North Korean verification: Good enough for government work?
Any verification regime for eliminating North Korean nuclear weapons is likely to involve uncertainty. But a degree of uncertainty might be an acceptable price to pay.
Magazine
September 2018
In this issue, four top experts examine some of the complex issues that will arise, if the world's nuclear nations ever come to their senses and begin serious negotiations toward new agreements to reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals.
Features
Washington-Moscow nuclear verification: Tensions and solutions
The outlook for further US-Russian arms control is not bright today, but both sides should develop new verification techniques in case unexpected breakthroughs occur.
International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification: A foundation for future arms reductions
Through the IPNDV, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the US State Department are engaging with more than 25 countries to build global verification expertise.
How the IAEA verifies if a country’s nuclear program is peaceful or not: The legal basis
A detailed look at the methods the International Atomic Energy Agency uses to create a comprehensive picture of a state’s nuclear program.
Burning waste or playing with fire? Waste management considerations for non-traditional reactors
Why some advanced nuclear reactor technologies—funded for their supposed waste management benefits—will actually exacerbate spent fuel disposal issues.
Chronic long-term risk of low-level radiation exposure: Bridging the lay/expert divide
The failure of experts and lay people to understand one another has fueled conflict around the clean-up of many sites contaminated by the US nuclear weapons program.
Ventilator blues: Infectious disease expert Tom Inglesby on the next major pandemic
Will the next pandemic pathogen more likely be naturally occurring or engineered?
Pakistani nuclear forces, 2018
The authors estimate that the country’s stockpile could realistically grow to 220 to 250 warheads by 2025, if the current trend continues.
Subscribe Now
The Bulletin's award-winning magazine has gone tree-free. Subscribe to the digital journal for less than $7 a month.
The Bulletin's bimonthly magazine can be found in over 15,000 leading universities and institutions worldwide. It is published in partnership with the Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals, books,
ebooks, and reference works.
First published in November 1945 as a 6-page black and white bulletin, the magazine has twice received the National Magazine Award and is widely regarded as an authoritative source that offers the best scientific and
policy thinking on solving the globe's
most challenging problems.
Recent issues
John A. Simpson
The John A. Simpson Archive is a searchable archive of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists containing every issue published since our founding in 1945.