The plutonium produced in the Cirus and Dhruva reactors is ideal for making atomic bombs. The power reactors at Madras, Narora and Kakrapar generate plutonium that is also suitable for…
Nuclear
This is a list of the Wisconsin Project’s work related to nuclear weapons. One nuclear weapon could kill millions and destroy the natural environment. It is the most dangerous weapon on earth. Preventing the spread of technology and material that can be used in such weapons is the Wisconsin Project’s founding mission and our ongoing objective.
India: Nuclear Helpers
Western companies have supplied India’s controversial nuclear program for more than three decades. All of India’s plutonium-making reactors and heavy water production plants are based on foreign designs. Canada Supplied…
Sizing Up the North Korean Nuclear Deal
Foresight (Tokyo) March 1995 Roughly one month ago, the United States detected the first violation of the nuclear accord that it signed with North Korea last year. Pyongyang seems to…
India’s Nuclear Shopping List
India still looks to foreign suppliers for equipment to advance its nuclear program. Though it has strong capabilities in most areas of the nuclear cycle, India needs help with fissile…
India’s Big Emerging Market Poses Nuclear Risk
On a January visit to promote U.S. trade, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown spoke at one of India’s leading rocket and missile development sites. The Indian Institute of Science is developing…
North Korea Deal Complicates Nuclear Policy
The U.S.-North Korea accord, hailed by U.S. officials as the best solution in a difficult situation, could create problems for controlling nuclear exports to other sensitive countries. The October agreement…
Testimony: Three Points on the US-North Korean Nuclear Accord
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Armed Services January 26, 1995 I am…
Testimony: Messages Behind the US-North Korean Nuclear Accord
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources January 19, 1995…
India: Commerce Approves Most U.S. Nuclear-related Exports
Less than 2 percent of U.S. applications to export nuclear dual-use equipment to India were denied from 1988-1992, according to a report published last year by the U.S. General Accounting…
Testimony: The US-North Korean Nuclear Accord
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and…