NUCLEAR RISK: Oppenheimer envisioned the tactical use of nuclear weapons – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

NUCLEAR RISK: Oppenheimer envisioned the tactical use of nuclear weapons. Putin now threatens it – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
By: Matthew Evangelista
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Thursday, 26th October 2023

For a Hollywood blockbuster, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer does an effective job of portraying the “father of the atomic bomb” as a complex, multifaceted human being, driven by a combination of arrogance and self-doubt and facing profound moral dilemmas.

The movie—which debuts next month on most North American streaming platforms—alludes not just to the story of the race to build the bomb but also to the subsequent debate over whether to go beyond the development of fission weapons to create the “Super” or hydrogen bomb, based on nuclear fusion. J. Robert Oppenheimer famously opposed the H-bomb, partly on moral grounds.

In his and the other critics’ view, its capacity for nearly unlimited explosive power rendered it useful only for mass murder of civilians. He also opposed it as a competitor to other uses of nuclear materials—then in short supply—for military purposes. But for all his moral concerns, Oppenheimer was not an antinuclear dove. Learn More /…

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