Frank Barnaby

Place of work: United Kingdom
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Oxford Research Group

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FRANK BARNABY, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Hon.)

Frank Barnaby, a nuclear physicist by training, has worked at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston (1951-57), for the Medical Research Council, London (1957-67), and for the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (1967-70). He was the Director of SIPRI, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (1971-81), Professor at the Free University, Amsterdam (1981-85), and Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota (1985). He has honorary doctorates in Science from the Free University, Amsterdam, the University of Southampton, and the University of Bradford. He is now consultant to the Oxford Research Group on nuclear issues.

Contributions


Are the health dangers from nuclear radiation exagerated? 17 Mar, 2010 02:04 pm The debate about the risks to human health of exposure to nuclear radiation has been rekindled. Two new books, one British and the other American, have...

Iran discloses a secret nuclear facility 22 Dec, 2009 03:50 pm Pressure for a new round of sanctions against Iran is growing. US President Barak Obama may demand new sanctions as early as January unless Iran's leaders...

Can the production of nuclear materials for nuclear weapons be banned? 10 Sep, 2009 12:24 pm An international treaty to ban the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons, referred to by US President Barack Obama on 5 April 2009 in Prague(1)...

Do North Korean and Pakistan Nuclear ActivitiesThreaten Asian Security? 17 Jun, 2009 10:40 pm The concerns about North Korea?s nuclear and missile tests come at the same time as concerns about the security of Pakistan?s nuclear weapons.

The Birth of an International Nuclear Fuel Bank? 26 May, 2009 08:26 am In a speech on 5 April 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic, US President Barack Obama said that his Administration will: negotiate a new strategic arms reduction...

Will Japan react to North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes? 14 May, 2009 09:19 am The Japan Times, in an article on 20 April 2009, reported that the former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa suggested, in a speech made at Obihiro...

Dirty bombs 30 Apr, 2009 06:49 pm The murder of the former Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning with polonium-210 dramatically brought home the potential...

North Korea's Missile and Nuclear Programmes 19 Apr, 2009 11:21 am The nuclear programme of North Korea is again in the news. Selig S. Harrison, a specialist on South Asia and East Asia and a senior scholar of the Woodrow...

How many countries will get the bomb? 23 Mar, 2009 09:07 pm Most, if not all, of the world?s political leaders pay lip service to the need to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons to countries that do now...

Can President Barack Obama Save the Non-Proliferation Treaty? 2 Mar, 2009 06:17 pm Those concerned about the fundamental challenges that face the international community ? including the threats posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons...

A Nuclear Renaissance in the Middle East? 31 Dec, 2008 11:54 am It is difficult to see how the security threats raised by the spread of nuclear power to the Middle East can be controlled except by the strengthening...

Civil plutonium can be used to make effective nuclear weapons 15 Dec, 2008 10:02 pm Can the plutonium recovered from spent civil nuclear-power reactor fuel elements (civil plutonium) be used to fabricate nuclear weapons with significant...

The security consequences of the nuclear renaissance 11 Nov, 2008 11:03 am On 30 October 2008, the Royal Society, the British academy of science, announced the launch of a major new study looking at whether planetary scale geoengineerin...

A military attack on Iran would be a serious blunder 28 Oct, 2008 04:04 pm The coming American Presidential election has again focussed attention on Iran?s nuclear activities. Will the new President order the bombing of Iran?s...

"To Believe That Nuclear Power Can Make A Significant Difference Is Really Not Sensible" 6 Jul, 2007 06:14 pm Dr. Frank Barnaby is a specialist on nuclear power and technology. He discusses a report he co-authored, which argues against further investment and development...