68 Events

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., speaks about climate change during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Nuclear Politics with Senator Ed Markey

Thu., Jan. 19, 2023 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Taubman Building - Nye A, B, & C, 5th Floor

Join Senator Ed Markey in conversation with Professor Matthew Bunn for a discussion on nuclear issues in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. With a new Congress, and ongoing conflict in Ukraine, nuclear issues are as important as ever. What are the challenges ahead? What is being done to address them? What new thinking may be helpful?

In-person attendance is limited to HUID-holders only. The general public is welcome to join this event via Zoom.

Mariana Budjeryn Comments during Panel Discussion

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Seminar - Open to the Public

From Nuclear Energy to Nuclear Deterrence: Update on Ukraine

Wed., Mar. 9, 2022 | 10:00am - 11:15am

Wexner Building - Room 434 A-B

Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) hosts a timely discussion focused on the nuclear implications of the evolving conflict in Ukraine. Our panelists will discuss the Budapest Memorandum, security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities, and the risks of nuclear escalation.

For members of the public (HUID and non-HUID holders), please register for the Zoom webinar event here. You will be able to watch the event live through Zoom.

For those who wish to attend in-person (HUID holders only), please register for a seat in the conference room here. Seating is limited.

While this virtual event is on the record, the event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization. 

A nuclear power plant in France.

Gretchen Mahan via Flickr

Seminar - Open to the Public

Destined for Decline? Examining the Role of Nuclear in the Ongoing Energy Transition

Wed., Dec. 1, 2021 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Online

A Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) seminar with Jochen Markard, Privatdozent (Habilitation and Venia Legendi) at ETH Zurich and a senior researcher at ZHAW, Zurich; and Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Post-doctoral Fellow of the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link.

"Safe Enough? A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk" by Thomas R. Wellock

University of California Press

Seminar - Open to the Public

Safe Enough? A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk

Wed., Apr. 28, 2021 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Online

A Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) seminar with Thomas Wellock, historian at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 

Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link.

The Rio Tinto Rössing uranium mine in Namibia.

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Special Series - Open to the Public

Africa and the Atom: Rethinking African Agency in the Global Nuclear Order

Fri., Mar. 26, 2021 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

Online

Nuclear politics across the African continent are complex and diverse. Yet, Western-centric scholarship and policymaking tend to overlook the multitude of perspectives on nuclear energy and weapons within Africa. Dominant nuclear discourses obscure the narratives of Africa's regions, countries, and peoples. Closer examination reveals a vast and intricate tapestry of nuclear spaces and identities imprinted on the continent’s colonial and post-colonial experience. In the atomic age, these experiences have included: uranium mining, nuclear explosive testing, the Bandung Conference, development and rollback of South Africa's nuclear weapons program, participation in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament initiatives, and pursuit of civilian nuclear energy. This panel brings together a diverse group of scholars to examine African relationships with nuclear arms and nuclear energy through the lenses of security, development, climate change and the environment, and global justice and equality.

A journalist checks radiation levels near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2012.

AP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool

Conference - Open to the Public

Nuclear Safety and Security After Chernobyl and Fukushima: Lessons Learned and Forgotten

Wed., Mar. 3, 2021 - Fri., Mar. 5, 2021

Online

The Project on Managing the Atom will host a three-day virtual conference March 3-5 to mark the 10th and 35th anniversaries, respectively, of the Fukushima Daiichi and Chernobyl nuclear disasters. Experts and officials from around the world will provide reflections on progress made in nuclear safety, security, and governance in the years after these accidents and highlight evolving challenges in these crucial areas. The conference will feature a special session with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.

The Project on Managing the Atom is proud to present this conference as part of its 25th year of activities.

Temelín Nuclear Power Station in the Czech Republic

Libreshot.com

Seminar - Open to the Public

Reimagining Nuclear Power Through Feminist Epistemologies

Wed., May 13, 2020 | 10:00am - 11:30am

A Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) seminar with Denia Djokić, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with MTA and Visiting Research Fellow at the HKS Program for Science, Technology and Society.