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Conférence avec son Excellence Kristine L. Svinicki, commissaire de la US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Discutant : Luis Echavarri, directeur de l'Agence Energie Nucléaire, OCDE. Présidence : William C. Ramsay, directeur du Programme Energie à l'Ifri.
Mrs Svinicki has a distinguiehed career as a nuclear engineer and policy advisor, working since 2005 as a professional staff member on the Senate Armed Services Committee for the Committee's former Chairman, Sen. John Warner, R-Va, and its current ranking Republican, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. As a professional staff member of the Committee, she worked on defense science and technology programs, and atomic energy defense activities of the U.S. Department of Energy, including nuclear weapons, nuclear security and environmental management programs. She was sworn in as a Commissioner of the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on March 28, 2008
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Nuclear Sharing in Europe: A Contested Policy That Endures
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has fallen more than seventy-fold, yet their presence in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey remains a quiet pillar of NATO's deterrence posture. This "nuclear sharing" arrangement, central to the Alliance since its founding, has long been contested by public opinion, political parties, and civil society across Europe, without ever being abandoned by host governments. This paradox lies at the heart of the seminar: why does such an unpopular policy persist?