FAS Public Interest Report

The new “sarcophagus” for the Chernobyl nuclear reactor during earlier construction. Continuing a 70-year tradition of engaging experts and thinkers within the organization's network, the Federation of American Scientists is proud to present the second issue in the 69th volume of the Public Interest Report. Read Here https://issuu.com/fascientists/docs/pir-2016_v3.1 DOWNLOAD HERE Following the special 70th-anniversary issue of the PIR, this issue returns to engaging with issues of foreign policy and international security, especially pertaining to nuclear matters. Inside this issue, you will find: Dr. Charles D. Ferguson, president of the Federation of American Scientists, framing the humanitarian consequences of nuclear accidents and detonations.... Steven Starr, director of the Clinical Laboratory Science program at the University of Missouri-Columbia, detailing the ramifications of U.S. leaders rejecting nuclear winter studies... Dr. B. Cameron Reed, chair and professor of physics at Alma College, technically analyzing the Chernobyl disaster's emittance of curies as compared to the 1945 Trinity test... Dr. Edward A. Friedman, professor emeritus at Stevens Institute of Technology, providing a thorough analysis of and detailed suggestions for future research of the Chernobyl disaster's "uncountable" death toll from radiation... Additionally, Dr. Paul J. Sullivan, adjunct professor of security studies at Georgetown University and adjunct senior fellow for future global resource threats at FAS, addresses the Middle East in relation to president-elect Donald Trump (available on fas.org).  https://issuu.com/fascientists/docs/pir-2016_v3.1