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Nuclear Worriers

Alton Lu & Tammy Nguyen•nuclearworriers.com
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A podcast about nuclear issues in our world. Find us at nuclearworriers.com Contact: alton@nuclearworriers.com
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Continuity of Government Planning

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.

Jun 11, 2019•23 min

Nuclear Security

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.

Jun 02, 2019•15 min

Detecting Nuclear Misbehavior

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.

Jan 23, 2019•21 min

Hiding in Plain Sight

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?

Nov 12, 2018•15 min

How to Survive A Nuclear Explosion

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.

Sep 18, 2018•18 min
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