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Nuclear Notebook: United States nuclear weapons, 2021

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Jan 12, 2021

The US nuclear arsenal remained roughly unchanged in the last year, with the Defense Department maintaining an estimated stockpile of approximately 3,800 warheads. Of these, only 1,800 warheads are deployed, while approximately 2,000 are held in reserve. Additionally, approximately 1,750 retired warheads are awaiting dismantlement, giving a total inventory of approximately 5,550 nuclear warheads.

How can the Biden administration reduce scientific disinformation? Slow the high-pressure pace of scientific publishing

By Matt Field | Jan 12, 2021

To tamp down on the flow of flawed science seen during the pandemic, computer scientist and disinformation researcher Walter Scheirer believes the Biden administration can make changes to how the National Institutes of Health awards grants, reducing the importance of prolific publishing.

Presidential Debate: What you need to know

By Bulletin Staff | Sep 23, 2020

JOHN MECKLIN The debates: Why nuclear weapons should be a major focus of the 2020 campaign The first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden takes place on September 29th. Dive into Bulletin articles to explore the nuclear weapons questions that citizens and journalists alike should be asking the candidates now, before the election in November. Start … Continued

La renuncia al primer uso no está rota, así que no la arreglen

By Parris H. Chang: ES | Nov 19, 2016

A medida que el tiempo transcurre y el último mandato del presidente Barack Obama llega a su fin -y mientras Donald Trump se prepara para asumir la presidencia- ¿podemos decir que Obama haya hecho avances adecuados en el compromiso asumido en Praga en 2009 de «procurar la paz y la seguridad de un mundo sin … Continued

Biden’s nuclear posture review maintains nuclear status quo

By Emma Claire Foley | Oct 28, 2022

With Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review now out, the nuclear arms control and disarmament community has a moment of reckoning: The nuclear status quo is here to stay.

Ukraine 2022: Flashback to Crimea 1993? Prague Spring 1968?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Feb 23, 2022

“Time is on Russia’s side,” wrote one Ukrainian observer in 1993. “It [Russia] will probably not soften its position, and it will probably take advantage of circumstances to encourage Crimean separatist aspirations.”

President Biden and Vice President Harris with US Armed Forces generals. Credit: The White House via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

How the Biden administration can secure real gains in nuclear arms control

By Sharon Squassoni | Mar 30, 2021

Nuclear arms control has entered a new and infinitely more complex phase. Though the Biden administration has not underestimated the difficulty of next steps, it must do more than articulate goals. The US must impart a sense of urgency to arms control.

Why Biden should designate a nuclear waste negotiator

By David Klaus | Jan 12, 2021

With Yucca Mountain dead and climate action resurrected, Biden has an opportunity to take a fresh run at America’s nuclear waste problem.

Former secretaries of state John Kerry and Colin Powell

Convention takeaway: Democrats (and some Republicans) call for a return to multilateralism

By Halley Posner | Aug 28, 2020

Over four nights, speakers of many stripes stressed the need for the United States to work with other countries on nuclear weapons, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why the financial community should work to prevent the market and economic shocks of a nuclear incident

By David Epstein | Mar 29, 2019

The risks of a nuclear incident—including the detonation of a nuclear bomb or dirty bomb, or a cyberattack on a nuclear power plant—have been discussed ad nauseam. Investment icon Warren Buffett and many international security experts have expounded on the significant risks of a nuclear incident in the coming decades. Many experts, in fact, actually … Continued

Press Release—Welcome to “The New Abnormal”

By Bulletin Staff | Jan 24, 2019

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists keeps iconic Doomsday Clock as close to midnight as it has been since 1953. Lack of progress on nuclear and climate issues seen as ongoing concerns, compounded by corrosive impact of “Information Warfare.”

A Chinese DF-26 intermediate range missile and launcher.

We don’t have a missile gap in Asia. We have a diplomacy gap.

By Alexandra Bell | Nov 2, 2018

We have been down this Cold War road before. Eventually, we came to our senses and decided to build off-ramps in the form of treaties like INF. Why on Earth would we want to repeat the journey?

Nuclear Roundup: 5/23/2017

By Jodi Lieberman | May 23, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. United States The Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Under Trump Perry Tours Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant and Oak Ridge Lab Air Force to “Cyber-Secure” Nuclear Arsenal Sen. Lindsey Graham talks Russia, MOX What drones? Fed finds no drones at ex-nuclear weapons site … Continued

Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant as seen from nearby Amesbury, Massachusetts. Credit: ThePessimus. Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

As US nuclear exports decline, experts fear international safeguards will too

By Jessica Lovering, M. Granger Morgan | Aug 27, 2021

The United States had been a dominant exporter of nuclear reactor technology, and those exports came with safety, security, and nonproliferation strings attached. Now that Russia is and soon China will be leading exporters, a growing number of experts are worried about the international security knock-on effects.

How the media can stop failing on climate change

By Emily Holden | May 1, 2019

Climate change experts give advice on how news outlets can cover the environment in ways that make voters listen.

Pyongyang Declaration: Bringing peace to the Koreas beyond symbolism

By Duyeon Kim | Sep 26, 2018

The two Koreas should certainly make concerted efforts to achieve sustainable peace and deal with conventional military capabilities along the border. But the South Korean public and the international community that have seen this movie countless times before wonder when the gap will finally be closed between symbolism and reality.

So far, North Korea is failing to live up to 2018 predictions

By Dawn Stover | Jan 2, 2018

American experts rate the odds of a war with North Korea as high as 50 percent, but North Korea begins the new year with an unexpected overture.

Washington y Moscú tienen la llave de la puerta del desarme

By Hua Han: ES | Dec 27, 2016

El impulso para el desarme generado por el famoso discurso de Praga de Barack Obama se estaba desvaneciendo aun antes de que Donald Trump ganara la carrera para convertirse en el sucesor de Obama. Ahora las posibilidades del desarme parecen más turbias que nunca. Es un momento interesante para retomar el argumento de mi colega … Continued

Corona-free? How disinformation could be clouding the true pandemic picture in Africa

By Julia Ilhardt, Giorgio Musto, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Sep 21, 2020

World Health Organization data shows Africa accounts for about 4 percent of global COVID-19 cases, a surprisingly low number. In some countries misinformation may be obscuring the true impacts of the pandemic.

Explosion at Natanz: Why sabotaging Iran’s nuclear program could backfire

By Mahsa Rouhi | Jul 15, 2020

If the incident at Natanz was a deliberate act of sabotage intended to set back Iran’s nuclear program, it was dangerously shortsighted.

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