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Why cost should not be an obstacle to compensating nuclear survivors

By Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Susi Snyder | Analysis, Nuclear Waste, 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

Watch the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement on January 28