by DI4VJ1A | Feb 1, 2026 | Global Nuclear Realities
A SEA OF MISINFORMATION: The Truth About Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Radiation Few subjects generate more confusion than nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and radiation. Radiation is often described as either an automatic invisible death sentence or a manageable...
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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