2016年CRI US Expert Expects 2016 Nuclear Security Summit to Highlight Anti-terrorism

 

William Tobey is a Senior Fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. 

He used to serve on the National Security Council under three U.S. administrations. 

He shared his expectations on the nuclear security summit in Washington.

"My hope would be that a commitment to a set of nuclear excellence¹ principles. One example of how that does not exist today is that there are countries with weapon-usable material - highly enriched uranium or plutonium. That don't require armed guards to be on side of the facilities. It's quite remarkable² and there is age of terrorism."

Tobey said there were some loopholes in preventing terrorists from obtaining nuclear material and technology. 

"People associated with the Paris attack, and apparently³ these latest attacks are all part of the same group, had actually surveilled with video equipment a senior nuclear executive within Belgium who work at a facility with large quantities of highly enriched uranium. That's a serious issue. So we must be vigilant⁴ about the possibility that there could be an intersection⁵ between terrorism and nuclear material."

According to a report published by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs recently, international joint⁶ efforts, including intelligence gathering⁷ and nuclear radiation detection at customs and borders, should be made to fight smuggling⁸ of highly enriched uranium or plutonium fuels. 

According to Tobey, nuclear security is a special cooperative field where the United States and China have common interests.

"I think the United States and China have a great deal in common on this issue. We both face terrorism threats. We both have large nuclear establishments. China will be one of the fastest growing nuclear powers in the world, nuclear energy powers, and I think in order for that to have popular support within the country, there has to be a perception that the nuclear industry and nuclear weapons and materials are both safe and secure. And of course, the United States has similar interest."

This view is echoed by Daniel Roderick, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westinghouse Electric Company.

"Well I really see the overall cooperation as a win-win. I think that everything that we see right now is we want to continue to expand that cooperation and agreement going into the next sets of units domestically in China, as well as looking globally at where opportunities are that the countries can cooperate."

China and the U.S. have conducted a series of exchanges since the signing in 1998 of the China-U.S. Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy. 

The AP1000 nuclear reactor⁹ co-designed by China and the U.S. is about to enter the market and the two countries have made substantial progress in re-modifying the miniature neutron-source reactor.

1 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

2 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。

5 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

8 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

9 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。