Since the end of WWII, the popular view in the U.S. has been that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki precipitated Japan’s surrender on August 15. However, many historians believe that the attack on Japan-occupied Manchuria by the previously neutral Soviet Union on August 8 had more impact on Japan’s leaders.

The single most costly U.S. nonproliferation program currently underway faces a cloudy future in Washington.

In spite of the fact that nuclear reprocessing continues to pose a number of economic and nonproliferation challenges, this process remains a significant factor in the current and future nuclear power plans of a number of nations

On May 22, Carnegie’s Nonproliferation Program and the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation hosted a discussion on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).

2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel PART 2: The U.S. and the Future of Reprocessing. Chair: José Goldemberg, University of São Paulo; Tatsujiro Suzuki, University of Tokyo; Frank von Hippel, Princeton University; William Walker, University of St Andrews.