This working group, established in 2008 to explore options for the management of separated plutonium in the UK, addressed three possible options for the disposition of the UK plutonium stocks.
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The Role of Independent Scientists in WMD Threat Assessment
In 2008, British Pugwash co-sponsored with the Croatian Pugwash Group a NATO Advanced Research Workshop.
An End to UK Nuclear Weapons
A 2002 report from a British Pugwash working group discusses options open to the UK government in the areas of nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament.
Realising the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI)
This project, started in 2009 with funds from the legacy of the late Professor John Ziman FRS, aims to develop the concept of a proposed UK Disarmament Institute.
The Nuclear Weapons Policy Liaison Group
First convened in 2008, this group of experts has continued to meet regularly to coordinate and maintain effective and positive working links with parliamentarians across the political spectrum on UK nuclear weapons issues, in particular in relation to the renewal of the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system.
The ethics of developing technologies
Two lines of work, on the ethics of military robotics and the potential development of autonomous weapons, have developed since 2013. These issues are highly relevant to Pugwash’s concern with ethical and humanitarian constraints on the conduct of warfare.