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Superheroes and nuclear protest.

Proponents of mini-nukes, or of vague “limited nuclear options,” offer no convincing evidence that the United States needs new weapons in this category—or that they would make anyone safer.

Albert Einstein noted, “Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap.”

We humans have created the equivalent of a mousetrap for ourselves. And we’ve constructed tens of thousands of them over the seven decades of the Nuclear Age.

Canadian scientists who resisted the Harper administration’s attacks on federally funded projects have some advice for their counterparts in the United States.

Scientists have a responsibility to publicly defend science. And democracy.

In making safety decisions, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission uses accident probability calculations that are much more optimistic than anything that nuclear manufacturers like General Electric and Westinghouse actually believe. The result is weak public protection. A good example is the NRC commissioners’ rejection in 2014 of a proposal to limit the possible severe consequences of spent fuel pool fires in nuclear power plants because the proposal’s cost, however modest, exceeded the value of the expected reduction in “risk.” 

Did the government of Sudan use chemical weapons last year in Darfur? It’s time for members of the Chemical Weapons Convention to find out.

India’s Department of Atomic Energy’s fast breeder reactor program is uneconomical and risky, and lacks a sound rationale.

Governments should use an upcoming conference to curb the spread of arms that target the central nervous system.

Communities interested in hosting a nuclear waste storage facility need to take a closer look at the Department of Energy’s track record to understand why there is so little trust in the department’s ability to keep its commitments.

Should the USA say it would never use nuclear weapons unless attacked by an adversary using nukes?