by John Ward | Jan 23, 2026 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
THORIUM: The Promise of Element 90 There is a hard truth to face: Worldwide carbon emissions continue to grow despite efforts to reduce them. Modern society is dependent on fossil fuels, which are energy-dense, abundant, and cheap. Anything capable of replacing them...
by John Ward | Jan 16, 2026 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
ONE IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND EACH DAY: Are Those Acceptable Odds for Having a Nuclear War? For nearly eight decades, humanity has avoided a nuclear war. Barely. Many credit the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) for maintaining the nuclear peace. They believe...
by John Ward | Jan 9, 2026 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
ZEKS BY THE MILLIONS: The Forgotten Cost of Soviet Nuclear Weapons Zeks had been dropping like flies in the uranium mines and nuclear facilities of the Soviet Union. “Zek” is Russian slang for a prisoner. When the Soviet Union decided to build nuclear weapons, it...
by John Ward | Jan 2, 2026 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
AI AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Machines Are the Best Hackers Now Artificial intelligence is transforming the world at incredible speed. Seemingly overnight, AI has become a tool for discovery, national defense, industry, and innovation. But as it penetrates deeper into...
by John Ward | Dec 26, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
SURVIVING A NUCLEAR WAR? It Depends The idea that rugged individualists might survive a nuclear war persists in popular culture. Today’s movies and literature depict strong characters emerging from concrete hideouts to stoically brush away ash before rebuilding...
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