Nuclear Worriers

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This is your gateway drug into the world beyond nuclear weapons. A podcast about nuclear issues in our world. Find us at nuclearworriers.com Contact: alton@nuclearworriers.com

Alton Lu & Tammy Nguyen


    • Jun 10, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    Continuity of Government Planning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 23:05


    Continuity of Government describes plans created in the United States during a Cold War to ensure that America would continue in the event of a nuclear war. And that this continuation would ensure we could launch nuclear bombs back. But the only time in history those plans were ever activated was during 9/11.

    Nuclear Security

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 14:55


    Nuclear materials (uranium, plutonium) are some of the most dangerous materials in the world. Government’s naturally have the most stringent security measures to protect them, right? WRONG. Today’s episode discusses some of the recent history of nuclear security, improvements to be made, and where we still have to go.

    Detecting Nuclear Misbehavior

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 21:10


    How do you find a radioactive rock in a shipping container, a truck, or a suitcase? It’s an extremely difficult problem that governments and researchers around the world are trying to solve. Current methods are pretty bad, but there’s been some new development. In today’s episode, we cover three new technologies that - ‘optimistically’ can answer this question.

    Hiding in Plain Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2018 15:27


    The Nth Country Experiment was a secret government study to determine how difficult it is to build a nuclear bomb. What did the study prove?

    Using Nuclear Weapons (Signals and Nuclear Diplomacy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2018 17:31


    Nuclear weapons haven't been used since World War II…right? Not quite. There's more ways to use nuclear weapons than making explosions.

    How to Survive A Nuclear Explosion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 17:43


    People tend to overestimate the scale of a nuclear explosion and underestimate their ability to do something to survive. Today, we try to clear all the worry.

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