Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Here’s what America’s last WWII atomic veterans want you to know

As the last surviving US servicemen who witnessed the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reach their 100s, their harrowing ...

'Oppenheimer' fact v. fiction: What the movie got right and wrong according to a nuclear historian

Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is historically accurate in many ways, but it's still a work of fiction. Here's what's true ...

Hiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor deplores the pursuit of nuclear weapons

Hiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor deplores the pursuit of nuclear weapons - Hiroshima is marking the 81st ...
Detroit Free Press

‘Oppenheimer’ movie about the man behind the atomic bomb has Oak Ridge connections

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a cautionary tale. Director Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer,” which opens this week, is a thriller about the physicist's role in the development of the ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

How the movies (and the rest of the media) made me into an anti-nuclear weapons campaigner

When I was 19 years old, I read a book that would profoundly influence the course of my life: On the Beach by Australian author Neville Shute. The novel, set in the southern city of Melbourne where I ...