TheNuclear Control Institute is a research and advocacy center for preventingnuclear proliferation andnuclear terrorism. Thenon-profit organization was founded byPaul Leventhal in 1981. It went under a reorganization in 2003 to make it aweb-based program. The institute is supported by the donations of philanthropic foundations and individuals.
The Nuclear Control Institute is particularly focused on the elimination ofplutonium and highlyenriched uranium, which can be used to createnuclear weapons, fromnuclear power plants andresearch reactors, and preventing plutonium and highly enriched uranium from dismantled nuclear weapons from being disposed of in commercial reactors. This means that they are strongly opposed to the use ofmixed oxide fuel.
Tom Clements is the executive director.
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