Paul L. Leventhal

1938 – 2007

Architect of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act and Founding President of the Nuclear Control Institute.

Scientific Director

Dr. Edwin Lyman

Physicist who provided technical proof of the risks inherent in MOX fuel and maritime shipments.

Research Director

Steven Dolley

Intelligence hub for tracking global plutonium stockpiles and HEU trafficking.

Vice President

Sharon Tanzer

Strategic architect of international task forces that translated technical warnings into diplomatic pressure.

Executive Director

Tom Clements

Fierce advocate who led the charge against DOE plutonium deals and dangerous sea shipments.

Digital Architect & Web Designer

Bojan Dobrečevič

Collaborated daily with Paul L. to ensure NCI’s technical brilliance was matched by elite, authoritative design that informed a global audience.

NCI Intelligence Database

Threat Assessment
Assessing target vulnerabilities post-WTC/Oklahoma City.
"The 1994 truck bomb rule is insufficient to protect against larger terrorist devices used in modern attacks."
Source: nrctrans0505.html
Policy Threat
Refuting the myth of "safe" proliferation-resistant reprocessing.
"Pyroprocessing and other 'new' reprocessing methods are a deceptive step backward, undermining decades of U.S. non-proliferation norms."
Source: el-atw52401.htm | Entities: Bush Admin, DOE
Terrorism Warning
Direct warning on the accessibility of bomb-grade material.
"Beyond immediate smuggling, the larger threat remains: nations that stockpile plutonium for peaceful purposes can convert it to weapons at any time."
Source: poi.htm
MOX Risk Brief
Modeling the impact of a severe MOX fuel accident.
"Severe accidents involving MOX fuel cores could cause hundreds to thousands of additional cancer deaths due to higher actinide quantities."
Source: nci_distilled_knowledge.txt
Economic Statistic
Fiscal audit of the Plutonium cycle.
"Plutonium-based fuels cost 400% to 800% more than standard Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel, proving the 'Plutonium Economy' commercially unviable."
Source: nci-pro.htm | Entities: BNFL, Cogema
Disposition Data
The massive cost of warhead plutonium disposal.
"The U.S. currently faces a bill of at least $4 billion to dispose of a mere 34 metric tons of salvaged plutonium."
Source: el-atw52401.htm | Entities: Warheads, DOE
Global Stocks
"Civilian stockpiles of separated weapons-usable plutonium are set to double present military inventories within the next 15 years."
Source: nci_distilled_knowledge.txt | Entities: Japan, France, UK
HEU Vulnerability
"More than 50 civilian research reactors worldwide continue to operate on the same bomb-grade uranium used in the Hiroshima bomb."
Source: nci-ura.htm | Entities: Hiroshima, HEU
Historical Milestone
Directing the Senate's 1979 probe.
"Paul Leventhal directed the investigation of the Three Mile Island accident, leading to 1980 safety reforms enacted by Congress."
Source: aboutus.htm | Entities: US Senate, NRC
Archival Disclosure
Exposing the 1987 plutonium air-shipment plan.
"NCI disclosed plans for air shipments of toxic plutonium from Europe to Japan via Alaska without crash-proof casks, forcing a legislative halt."
Source: airtrans.htm | Entities: Japan, Alaska
Verified Truth
Success of the RERTR Program.
"NCI’s decades-long campaign successfully reduced international commerce in bomb-grade fuel by converting dozens of reactors to safer LEU."
Source: nci-ura.htm | Entities: LEU, RERTR
Legislative Mandate
Shaping modern export controls.
"Responsible for the 1974 law breaking up the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978."
Source: aboutus.htm | Entities: AEC, Congress
IAEA Critique
Exposing international safeguard inadequacy.
"IAEA safeguards are fundamentally incapable of preventing the diversion of material at commercial bulk-handling reprocessing plants."
Source: nci_distilled_knowledge.txt | Entities: IAEA, Safeguards