Nuclear Risk

Red trinitite: L. Bindi and P.J. Steinhardt. Used with permission.

What are atomic bomb quasicrystals, and why do they matter?

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Cheers! A doomsday drinking guide

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk

Herbert Sussan in a newly-reopened school room during filming in Nagasaki in 1946. (Credit: US Army)

From Hollywood to Hiroshima: Retracing my father’s cinematic journey

By Leslie A. Sussan | Nuclear Weapons

Iran elections and the nuclear deal: Why Biden can’t lose, no matter who wins

By Sina Azodi | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Watch now—The UK’s new nuclear posture: What it means for the global nuclear order

By Halley Posner | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Stacks of money. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: geralt. CC0 1.0.

500,000,000,000 reasons to scrutinize the US plan for nuclear weapons

By Kingston Reif, Mandy Smithberger | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

SMR control room simulator

Are small modular reactors the solution to climate change? Some Canadians think so.

By Charles Mandel | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Israeli public opinion makes a US-Iran nuclear deal urgent

By Doreen Horschig | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

Four soldiers carrying rifles near helicopter under blue sky. Credit: Somchai Kongkamsri. Access via Pexels. Free to use.

‘Almost divine power’: the lawyers who sign off who lives and who dies in modern war zones

By Craig Jones | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License version 1.0.

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does the United Kingdom have in 2021?

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The underground Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada

Opportunities for US-Russian collaboration on the safe disposal of nuclear waste

By Cameron Tracy, Sulgiye Park, Maria Plevaka, Ekaterina Bogdanova | Nuclear Energy

Artist’s conception of Galileo satellite in orbit in 2021. Image courtesy of European Space Agency

Avoiding an unintentional space war: Lessons from Cold War nuclear diplomacy

By Maxwell Simon, Sam Wilson | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics