James M. Acton is a British academic and scientist.[1] He is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[2]
Acton was awarded his PhD in theoretical physics at Cambridge University.[2]
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]
In the context of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, Acton was able to distill a succinct analysis which was widely reported.[4]
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]