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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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.
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.
Trident and the Scottish Referendum
British Pugwash discussion meeting: Professor Malcolm Chalmers and Professor William Walker debated the future of the UK’s nuclear arsenal and particularly Trident following the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum.
British Pugwash Newsletter September 2014
Topics include: The launch of BRINDI; Trident issues; WMDA Talking Trident; The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; The ethics of developing technologies; Meeting: Security by remote control – can it work?
British Pugwash Annual Report 2013
Key topics: Trident renewal, NPT Reaching Consensus project, the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI), and continued work on verification of disarmament; new science and ethics focus on the military robotics debate; developing work on UK energy policy; International Pugwash 60th conference