Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
 

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Contents

Dropping the Ball
2
Nuclear weapons (Deactivation), Nuclear warfare (Prevention)
Act Now, Mr. President
4
Bill Clinton (American president.); 1946-, Disarmament, Russia (Federation) (Foreign relations, United States), United States (Foreign relations, Russia (Federation))
Is Making Sense Too Much to Ask?
5
Physics literature (Authorship), Communication in science
Nikitin Still in Limbo
8
Alexander Nikitin, Bellona Foundation, Russia (Federation) Federal Security Service, Radioactive pollution (Russia (Federation)), Official secrets (Russia (Federation)), Nuclear submarines, Soviet (Accidents and explosions)
Your Tax Dollars at Work
9
Bosnia and Herzegovina Army, Muslims (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Croats (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Military assistance, American (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 (Weapons)
Mixed Message
45
Radioactive waste disposal, Particle accelerators, Transmutation (Chemistry)
A Pox on MOX.
46
Radioactive waste disposal, Reactor fuel reprocessing, Plutonium
Nuclear Power, Yes
47
Nuclear energy (Environmental aspects), Global warming
All to the Sea
48
Disarmament, Guided missiles (Launching from submarines), Nuclear weapons
Terrorism's New Breed
50
Terrorism (International aspects), Chemical and biological weapons (International aspects)

Will O'Leary Legacy Last?
11
Hazel R. O'Leary (American university president and former Secretary of energy.); 1937-, United States Dept. of Energy, Classified information, Nuclear weapons
Aiming at ABM.
14
United States Congress Senate, Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972), Guided missiles (Defenses)
The Case for Strategic Escrow
16
Disarmament, No first use (Nuclear strategy), United States (Military policy)
Terror in Chiapas
18
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Mexico), Tzotzil Indians, Chiapas (Mexico) (History, Atrocities, Peasant Uprising, 1994-), Acteal (Mexico) (Massacre, 1997)
Dangerous Directions
26
United States Strategic Command, Nuclear warfare, United States (Military policy)
Strategic Forces, Today and Tomorrow
29
Nuclear weapons (Russia (Federation))
Inventing Threats
32
United States Dept. of Defense (Appropriations and expenditures), United States (Military policy)
The Domenici Challenge
40
Nuclear energy, Nuclear weapons, Radioactive waste disposal
Getting Yucca Mountain Right
56
Radioactive waste disposal (Nevada), Groundwater pollution (Nevada), Yucca Mountain (Nev.)
Battleground Berlin (Book Review)
62
Spoils of war (Book Review)
64
The rape of Nanking (Book Review)
65
Prompt and utter destruction (Book Review)
66
Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, End of 1997
70
Nuclear weapons (Russia (Federation))
Crossed T's, Dotted I's
72
Robert G. Bell; 1947-., Nuclear warfare, United States (Military policy)

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