Atomic Audit: The Hidden Costs of Our Nuclear Arsenal
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.
- 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 >>
Agenda
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
Steven M. Kosiak
Director of Budget Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Thomas S. Blanton
Director, National Security Archive, George Washington University
William Burr
Co-author of Atomic Audit
William J. Weida
Project Director, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
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