nuclear

A Report Card on the Department of Energy’s Nonproliferation Programs with Russia, dated January 10, 2001 – by Howard Baker, Lloyd Cutler

Background Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, we have witnessed the dissolution of an empire having over 40,000 nuclear…

May 5, 2017

Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, September 1990

Background The Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, dated September 1990, was first requested in June of 2009, and it was not…

March 23, 2017

Records on Nuclear Weapons & Attacks

Background A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a…

December 27, 2016

Summaries of Nuclear Weapon and Material Accidents – Department of Energy – National Nuclear Security Administration

Background While sifting through thousands of different pages of documents, I found references to some previously, never-before-released (that I saw)…

December 1, 2016

Possible Determination of an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence at Three Mile Island Unit 2, April 2, 1979

Background The following documents is a COMMISSIONER ACTION memo, labeled SECY-79-235 from Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,…

November 22, 2016