The Doomsday Clock is an internationally recognized design that conveys how close we are to destroying our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own making. First and foremost among these are nuclear weapons, but the dangers include climate-changing technologies, emerging... Read More
The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have birthed another boondoggle—a Uranium Capabilities Replacement Project slated to run billions of dollars over budget and 20 years behind schedule. It’s long past time to see if there isn’t a better solution.
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station needs a new plan for dealing with millions of gallons of radioactive water on its grounds. The plan should include better public outreach, improved cleanup processes and capacities, and, when radiation standards are met, a controlled release of water into the sea.
India, Pakistan, and China play a nuclear posturing game that is imprecise and dangerous. They’d do better to engage and learn one another’s true security concerns.
The National Biosurveillance Science and Technology Roadmap provides important information, but doesn’t describe a clear route toward improved decision making during a public health emergency.
Will cities take the necessary steps to avoid, withstand, and recover from climate change’s worst effects? The survival and economic well-being of millions depends on that.
In June 2013, Obama announced his nuclear arms policy goals, asserting his support for a one-third reduction in deployed US strategic nuclear weapons and for “bold” cuts in US and Russian tactical weapons in Europe.
Don't miss the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' three-part series on nuclear power in the November/December 2012 issue, the January/February 2013 issue, and the March/April 2013 issue. The Bulletin gathers some of the world's top nuclear energy experts for this special series to answer the question: Just how easy would it be to unplug from nuclear?
In 2009, US President Obama delivered his first foreign policy speech in Prague, Czech Republic. During this speech, he announced his commitment to a world without nuclear weapons.
This video was created by KQED in San Francisco upon the opening of the Exploratorium in 1969. Republished with permission from KQED and the Exploratorium.
Kennette Benedict, the publisher and executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, talks about the lack of an American public discourse on its nuclear arsenal.