The Managing the Atom Project is initiating a summer seminar series entitled “Nuclear 101,” presenting overviews of key issues affecting the future of nuclear weapons, energy, and nonproliferation policies.  Topics will include:

  • Uranium enrichment and plutonium production
  • Nuclear weapons strategy
  • IAEA safeguards
  • Technologies + approaches for securing nuclear facilities and transports
  • Nuclear weapons operations/ de-alerting

The seminars will generally take place in the Belfer Center library, from 10:00-11:30 on Tuesdays in June and July; topics on specific dates to be determined.