James M. Acton

James M. Acton is a British academic and scientist.[1] He is a senior associate of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[2]

Early life

Acton was awarded his PhD in theoretical physics at Cambridge University.[2]

Career

Acton was a member of the faculty of the Department of War Studies at King's College, London.[1]

Acton’s research projects have included analyses of IAEA safeguards in Iran, verifying disarmament in North Korea and preventing novel forms of radiological terrorism.[3]

Fukushima

In the context of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, Acton was able to distill a succinct analysis which was widely reported.[4]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about James Acton, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 268 library holdings.[7]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Library of Congress authority file, James M. Acton, no2009-183674
  2. 1 2 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, James M. Acton
  3. "Carnegie Appoints Leading Expert on Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation," Carnegie Endowment press release, November 18, 2008.
  4. "One Month After Tsunami, What Are Japan's Biggest Needs?" NewsHour (U.S.) April 11, 2011. Archived 12 April 2011 at WebCite
  5. "Analysis: A month on, Japan nuclear crisis still scarring," International Business Times (Australia). 9 April 2011, retrieved 2011-04-12. Archived 18 April 2011 at WebCite
  6. Owen, Jonathan. "More than one in 10 nuclear power plants at risk from earthquakes," The Independent (UK). 3 April 2011. Archived 3 April 2011 at WebCite
  7. WorldCat Identities: Acton, James M.
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