長崎大学 核兵器廃絶研究センター（RECNA）

Vol.6, Issue 2 of Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (J-PAND) is now available online. There are 13 open access articles.

For the issue, see here. It features “Irreversibility in Global Nuclear Politics”. This is the first part of a series of special issues on the subject.
 

REC-PP-19

Nuclear Weapon in Changing World (November 2023)

Kokoro Nishiyama, Alina Smyslova

The main authors of the RECNA policy papers have been experts with accomplishments in universities, research institutions, and in the field of practice. This time, the two authors are young people who will continue to accumulate achievements in research and in the real world.

Starting with this issue, we will publish RECNA policy papers by the next generation of authors from time to time, though irregularly. This time, all the papers are written in English, but we would like to expand the opportunities to publish papers written in Japanese as well.

The training of the next generation in research related to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation toward nuclear abolition is an urgent task, and we hope that the new policy of the RECNA Policy Paper will contribute to the quantitative expansion and qualitative improvement of human resources.

★ Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/0002000584
★ Full text of REC-PP-19 (PDF) is here.
★ List of RECNA Policy Papers is here.
 

RECNA Newsletter Vol.12 No.1 (September 30, 2023)

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Thinking from Nagasaki—Greetings upon Taking Office — Kimiaki Kawai Beginning a New Joint Project with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:A New Path toward Nuclear Disarmament — Fumihiko Yoshida Nagasaki Youth Delegation Visits Vienna — The Eleventh Nagasaki Youth Delegation Publication of RECNA Policy Paper on Nuclear Weapons and International Politics, Nuclear Weapons and International Humanitarian Law — Fumihiko Yoshida, Kimiaki Kawai The Project on “Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia (NU-NEA)” — Tatsujiro Suzuki The 2nd Essay Contest on a “Nuclear Weapons Free Future” — Keiko Nakamura [Full text]

RECNA / UCS Workshop on Nuclear Disarmament
“Developments in US nuclear weapons policy and the implications for Northeast Asia”

The video is now available on YouTube!

Date： October 16 (Mon) 9:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
Place： Room A-12, 1st floor, Main Building, Faculty of Environmental Science,
Bunkyo Campus, Nagasaki University (Online delivery available)
Access： https://www.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/access/bunkyo/index.html
Bunkyo Campus Map (PDF)
　
◆ Outline of the Workshop (PDF) ◆

We are now facing unprecedented nuclear crises. It is a critical time to analyze the policies of the nuclear weapon states and assess the implications of new trends. We are fortunate scientists and analysts from the Global Security Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will visit Nagasaki University. The Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University (RECNA) and UCS are co-organizing a special workshop on nuclear issues with the cooperation of the NURESCA project and Nuclear Abolition and Arms Reduction Research Group at Nagasaki University. The workshop will be open to the public and available on-line. We hope it will be useful for those looking of a better understanding of US nuclear policies and their implications for Northeast Asia.

