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A Foreign Policy Event

Atomic Audit: The Hidden Costs of Our Nuclear Arsenal

Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons


Event Summary

In conjunction with the publication of a new Brookings book, Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940, the Brookings Institution held an important briefing on the previously unknown costs of U.S. nuclear weapons.

Event Information

When

Tuesday, June 30, 1998
12:00 AM to

Where

Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Map

Event Materials

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

  • How much has the United States spent on its nuclear arsenal and what is it spending today?
  • How were U.S. nuclear weapons requirements determined?
  • Did civilian and military leaders understand the full costs of nuclear weapons?
  • What are the environmental and public health costs of nuclear weapons?
  • What can India and Pakistan learn from the U.S. experience with nuclear weapons?
See also the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project >>

Participants

Analysis and Commentary

Admiral Harry W. Hill

Professor of Maritime Strategy, National War College; Author, "The Origins of Overkill: Nuclear Weapons and American Strategy, 1945-1960"; "American Atomic Strategy and the Hydrogen Bomb Decision"; Co-editor, America's Plans for War against the Soviet Union, 1945-1950

David Alan Rosenberg

Associate Professor of History, Temple University

Panelists include

Arjun Makhijani

President, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

John Pike

Director, Space Policy Project, Federation of American Scientists

Kevin O'Neill

Deputy Director, Institute for Science and International Security

Robert S. Norris

Senior Staff Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council

Stephen I. Schwartz

Guest Scholar and Director, U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project, The Brookings Institution; Editor, Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940

Steven M. Kosiak

Director of Budget Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

Thomas S. Blanton

Co-author of Atomic Audit

William Burr

Co-author of Atomic Audit

William J. Weida

Project Director, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment


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