by Oppenheimer Team | Sep 5, 2025 | Updates
“A House of Dynamite”: ‘Riveting’ US nuclear attack thriller is ‘more terrifying than most horror films’ Director Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, premiered to a nearly 13-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival this...
by Oppenheimer Team | Aug 29, 2025 | Updates
American nuclear officials endorse using plutonium from dismantled warheads Nuclear industry officials have tentatively supported a forthcoming Trump administration plan to make Cold War-era warhead plutonium available to power companies for reactor fuel. This...
by Oppenheimer Team | Aug 22, 2025 | Updates
Charles Oppenheimer: We Need a Peaceful Nuclear Renaissance On Aug. 17, Oppenheimer Project Founder and Co-Executive Director Charles Oppenheimer published an essay in TIME drawing upon advice from a never-before-published letter delivered by J. Robert Oppenheimer to...
by Oppenheimer Team | Aug 15, 2025 | Updates
Don’t Believe the Hype about Nuclear Weapons In The Guardian, Caroline Lucas, Gerry Weston and Michael Newman challenge calls in European politics for a “joint European nuclear capability.” Lucas argues that the threat of nuclear war cannot continue to be treated as a...
by K Kuhn | Aug 8, 2025 | Updates
Interview about nuclear risks on BBC Radio Charles spoke with BBC Radio 4 on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. He discussed his grandfather’s efforts to head off a nuclear arms race after WWII, and noted ‘the threat...
by Oppenheimer Team | Aug 1, 2025 | Updates
Helion Begins Work on Fusion Power Plant Helion Energy has officially started construction of its new fusion reactor site in Malaga, Washington. The reactor, named Orion, is part of a deal between Helion and Microsoft, which the latter will use to power its data...
