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 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.…

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 t…

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?由Alton Lu & Tammy Nguyen

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

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.由Alton Lu & Tammy Nguyen