Oppenheimer: Scientists, The Bomb, and the Implications for Today
The film Oppenheimer, which opened in theaters in July, tells the story of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer who led the team that built the first atomic bomb, and […]
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Pennsylvania State University – How to Avert the Coming Arms Race
Hallowell Building: Department of Nuclear EngineeringAbstract The United States, Russia, and China are engaged in the early phases of a new nuclear arms race and Russia and NATO are engaged in a nuclear-tinged war in […]
How to Avert the Coming Arms Race – University of Hawai’i
Abstract The United States, Russia, and China are engaged in the early phases of a new nuclear arms race, while Russia and NATO are engaged in a nuclear-tinged war in […]
Yale University – Walking the World Back from the Nuclear Brink: What can Scientists do?
Sloane Physics Lab, Room 59 217 Prospect St, New HavenAbstract Despite shrinking significantly at the end of the Cold War, the world nuclear weapon arsenals continue to represent a significant threat to humanity. About 14,000 nuclear weapons are still […]
Kenyon College – Oppenheimer, the Dangers of Nuclear War Today, and How Physicists Can Help Reduce Them
Abstract The film Oppenheimer barely hints at the debate among the Manhattan Project physicists on “the impact of the Gadget on Civilization” and their efforts to influence the decision on […]
North Carolina A&T University – The Growing Danger of Nuclear Weapons
Marteena Hall Room 310Colloquium Abstract The world is in a precarious place right now and nuclear risk is higher than it has been in decades. The war in Ukraine has brought latent fears about […]
Physicists Coalition Colloquium – University of Hawaiʻi
About the Speaker Dr. Robert Goldston is a professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University and associated faculty with Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security. His research interests include neutron-based […]
Physicists Coalition Colloquium – MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS)
Abstract The immense risks nuclear weapons pose to all humanity are still very much with us. The destructive power in the thousands of nuclear weapons in existence threaten human civilization […]
University of Minnesota – The Growing Danger of Nuclear Weapons: What Physicists Can Do
Abstract Today’s nuclear arsenals pose enormous risks for all humanity. Many agreements that reduced the threat of nuclear weapons have been abandoned and we now face a new, multi-country nuclear arms […]
Cornell University – Actionable Ideas for Nuclear Threat Reduction
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Ohio State University – How to Avert the Coming Arms Race
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State UniversityAbstract The United States, Russia, and China are engaged in the early phases of a new nuclear arms race and Russia and NATO are engaged in a nuclear-tinged war in […]
The Sentinel ICBM program: Risks, Costs, and Alternatives
Webinar Abstract: The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with plans to refurbish all its 450 nuclear missile silos and replace its current fleet of Minuteman III land-based […]