DRELL: IMPORTANT NUCLEAR SAFETY CHALLENGES REMAINS

摘要

Stanford's Sidney Drell, one of the deans of the U.S. nuclear establishment, believes growing nuclear programs around the world, both civilian and military, pose new challenges in ensuring the long term safety of the enterprise. In a policy analysis in the June 8 issue of the journal Science, Drell argued that while safety practices have strengthened in the 26 years since the Chernobyl accident, the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan "demonstrates the fragility of the civil nuclear enterprise." Meanwhile on the military side, "there is growing apprehension about terrorists acquiring weapons or nuclear material."