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   BROWSE BY SOURCE : BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
Lost in translation -- Gregory Kulacki  -- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  -- June 01, 2006

Gregory Kulacki exposes the misperceptions and mistranslations in U.S. intelligence assessments of China's military and space efforts.

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Plutonium Disposal, theThird Way -- Allison Macfarlane, Frank von Hippel  -- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  -- June 01, 2001

The authors summarize the current debate over how to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium and show the flaws in the two current strategies. They then introduce an alternative 'third way', fabricating the plutonium into rods of "storage MOX" that could be then buried geologically.

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Stuck in Orbit -- Colin Woodard  -- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  -- March 01, 2001

The author criticizes the International Space Station for being a flawed space science project but praises it for its political merits especially as an incentive for non-proliferation.

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An Unlikely Threat -- Jonathan Tucker and Amy Sands  -- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  -- January 01, 1999

Jonathan Tucker and Amy Sands argue that the current hysteria surrounding the threat of chemical or biological terrorism is unwarranted.

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Smarter bombs, fewer nukes -- Andrew F. Krepinevich and Steven M. Kosiak  -- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  -- December 01, 1998

The authors argue that nuclear weapons "leave a lot to be desired compared to the growing U.S. arsenal of unmatched, super-fast, super-accurate new weapons."

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