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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 05:23 AM
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1,000 people are expected to attend the Dan Rather-moderated "Symposium on Nuclear Nonproliferation"
http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/rowan-u-hosts-symposium-nuclear-nonproliferation-global-politics_549531_1.html

Friday, Apr. 4 2008
Rowan U Hosts Symposium on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Global Politics

GLASSBORO, N.J., April 4, 2008, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Close to 1,000 people are expected to attend the Dan Rather-moderated "Symposium on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Global Politics," Rowan University's capstone program marking the 40th anniversary of the Glassboro Summit, on Friday, April 11, at 4:30 p.m., in Pfleeger Concert Hall, Wilson Hall, off Rt. 322 on the Glassboro, N.J. campus.

The symposium panel will explore why, with much discussion in academic circles and think tanks about nuclear proliferation, there is so little discussion on the topic within the global political arena. The event is part of the yearlong Hollybush Lecture Series, marking the 40th anniversary of the historic Cold War-era summit between President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin at the Hollybush Mansion on the campus of then-Glassboro State College.

Panelists for the symposium are:

-- William Potter, Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar, Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. The co-author of "The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism," Potter serves on the Nonproliferation Panel of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control for the National Academy of Sciences. For five years, he served on the United Nations' Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and was a board member of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. He directs the Monterey Institute's Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

-- Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund. Cirincione's most recent writings include "Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons" and "Contain and Engage: A New Strategy for Resolving the Iran Nuclear Crisis," which he co-authored. He formerly served as senior fellow and director for the Nuclear Policy Center for American Progress and director for nonproliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In 2004, the "National Journal" listed Cirincione as one of the 100 people whose ideas will shape the policies of the next administration.

-- Rose Gottemoeller, Moscow Center Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Director of the Moscow Center since 2006, Gottemoeller formerly served as deputy undersecretary for defense nuclear nonproliferation in the U.S. Department of Energy. As a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, she held a joint appointment with the Russian and Eurasian Program and the Global Policy Program. A specialist on defense and nuclear issues in Russia and other former Soviet states, she has researched nuclear security and stability, nonproliferation and arms control.

For more information on this and other programs in the Hollybush series, visit http://www.rowan.edu/hollybush.

This news release was issued on behalf of Newswise(TM). For more information, visit http://www.newswise.com.

SOURCE Rowan University
http://www.rowan.edu/hollybush

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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 05:48 AM
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1. Four faces of nuclear "terrorism?"
Maybe you can produce one incident of nuclear terrorism rather than four.

You can't?

Not even one?

How about dangerous fossil fuel terrorism like say, the World Trade Center attacks, and um, Oklahoma City?

Couldn't care less?

Why am I not surprised?
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 08:20 AM
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2. Since you asked...
Edited on Sat Apr-05-08 08:22 AM by MH1
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article756950.ece

A British security source said yesterday: “You can’t buy this much off the internet or steal it from a laboratory without raising an alarm so the only two plausible explanations for the source are that it was obtained from a nuclear reactor or very well connected black market smugglers.


Why will I not be surprised when you brush this off as "not terrorism" or "not important"?

Btw, this may be a news flash to you, but it is possible for a person who expresses concern about "item A" to also be concerned about "item B".

Edit to add: for folks who don't want to click the link, it's a article about the Litvinenko poisoning. Easy enough to find on the google. (Why it is in the sports section is a question for someone who knows more background on the story than I do.)
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 08:24 AM
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3. Then there's this,
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/wrjp1855.html

Again, easily found on "the google".
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 08:50 AM
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4. at least I have to hand it to you you stay on message
Why, why, why
it really sucks that you think you must come here and shut down any way you can any discussion of alternate energy. Whats the good in that NNadir? Talk to me about what you propose to do with only one facet of nuclear energy, the waste, a waste that won't just go away as nor will the need for a solution before it is a safe alternative to our real energy problems. Anyways have a great day, I plan too.
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 05:42 PM
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6. aw, c'mon, don't you know NNadir is a nuke industry shill? Either that, or he's heavily invested
in nukes. NNadir, we can't take you seriously. :rofl:
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 10:22 AM
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5. Actually, there are five
:evilgrin:

:rofl:
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