Death Dust explores the largely unknown history of the rise and demise of RW—sometimes portrayed as a “poor man’s nuclear weapon”—through a series of comparative case studies across the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Egypt, and Iraq.
This seminar focuses on the findings of the recently published book “Death Dust: The Rise, Decline and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs.”
Western governments would do well to incentivize and assist market players protecting their conversion and enrichment supply chains until new capacity can be added.
With multiple compromises on the perimeter, as well as poorly placed guard towers, the Shinkolobwe mine is not as secured as it should be.
Despite attempts to ban radiological weapons, challenges persist in achieving consensus, highlighting the necessity for global collaboration, legal restraints, nonproliferation commitments, and public education to deter their proliferation.
AI has significant potential to improve nuclear material production associated with the development and production of nuclear weapons.
The old adage that “dilution is the solution to pollution” no longer holds true in the strained ocean environment of 2023.
US, Russia, and Kazakhstan scientists write the story of nonproliferation cooperation at Semipalatinsk in the two-volume book, “Doomed to Cooperate.”