About the Nuclear Security Project
The Nuclear Security Project is an effort to galvanize global support for and action on the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the urgent steps needed to reach that goal. Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former Defense Secretary William J. Perry, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and former Senator Sam Nunn joined together to form the Project in the wake of the Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2007 which has reframed the terms of the global debate on nuclear issues.
The steps include:
- Securing all nuclear weapons and materials globally to the highest standards.
- Discarding Cold War practices for US and Russian nuclear forces to decrease the danger of accidental, mistaken or unauthorized launch.
- Reducing substantially nuclear forces in all states that possess them.
- Eliminating short-range battlefield nuclear weapons.
- Halting the production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons globally.
- Developing cooperative missile defense and early warning systems.
- Adopting a process for bringing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty into effect.
- Developing a new international system to manage the risks of producing fuel for nuclear power.
- Phasing out the use of highly enriched uranium in civil commerce.
- Strengthening verification and enforcement capabilities.
- Redoubling efforts to resolve conflicts.
