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13 November 2020
Call for Nominations: Risk Analysis for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is undertaking a study to examine whether a risk assessment framework is applicable to determining the potential risks of nuclear terrorism and nuclear war. This project will examine the use of analytical methods for risk assessment and the role such approaches may play for US national security.

Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to serve on our consensus study committee. We are looking for those with the following expertise:

  • Risk analysis and risk assessment
  • Decision analysis
  • Human factors and performance analysis
  • Adversarial risk analysis
  • US nuclear policy
  • Effects of nuclear weapons
  • Disaster impact assessment
  • Crisis dynamics
  • Intelligence assessment and terrorism analysis

Nominations will receive maximum consideration if they are received by Monday, 23 November 2020.

Learn more and submit a nomination on the study website.