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2023年10月28日

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

Newsletter Vol.12 No.1 _ 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

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2023年10月3日

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.

Cooperation:  NURESCA Project / Nagasaki University Nuclear Abolition and Arms Reduction Research Group
Language:  English only
Registration:  Registration is closed.
Contact:  (E-mail) recna_staff@ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
 

Agenda

Moderator: Prof. Keiko Nakamura (RECNA)
9:00-9:05  Welcome by Prof. Fumihiko Yoshida (Director, RECNA)
9:05-9:20  Overview of US Missile Defense and Implications
Dr. Laura Grego, Senior Scientist and Research Director (UCS)
9:20-9:35  Problems with US Plans for Plutonium Pit Production
Dr. Dylan Spaulding, Senior Scientist (UCS)
9:35-9:50  North Korean Plutonium Production Capacity
Dr. Sulgiye Park, Senior Scientist, (UCS)
9:50-10:05  Potential for US-China Nuclear Conflict
Mr. Robert Rust, China Analyst (UCS)
10:05-10:20  Analysis of the U.S. Nuclear and Military Budget
Ms. Eryn MacDonald
10:20-10:25  Break
10:25-10:55  Free Discussion: (Moderator: Prof. Tatsu Suzuki (RECNA))
10:55-11:00  Closing Remark by Dr. Gregory Kulacki (UCS and RECNA)

 

List of Participants

L.Grego 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.
D.Spaulding 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.
S.Park 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.
R.Rust 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.
E.MacDonald 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.
G.Kulacki 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.
F.Yoshida 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).
T.Suzuki 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).
K.Nakamura 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.

 

2023年9月28日

“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

Guide 2023

English Guide to the Worldʼs
Nuclear Warheads Count
June 2023

(PDF)
[for browsing on the Web]
[for making leaflets]

Poster 2023

How to make leaflets:    
Print the English Guide (PDF) for making leaflets on both sides of A3 paper,
and fold it in two then in three.   

How to make brochure

>> Previous editions can be downloaded from here.
 

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2023年9月25日

2nd Essay Contest Award Ceremony Held   [JPN]

Poster(PDF)

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   The four award winners being interviewed
Group photo of award ceremony attendees   Four award winners being interviewed
   
DATE/TIME: Saturday, September 23, 2023
 Award Ceremony: 13:00-14:00
 Press Interviews: 14:00-14:30
VENUE: 1st floor, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition,
Nagasaki University
PROGRAM: 1. Opening Remarks
  by Prof. Tatsujiro Suzuki, Deputy Director of RECNA

2. Announcement of Winners and Award Ceremony

U-20 Division
Announcement of the Second Prize winner, Presentation of Certificate and Plaque
 by Mr. Yuichi Seirai, Chairman of the Selection Committee
 Speech by the Second Prize Winner (Ms. Haruka Unno)
Announcement of the Grand Prize Winner, Presentation of Certificate and Plaque
 by Mr. Seirai, Chairman of the Selection Committee
 Speech by the Grand Prize Winner (Ms. Minako Baba)

U-30 Division
Announcement of the Second Prize winner, Presentation of Certificate and Plaque
 by Mr. Seirai, Chairman of the Selection Committee
 Speech by the Second Prize Winner (Ms. Adriana Nazarko)
Announcement of the Grand Prize Winner, Presentation of Certificate and Plaque
 by Mr. Seirai, Chairman of the Selection Committee
 Speech by the Grand Prize Winner (Ms. Adiya Kerimbayeva)

3. Comment on the awarded essays
  by Mr. Seirai, Chairman of the Selection Committee

4. Comments by the other members of the Selection Committee
  by Mr. Yamada, Ms. Kojima, and Ms. Hatakeyama

5. Group Photography

PRESS Interviews: Speakers: Mr. Seirai, Award winners
Moderator: Prof. Suzuki
Interpreter: Associate Prof. Keiko Nakamura

 

2023年9月23日

Winners of the 2nd Essay Contest Announced   [JPN]

Poster(PDF)

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
M.Baba
 
  Minako Baba(17 years old)

Sophomore at Seiwa Jogakuin High School. Lives in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture.

U-30: Grand Prize
K.Adiya
 
  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.

U-20: Second Prize
H.Unno
 
  Haruka Unno(19 years old)

Sophomore, School of Cultural Planning, Waseda University. Lives in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

U-30: Second Prize
person
  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.

 

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


 

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