Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 68 Issue 5

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September
2012
Volume: 68
ISSN: 1938-3282
Page count: 104
Issue external URL: Link

The energy issue

1 September 2012
The energy issue

Limits to growth: Can nuclear power supply the world’s needs?

Derek Abbott
1 September 2012
The energy issue

Thorium: Not a near-term commercial nuclear fuel

Andrew T. Nelson

In the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, opinion makers and policy makers, alike, have worked internationally to pique interest in thorium as a possible alternative fuel for commercial nuclear reactors.

1 September 2012
The energy issue

2011–2012 world nuclear industry status report

Mycle SchneiderAntony Froggatt

Features

1 September 2012
Features

Making China’s nuclear war plan

John W. LewisXue Litai
1 September 2012
Features

Self-assured destruction: The climate impacts of nuclear war

Alan RobockOwen Brian Toon
1 September 2012
Features

A virtual necessity: Some modest steps toward greater cybersecurity

Herbert Lin
1 September 2012
Features

Modernization of nuclear weapons: Aspiring to “indefinite retention”?

Ray Acheson

Nuclear notebook

1 September 2012
Nuclear notebook

Nonstrategic nuclear weapons, 2012

Hans M. KristensenRobert S. Norris

In this Nuclear Notebook, the authors write about nonstrategic nuclear weapons—starting with the difficulty of finding a universal definition for them. Although the United States and Russia have reduced their nonstrategic stockpiles, significant inventories remain.