It was a beautiful spring day and, in the control room of the nuclear reactor, the workers decided to deactivate the security system for a systems test. As they started to do so, however, the floor of the reactor began to tremble. Suddenly, its 1,200-ton cover blasted flames into the air. Tons of radioactive radium... Read More

On March 11, 2011, following a massive earthquake and a devastating tsunami, the cores of three of the reactors at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant melted down with horrific results. Radioactive cesium, with a half-life of 30 years, contaminated almost 12,000 square miles of the country, an area about the size of the state of Connecticut.... Read More

Hosted by Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay, the recent Halifax InternationalSecurity Forum brought together an impressive array of policymakers and thinkers from nearly forty nations. From theUnited States came Senators John McCain and Mark Udall, as well as such media luminaries as Gideon Rose of Foreign Affairs, Steve Clemons of theAtlantic, David Sanger of the... Read More