Three former chairs of the US nuclear regulator explain how Trump's executive orders could have unintended safety ...

The US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have likely inflicted significant damage in the short term. But the technical ...

The NPT-based nonproliferation regime has often worked best by giving countries time and incentives to reconsider fateful ...

Stephen G. Burns served as chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2015 to 2017.

The so-called "big, beautiful bill" will lead to millions of fewer people having health coverage in the United States. It will make the country less prepared to detect and respond to a future pandemic ...

Israel has long employed a strategy for dealing with nearby hostile groups like Hamas, one sometimes called "mowing the grass ...

A Bulletin short fiction contest Announcing the Bulletin‘s new short fiction contest… Over the decades, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published the smartest minds in the fields it covers, ...

With any film about a historical event, one can expect portions of the movie will be accurate and others modified for theatrical purposes. Those who are familiar with the story of the Manhattan ...

Biosafety level (BSL)-3 facilities exist in a diffuse regulatory environment, where requirements depend on factors such as the kinds of pathogens under study, the type of research being conducted, and ...

Indo-Pacific Studies Center (IPSC), a senior analyst at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS), and the ...

The House just voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill without a moratorium that would ban states from enforcing AI regulations for 10 years.

The threat of overloaded spent fuel pools. Spent fuel pools at US nuclear plants are almost as densely packed with nuclear fuel as operating reactors—a hazard that has existed for decades and vastly ...