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Event | 1 June 2017

ELN Director Sir Adam Thomson delivers the keynote speech at the 2017 UK PONI Conference

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On June 1 2017, ELN Director Sir Adam Thomson delivered the keynote speech at the UK Project on Nuclear Issues [PONI] 2017 Annual Conference in London.

The Conference gathered established and emerging experts from academia, industry, government and the military to share insights and debate a broad range of civil and military nuclear topics, including the future of US nuclear weapons policy, the role of new technologies and potential crises in South Asia.

You can find here the text and here the video of Sir Adam’s keynote speech.

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