Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July 6, 2023
Posted: 6th July 2023
July 6, 2023
NUCLEAR RISK
The largest danger at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: intentional sabotage
As Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of plotting to sabotage Europe’s largest nuclear plant, nuclear expert Matthew Bunn warns that the world must prepare for the worst. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Saudi Arabia can alleviate US concerns over its civilian nuclear energy program. Here’s how.
Saudi Arabia can ease at least some US concerns about its nuclear ambitions and create a more credible profile for itself as a responsible nuclear power by investing in effective nuclear safety and security measures, write a nonproliferation expert and a security specialist. Read more.
CLIMATE CHANGE
The projected costs of this summer’s extreme heat: 235,000 ER visits, 56,000 hospital admissions—and $1 billion
“The collective implications of severe weather are really rather intimidating,” says one expert. Read more.
Summer Archive Dive
For this week’s Summer Archive Dive, we’re releasing this cover from a 1969 issue of the Bulletin, which opens with an article calling for scientists and youth to join together against “the incubus of war.”
It’s available in a variety of formats, from shirts to stationary, on our Threadless store.
SPECIAL TOPICS
A view from the height of the Vietnam War: Scientists and youth in revolt
For this week’s Summer Archive Dive, we’re releasing this 1969 Bulletin article by Eugene Rabinowitch, a founder and longtime editor of the Bulletin. The story follows a gathering of scientists at MIT that joined together to express concern about the government misusing science. Read more.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If machine learning were merely an academic curiosity, we could shrug this off. But as its potential applications extend into government, education, medicine, and national defense, it’s vital that we all push back against hype-driven narratives and put our weight behind sober scrutiny.”
— Divyansh Kaushik and Matt Korda, “Panic about overhyped AI risk could lead to the wrong kind of regulation,” Vox
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