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Welcome to our new website
Welcome to the new Atomic Reporters website. We’ve outgrown our old online home that introduced Atomic Reporters upon our inauguration in 2013. This new...
Our future in the third nuclear age
An important paper on new and disruptive technologies and military capabilities in the Third Nuclear Age, as well as the role of deterrence and the challenges...
The lost files of Gernot Zippe
The gas centrifuge has emerged as the most popular and efficient device for enriching uranium in the fissile isotope U235. Uranium-235 is the isotope used...
How youth is fixing nuclear diplomacy
Vanda Proskova, UNODA After 10 days of meetings in Vienna the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee concluded on 11 August 2023,...
Young heroes of nuclear disarmament
A generation who lived through the Cold War’s heart stopping moments, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, dedicating their lives to nuclear abolition may...