The Increasing Peril from Nuclear Arms: and how physicists can help reduce the threat

Stewart Prager
Princeton University

Abstract

The danger from nuclear weapons is increasing, with a new nuclear competition race underway, a deterioration of the multi-decade arms control regime, and new destabilizing technologies. This talk will overview nuclear weapons and their effects, the current critical situation, feasible steps to reduce the nuclear threat, and a new project initiated to engage physical scientists in advocacy for nuclear threat reduction.

Timbits, coffee, tea will be served in STI A before the colloquium.