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 former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson on August 17, 1945. Channeling the wisdom of the past, he urges international communities and leaders to embrace the peaceful uses of nuclear energy as a viable path toward nuclear disarmament and global cooperation.
The Myth of the Third Nuclear Age
In an essay published by The Conversation, University of Leeds Lecturer Tom Vaughn disputes the notion of a “third nuclear age” as an alarmist conceptual tool used by those in the U.S. defense establishment and academia to justify a fresh nuclear arms race. Vaughn reminds us that the danger of nuclear weapons initiated in 1945 never disappeared after the collapse of the Soviet Union, persisting to the modern day.
Scientists Propose Turning Reactor Waste into Fusion Fuel
According to the American Chemical Society (ACS), fission reactor waste may be the answer to producing more tritium, the rare and expensive form of hydrogen used in fusion reactors. This discovery, if true, could transform the nuclear energy industry by increasing the salience of fusion as a commercial power source.