Agenda

List of Participants

	Laura Grego
Laura Grego is a senior scientist and the research director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, where she has worked at the intersection of science and public policy, in particular nuclear weapons, missile defense, and space security issues, for twenty years. She recently completed a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship at the Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy at MIT. Before joining UCS, Dr. Grego was a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
	Dylan Spaulding Presentation Material（PDF） The Status of US National Laboratories
Dylan Spaulding is a senior scientist in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. His work focuses on technical issues related to nuclear weapons and policies that can reduce the threat they pose. Dr. Spaulding earned his undergraduate degree in physics from Brown University and Ph.D in Earth and Planetary Sciences from UC Berkeley. Dr. Spaulding has long been involved with the US national labs as an intern, NNSA Stockpile Stewardship Graduate Fellow, and visiting scientist and experimenter. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique in France and Origins Initiative fellow at Harvard University. Most recently, he commissioned and directed the Shock Compression Laboratory at UC Davis, where he also taught undergraduate geology.
	Sulgiye Park Presentation Material（PDF） Status on North Korea’s Fissile Material Production
Sulgiye Park is a Senior Scientist in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Her work focuses on the front and back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, monitoring and verifying nuclear activities, and analyzing fissile nuclear materials stockpiles. Before joining UCS, Dr. Park worked as a research scientist at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, where she looked at rare-earth metal supply chain issues in the US. She was also a MacArthur and Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), where her research focused on: analyzing geological resources, including uranium and critical metal resources, in North Korea; and radioactive waste management. She published multiple papers on North Korea’s uranium mining and milling processes for disarmament and nonproliferation efforts. Dr. Park holds a Ph.D. in n Geological Sciences from Stanford University, where her thesis work involved characterization of nuclear and earth materials under extreme conditions.
	Robert Rust Presentation Material（PDF） China’s Nuclear Buildup and Potential for Conflict
Robert Rust is a China Analyst with the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He focuses on China’s nuclear weapons program, Chinese governance, and the US-China relationship. Before joining UCS, Mr. Rust spent six months as a Graduate Trainee at the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing in 2019. While writing his master’s thesis, he was a Graduate Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in Oslo. Mr. Rust holds a bachelor of arts in International Relations/Chinese from the College of William and Mary, and a master of arts in Chinese Culture and Society from the University of Oslo in Norway.
	Eryn MacDonald Presentation Material（PDF） The US Nuclear Weapons Budget: The Sky’s the Limit?
Eryn MacDonald, an analyst with the Global Security Program since December 2011, is an expert in international security, arms control and nonproliferation, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian security. She has a master’s degree in government from Cornell University, where she wrote a master’s thesis on Chinese space weapons policy. Between her graduate work at Cornell and graduating from Dartmouth with a bachelor’s degree in government, Ms. MacDonald spent four years as a program assistant with the UCS Global Security Program. Just before returning to UCS, she coordinated internships for the International Science and Technology Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	Gregory Kulacki
Gregory Kulacki is a Senior Analyst and the China Project Manager for the Global Security Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) at Nagasaki University. He works on improving cross-cultural communication between the United States of America, China and Japan on nuclear weapons and related security issues. Prior to joining UCS in 2002, Dr. Kulacki was the Director of External Studies at Pitzer College, an Associate Professor of Government at Green Mountain College and the China Director for the Council on International Educational Exchange. Gregory completed his doctorate in government and politics at the University of Maryland College Park.
	Fumihiko Yoshida
Prof. Fumihiko Yoshida is the Director of the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) at Nagasaki University. He was a Deputy Director of the Editorial Board of the Asahi Shimbun. He served as a member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation for Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (J-PAND). He has a PhD in International Public Policy from Osaka University (2007).
	Tatsujiro Suzuki
Prof. Tatsujiro Susuki is the Vice Director of the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) at Nagasaki University He was born in 1951. Before joining RECNA, he was a Vice Chairman of Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) of the Cabinet office (2010-2014). He is also a Council Member of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (2007-09 and from 2014~). Dr. Suzuki has a PhD in nuclear engineering from Tokyo University (1988).
	Keiko Nakamura
Prof. Keiko Nakamura is an Associate Professor in the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) at Nagasaki University. She is the Former Secretary-General of “Peace Depot” and has a Master’s Degree in International Policy Studies from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

“A Guide to the World’s Nuclear Warheads Count June 2023” was released. Please click on the thumbnail images below and download the pdf guide and poster.
 

Guide to World’s Nuclear Warheads Count

English Guide to the Worldʼs Nuclear Warheads Count June 2023 (PDF) [for browsing on the Web] [for making leaflets]

>> Previous editions can be downloaded from here.
 

2nd Essay Contest Award Ceremony Held 　　[JPN]

The Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA) has selected Grand Prize and Second Prize Award winners in the U-20 (16-20 years old) and U-30 (20-30 years old) categories for the second annual “Opinions on a Nuclear Weapons Free Future” and held an award ceremony as follows.

The two Grand Prize “opinions” were published in full in the September 24, 2023 issue of the Nagasaki Shimbun. (A Japanese article in the electronic edition of the same newspaper)

【 2nd “Opinion” Contest Award Ceremony 】

Group photo of award ceremony attendees		Four award winners being interviewed

Winners of the 2nd Essay Contest Announced 　　[JPN]

The Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA) held a call for “opinions” applying to the 2nd Essay Contest on “Nuclear Weapons and Our Future”, with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of nuclear weapons issues among the younger generation and fostering human resources who can contribute to the realization of a peaceful international society.

