preventing a nuclear terrorist version of Fukushima (April 2011)
Who wants to be responsible for nuclear terrorism? (March 2011)
Securitng Vulnerable Nuclear Materials in Four Years? Moving the Agenda Forward (February 2011)
Creating a 21st-Century Nuclear Material Security Architecture (November 2010)
Creating a Next Generation Nuclear Material Security Architecture (July 2010)
Right-Sizing the "Loose Nukes" Security Budget Part 2 (June 2010)
Right-Sizing the "Loose Nukes" Security Budget: Part 1 (May 2010)
Facing the Nuclear Terrorism Threat (March 2010)
Funding the Fight Against Nuclear Terrorism (March 2010)
Funding the Objective of Securing All Vulnerable Nuclear Materials in Four Years (February 2010)
Making the Nuclear Summit Matter: An Agenda for Action (Jan/Feb 2010)
Securing Vulnerable Nuclear Materials: Meeting the Global Challenge (December 2009)

Michelle Marchesano, Partnership for Global Security

The 2010 Nuclear Security Summit: A Status Update (April 2011)
Promises, promises: A progress report one year after the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit (April 2011)
Congress's Nuclear Terrorism Shortfall (February 2011)
Funding Analysis of FY11 International WMD Programs: National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Defense (January 2011)
Preliminary Funding Analusis of FY11 Budget Request for International WMD Security Programs (March 2010)

Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

The Stanley Foundation

A Radioactive Challenge: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism (January 2011)
The Road to Korea 2012: Nuclear Security Summits and Global Efforts to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism (January 2011)
The IAEA and Nuclear Security: Trends and Prospects (December 2010)
Creating a 21st-Century Nuclear Material Security Architecture (November 2010)
Global Lockdown: Moving the Needle on Nuclear Security (October 2010)
Beyond Boundaries in the Middle East: Leveraging Nonproliferation Assistance to Address Security/Development Needs with Resolution 1540 (September 2010)
WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America: Leveraging Nonproliferation Assistance to Address Security/Development Needs With UNSCR 1540 (July 2010)
The Future of the G-8 Global Partnership: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (June 2010)
Controlling and Securing Nuclear Materials: Multilateral Approaches (March 2010)
Controlling Nuclear Threat Must Be Top Priority (February 2010)
Radioactive Challenge (Winter 2009)

Alexandra Toma, Connect U.S. Fund

Facing the Nuclear Terrorism Threat (March 2010)

Elizabeth Turpen, Booz Allen Hamilton

Sustainable Nuclear Security: A Holistic Approach to Address Risk Convergence (September 2010)
Nuclear Security: Key Instruments and Initiatives (December 2009)
Achieving Nonproliferation Goals: Moving from Denial to Technology Governance (June 2009)
Sustainable Nuclear Security: A Holistic Approach to Address Risk
Convergence (August 2010)

Groups:

Fissile Materials Working Group

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