How to dismantle a nuclear bomb MIT team successfully tests a new method for verification of weapons reduction. How do weapons inspectors verify that a nuclear bomb has been dismantled? An u... Read more
New isotope-detection method could prove compliance but avoid divulging secrets. In past negotiations aimed at reducing the arsenals of the world’s nuclear superpowers, chiefly the U.S. and... Read more
The United States, Russia and China are now aggressively pursuing a new generation of smaller, less destructive nuclear weapons. The buildups threaten to revive a Cold War-era arms race and... Read more