We are pleased to announce that we have selected one Grand Prize winner and one Second Prize winner in each of the U-20 (16 to 20 years old) and U-30 (20 to 30 years old) divisions.

［⇒ 2nd Essay Contest Award Ceremony］

【 Winners： 2 Grand Prize Winners, 2 Second Prize Winners 】
* Age at time of application.

U-20: Grand Prize		Minako Baba（17 years old） Sophomore at Seiwa Jogakuin High School. Lives in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture. ［Opinion in Japanese］［English tr. by RECNA］
U-30: Grand Prize		Adiya Kerimbayeva（27 years old） Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Disaster and Radiation Medicine, 2nd year of Master course.　Lives in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture. I am from Kazakhstan. I was born and raised in a small town, which is historically known for being located near a nuclear test site that existed under the Soviet Union. Since I was a child I wanted to become a doctor to save people’s lives, so I went to the Semey Medical University in Kazakhstan, finished my bachelor’s degree and internship in general medicine, after which I entered the master’s program of “Disaster and Radiation Medical Sciences” at Nagasaki University. Now I am continuing my research in this field. ［Opinion in English］［Japanese tr. by RECNA］
U-20: Second Prize		Haruka Unno（19 years old） Sophomore, School of Cultural Planning, Waseda University. Lives in Minato-ku, Tokyo. ［Opinion in Japanese］［English tr. by RECNA］
U-30: Second Prize		Adriana Nazarko（25 years old） Bowdoin College, International Relations and Asian Studies, Class of 2021. Lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. Lives in Minoh City, Osaka, Japan. Adriana Nazarko is currently an ALT in Minoh City through the JET program. She completed her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and East Asian Studies at Bowdoin College. Her research interests include North Korea’s nuclear program, 21st century nuclear deterrence, and US-ROK-Japan trilateral relations. She looks forward to pursuing a career in diplomacy and nuclear nonproliferation. ［Opinion in English］［English tr. by RECNA］

【 U-20: 20 Finalists excluding winners / 88 Total Applicants 】
【 U-30: 18 Finalists excluding winners / 38 Total Applicants 】

Vol.6, Issue 1 of Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (J-PAND) is now available online. There are 15 open access articles. In the issue, we focus on the future of strategic stability by seeking to clarify profound challenges to the concept while also offering novel scholarly as well as policy-relevant approaches to better understanding and mitigating the risks of instability.
 

A Guide to the World’s Fissile Material Inventory June 2023

“A Guide to the World’s Fissile Material Inventory June 2023” has been released! Please click on the thumbnail images below and download the pdf guide and poster.
 

Guide to the World’s Fissile Material Inventory June 2023 (PDF) [for browsing on the Web] [for making leaflets]

>> Previous editions can be downloaded from here.
 

“World’s Fissile Material Data” 2023　　 [All Lists]

The 2023 World’s Fissile Material Data have been published. Please click on the following thumbnail images and download the pdf posters.

	Japanese	English	Korean
Jun. 2023

The special feature of this year’s map is that the total fissile material inventory, which decreased last year, has once again increased due to an increase in the amount of separated plutonium. The total inventory of HEU was 1,260 tons, equivalent to 19,680 warheads (an increase of 6 tons or about 80 warheads from last year), but this is due to a difference in the way the figures for “Other Non-nuclear Weapon Countries” are treated, and is not a substantial increase. However, the overall rising trend in separated plutonium continues, with an increase in plutonium for civilian use (mainly in France), bringing the total inventory to 552 tons, equivalent to 92,000 warheads (an increase of 8 tons or about 1,400 warheads from last year). As a result, the total inventory amount increased to equivalent to 111,680 warheads, an increase of around 1,480 warheads from last year (110,200 warheads).
 

◆ “A Guide to the World’s Fissile Material Inventory June 2023” Released!
Please access here.

◆ The two images to the right can be enlarged by clicking on them. You can also view and download the following PDF versions.

　・The 2023 Global Inventory Map of Fissile Material (PDF)

　・The 2023 Global Inventory of Fissile Material (PDF)

◆ You can see the original data of the map from the following links.
　・Global Inventory of Separated Plutonium
　・Global Inventory of Highly Enriched Uranium

◆ You can see previous “World’s Fissile Material Data” from [All Lists].
 

◆ The 2023 World’s Nuclear Warheads Data have been published too.