The atomic era is now 80 years old but there is still an unresolved fundamental debate about its greatest danger: is it man or machine? Is the main problem the nuclear weapons themselves or those who ...

With the expiration of the New START treaty and the erosion of arms control agreements, the safeguards that once limited nuclear danger are rapidly disappearing – despite decades of evidence that ...

Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, after atomic bombing of August 6, 1945. Whether a nuclear weapon might again be used by one nation against another is a question that has haunted the world for nearly ...

The Russian nuclear submarine K-278, also known as Komsomolets, is a silent danger lurking in the depths of the Arctic. This sunken Soviet vessel has been a source of concern for decades, with recent ...

The Kremlin has renewed its offer to Washington to continue adhering for another year to the provisions of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, which is due to expire on Thursday. President ...

It was 80 years ago on July 16 when a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert. Only a few people knew about it at the time, but the United States just ...

Each August 29, we should not only mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests but also commit to education and remembrance. The 2nd Soviet atomic bomb, RDS-2, was tested on September 24, 1951 at ...

After two-and-a-half days of meetings in a mostly sunny midsummer Chicago, concerned Nobel Prize laureates and many of the world’s top experts on nuclear weapons spoke out on a dark subject: the high ...

Global Memos are briefs by the Council of Councils that gather opinions from global experts on major international developments. After a month of negotiations, the tenth review conference (RevCon) of ...

As workers battle to cool spent fuel rods and damaged reactors, Japan's nuclear safety agency raised the assessment of danger to 5 on a scale of 7. That makes the crisis comparable to the partial ...