January 9th, 2004
Matthew Bunn is a Senior Research Associate at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Before that he was at the Office of Science and Technology Policy and played a major role in developing U. S. policies in regard to the control and disposition of weapons-usable nuclear materials in the U. S. and former Soviet Union. He directed a secret study on the topic for President Clinton. He is a consultant to the Nuclear Threat Initiative.(NTI) He was formerly at the National Academy of Sciences where he directed a study on the Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium. He has published many articles and is the author or co-author of several books on issues of nuclear disarmament.
Professor Bunn is visiting New Hampshire under the auspices of the NTI and the World Affairs Council of NH. The NTI has been running an awareness campaign using TV ads, articles, and speakers to focus attention on the threat of nuclear fuel and weapons that have not been destroyed or protected. The NTI strongly supports the Nunn-Lugar legislation calling for cooperation with the nations of the former Soviet Union in controlling nuclear stockpiles. Information on NTI can be found at their website - www.saferworld.org.
Students from 2 other NH locations:
1) Crotched Mountain Foundation, Greenfield, NH
2)Woodsville High School, Woodsville, NH
also participated via the GSDLN.
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