In a region already bristling with all types of nuclear weapons, bestowing latent nuclear-weapon-state status upon South Korea is needlessly destabilizing.
Japan's government continues to avoid confronting the difficult reality of nuclear power. But this doesn't mean the myths of inherent safety and absolute necessity of reactors can go on forever.
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has championed solar power and other renewable energy sources for the sake of humanity ...
The climate movement is at a crossroads. The youth climate strikes have dissipated, a climate change denialist is back in the ...
Since the decimation of two Japanese cities at the end of World War II, the Bulletin has focused on both sides of the nuclear dual-use problem: How to reduce (or even eliminate) the possibility of a ...
The decisions that leaders make today about artificial intelligence governance and research priorities could create paths ...