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Announcement

RAND Is Accepting Applications for Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowships

RAND is accepting applications for up to three Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows. The application deadline is January 15, 2018. The program was created to stimulate the development of the next generation of thought leaders on nuclear security.

Oct 30, 2017
Announcement

RAND Is Accepting Applications for Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowships

RAND is accepting applications for up to three Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows. The application deadline is January 9, 2017. The program was created to stimulate the development of the next generation of thought leaders on nuclear security.

Nov 4, 2016
Commentary

Breaking Down Nuclear Waste as a Two-Part Issue

The U.S. Department of Energy is now planning separate repositories for commercial waste and the waste from the military's nuclear weapons production instead of disposing of both in the same repository as originally intended. Decoupling different parts of the nuclear waste problem is a small but positive step forward.

May 5, 2015
Announcement

RAND Is Accepting Applications for Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowships

RAND is accepting applications for up to three Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows. The application deadline is February 9, 2015. The program was created to stimulate the development of the next generation of thought leaders on nuclear security.

Dec 2, 2014
Announcement

RAND Is Accepting Applications for Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowships

RAND is accepting applications for up to three Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows. The application deadline is February 10, 2014. The program was created to stimulate the development of the next generation of thought leaders on nuclear security.

Dec 4, 2013
Commentary

San Onofre Risk Factors

The ongoing effort to open a spent fuel repository in the U.S. demonstrates the magnitude of the technical and political challenges of such an undertaking, writes Tom LaTourrette.

Jun 20, 2013
Announcement

RAND Corporation Accepting Applications for Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowships

RAND is accepting applications for up to three Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows. The application deadline is February 11, 2013. At the end of their RAND tenure, fellows produce studies that contribute to the general body of knowledge on nuclear security.

Dec 28, 2012
News Release

News Release

Attention to Societal Priorities Can Help Guide Nuclear Waste Management Policy

To break the impasse over how to deal with spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants, policymakers should focus on how various waste management strategies address societal priorities related to nuclear energy.

Nov 15, 2010
Testimony

Testimony

Policy Implications of Alternative Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Strategies

Testimony presented before the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future on November 15, 2010.

Nov 8, 2010
Report

Attention to Societal Priorities Can Help Guide Nuclear Waste Management Policy

To break the impasse over how to deal with spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants policymakers should focus on how various waste management strategies address societal priorities related to nuclear energy.

Nov 5, 2010
Report

Report

Managing Waste With and Without Plutonium Separation

This study examines whether reprocessing and plutonium recycle will make radioactive waste management more effective and economical.

Jan 1, 1999
Report

Report

Does Burning Weapons Plutonium Generate Hotter Waste and Conserve More Repository Space?

This paper describes a comparative methodology that is based on an equal amount of energy generated and an equal amount of weapons plutonium being burned or directly disposed of.

Nov 1, 1998
Journal Article

Journal Article

PGMs: Changing Weapon Priorities, New Risks, New Opportunities

Discusses questions raised by the new wide availability of precision guided munitions (PGMs).

Jan 1, 1976
Report

Report

The Effects of Nuclear War on the Weather and Climate

A study of the possible effects of energy, debris, and radioactivity from nuclear detonations on weather and climate.

Aug 1, 1966
Journal Article

Journal Article

Bands of D2 and T2 Originating from the Lowest Excited 1sigma G States (1s) Sigma)(2s Sigma)1sigma G and (2p) Sigma) Squared 1sigma G

Bands of the two extensive band systems are presented.

Jan 1, 1965
Report

Report

Determination of the D-Layer Air Chemistry from a Daytime, High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion.

A discussion of the properties of X-ray-induced absorption in a daytime environment. Measurements of the magnitude and time dependence of X-ray-induced absorption over Midway during the nighttime high-altitude nuclear explosion of July 9, 1962 allowe...

Jan 1, 1965
Report

Report

The Theory of Branching Process

A review of the Galton and Watson mathematical model that applies probability theory to the effects of chance on the development of populations.

May 1, 1964
Journal Article

Journal Article

Green's Functions for One-Velocity Neutron Transport in a One-Dimensional Slab and Sphere

Computing a Green's function, for one-velocity neutron transport or radiative transfer in a one-dimensional slab or sphere with isotropic scattering.

Jan 1, 1964
Journal Article

Journal Article

Spectral Analysis of the Anisotropic Neutron Transport Kernel in Slab Geometry with Applications

A spectral analysis of the transport kernel for anisotropic scattering in finite slabs is achieved by first solving a type of generalized scattering problem for a subcritical slab.

Jan 1, 1964
Journal Article

Journal Article

Scattering of Light by Light in Plasmas

A quantum-mechanical calculation of the scattering rate of light by light in the polarizable medium of a plasma is carried out.

Jan 1, 1964

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