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Color photo of Trinity test of atomic bomb on July 16, 1945

Introduction — Oppenheimer: The man behind the movie

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Nichols presents charges

By K.D. Nichols | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Special Topics

Bulletin statement on the Energy Department’s Oppenheimer decision

By Rachel Bronson | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Personal Essay

The Oppenheimer case: A study in the abuse of law

By Harold P. Green | Investigative Reporting, Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics

Oppenheimer Replies

By J. Robert Oppenheimer | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics

National Ignition Facility operators inspect a final optics assembly during a routine maintenance period in August.

The Energy Department’s fusion breakthrough: It’s not really about generating electricity

By John Mecklin | Fusion Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Trump and Kim impersonators

Gaseous molecules of freedom

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Taking stock: Steven Chu, former secretary of the Energy Department, on fracking, renewables, nuclear weapons, and his work, post-Nobel Prize

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews

Reforming the US nuclear weapons enterprise

By John R. Harvey | Uncategorized

A realignment commission for national labs: How to downsize America’s bloated and unsecure nuclear weapons complex

By Lydia Dennett | Nuclear Weapons