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SUMMARY:Pennsylvania State University - How to Avert the Coming Arms Race
DESCRIPTION:Abstract  \nThe 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 Ukraine. With the recent shredding of arms-control agreements\, the arms races may proceed unfettered and could lead to unprecedented dangers to humanity. On the other hand\, new bilateral dialogs on strategic stability are possible\, which could lead both to reining in the arms races with Russia and China and the basis for a settlement in Ukraine. As scientists we are obliged to understand the dynamics of the arms races and their dangers\, and to develop and support means to avert the rush to oblivion. \nAbout the Speaker  \nDr. 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 methods to verify warheads for disarmament\, non-invasive UF6 flow meters and neutron detectors to verify operation of gas-centrifuge enrichment plants\, and robotic techniques to monitor areas for undeclared nuclear materials and activities. He serves on the Board of the Council for a Livable World and writes policy pieces for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. \nThis event can be attended by the public through this zoom link (Password: NUCE590).
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/pennsylvania-state-university-how-to-avert-the-coming-arms-race/
LOCATION:Hallowell Building: Department of Nuclear Engineering
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:How to Avert the Coming Arms Race - University of Hawai'i
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nThe 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 Ukraine. With the recent shredding of arms-control agreements\, a three-way arms race may proceed unfettered and could lead to unprecedented dangers to humanity. On the other hand\, a new discussion on strategic stability is possible\, which could lead both to reining in the arms races with Russia and China and the basis for a settlement in Ukraine. As scientists we are obliged to understand the dynamics of the arms races and their dangers\, and to develop and support means to avert the rush to oblivion. Please consider joining the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction: PhysicistsCoalition.org/join \nAbout the Speaker  \nDr. 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 methods to verify warheads for disarmament\, non-invasive UF6 flow meters and neutron detectors to verify operation of gas-centrifuge enrichment plants\, and robotic techniques to monitor areas for undeclared nuclear materials and activities. He serves on the Board of the Council for a Livable World and writes policy pieces for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. \nThis is a virtual event.
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/physicists-coalition-colloquium-university-of-hawaii/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Yale University - Walking the World Back from the Nuclear Brink: What can Scientists do?
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nDespite 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 deployed or in reserve and other 700 intercontinental ballistic missiles are ready to be launched within minutes. Recent trends indicate the risks of nuclear war may be growing with the return of great power confrontation\, the modernization of existing arsenals\, the abandonment of arms control agreements\, the development of new types of strategic weapons\, the rapid militarization of emerging technologies\, and the increasing entanglement of conventional and nuclear forces. This talk will present the current nuclear crisis\, discuss possible approaches to walk back from the brink\, and make suggestions on what physicists can do both as scientists and informed citizens to reduce the dangers of nuclear war. \nAbout the Speaker \nDr. Sébastien Philippe is a Research Scholar with Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security\, part of the School of Public and International Affairs. His work at the nexus of technical and policy research focuses on developing new methods and technologies for managing and monitoring nuclear weapons\, materials\, and activities as well as modeling the effects of nuclear explosion on people and planet. \nHis work on the reconstruction of fallout from past nuclear weapon tests\, including Trinity\, has been covered in major media around the world. His book\, Toxique (2021)\, on the legacy of French nuclear tests in the Pacific was a Finalist for the 2021 Albert Londres Prize (the French equivalent of the Pulitzer) and won a 2022 Sigma Award for best data journalism in the world\, among other accolades. \nPhilippe holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton\, was a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard\, and has served as a nuclear weapon system safety engineer in France’s Ministry of Armed Forces. In 2023\, he was appointed as a member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. \nThis event can be attended by the public through this zoom link.
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/yale-university-walking-the-world-back-from-the-nuclear-brink-what-can-scientists-do/
LOCATION:Sloane Physics Lab\, Room 59 217 Prospect St\, New Haven
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Kenyon College - Oppenheimer\, the Dangers of Nuclear War Today\, and How Physicists Can Help Reduce Them
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nThe 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 using nuclear weapons against Japan. It also does not explain that Oppenheimer’s “trial” and termination as a government advisor was due to his opposition to developing the H bomb because it would carry “much further than the atomic bomb itself the policy of exterminating civilian populations.” During the Cold War\, physicists worked for policies to reduce the danger. Despite near misses\, no additional cities have shared the fates of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now\, with Russian President Vladimir Putin making nuclear threats against NATO\, and China and the US in a growing confrontation over Taiwan\, physicists are mobilizing against a new nuclear arms race and to advocate policies such as no first nuclear use. \nAbout the Speaker \nDr. Frank N. von Hippel\, a theoretical particle physicist by training\, is a Senior Research Physicist and Professor of Public and International Affairs emeritus at Princeton University.  He co-founded Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security\, the International Panel on Fissile Materials\, and the Physicist’s Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction. During the 1980s\, he worked with Soviet physicists advising Mikhail Gorbachev on initiatives to end the nuclear arms race and the Cold War.  During 1993-4\, he worked in the White House Office of Science and Technology on nuclear policy issues including improving the security of Russia’s fissile materials\, partnering with Russia on a global effort to convert research reactors from weapon-grade to low-enriched uranium fuel\, and disposing of the plutonium from excess Cold War warheads. \nThis is a virtual event\, live attendance is exclusive to students at Kenyon College. 
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/2428/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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