Kang Jungmin

Dr. KANG Jungmin is currently a visiting scholar at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. Kang has considerable expertise in technical analyses of nuclear issues, including advanced nuclear fuel cycles, spent fuel management, and nuclear nonproliferation, based on his experiences in reactor physics calculations. Kang has authored and co-authored papers on the cooperative threat reduction program in North Korea, verification of plutonium production in North Korea, proliferation-resistance of advanced fuel cycles, spent-fuel storage, plutonium disposition, converting Russian icebreaker reactors from HEU to LEU fuel, etc. Kang also has contributed many popular articles to South Korea’s newspapers and magazines about North Korea’s nuclear-weapon program and South Korea’s spent-fuel issues. Kang’s recent research interests focus on verification of the denuclearized North Korea, the analysis of the advanced nuclear fuel cycles, and spent-fuel managements. Kang also has been showing deep interest in nuclear security issues since he had participated in the first NGOs nuclear security summit held in Washington, DC in April 2010. Kang received a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Tokyo University, Japan, and M.S. and B.S. degrees in nuclear engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea. Kang worked in Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security for two years in 1998-2000 and Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University for 2006-2008. Because of Kang’s expertise in nuclear fuel-cycle issues, he was selected to be a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), a group of independent experts from 16 countries that analyzes programs and proposals to advance nuclear disarmament and reduce the dangers of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism.