We shouldn’t let the much greater danger of nuclear weapons obscure the risks of nuclear energy.
Oh, for Those Halcyon Days When Nuclear Weapons Were Scarier Than Reactors
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One of Hiroshima’s Objectives: To Prove the Manhattan Project Wasn’t a Money Pit
Ostensibly the atomic bomb was intended to shorten World War II, but U.S. war planners were actually afraid the war would end before they had a chance to deploy it.
By Enabling India’s Nuke Program U.S. Shares Blame for Pakistan’s
By enabling India to have its nuclear cake and eat it too — enough nuclear fuel for weapons as well as energy — the U.S. also fuels Pakistan’s nuclear-weapons expansion.
Loose Nuclear Ends
Nuclear miscellany.
Should the Arms Control Community Back Off Missile Defense?
It’s counterproductive to pose defense as more of a threat than offense.
Dirty Bombs, Despite Their Name, Not Sexy Enough
The threat of the dirty bomb is overshadowed by that of terrorists acquiring a nuclear weapons.
Leveraging Its Latest Nuclear Setback to Further Tighten the Screws on Iran
Like “wipe Israel off the map,” “another Chernobyl” is pushing buttons for an attack on Iran.
What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation?
Nuclear war makes Armageddon even more dramatic than, say, an asteroid colliding with the earth.
Nuclear Disarmament Would Make U.S. Undisputed Arms Champ
Is overwhelming superiority in conventional weapons the main reason for the apparent interest of the United States in nuclear disarmament?
Will Computer Virus Stuxnet Sow Not Only Destruction, But Death?
A computer virus might seem like the perfect way to stop Iran’s nuclear program. But it could spin out of control.