By the Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Board.
 
OVERVIEW

We support the proposal by the Nuclear Threat Initiative co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn to speed up implementation of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program to remove dangerous weapons from the old Soviet Union.
 
We also believe that current efforts to combat nuclear proliferation are not adequate. All means necessary should be used to stop countries that support terrorism, such as North Korea and Iran, from obtaining nuclear weapons. And if they obtain them, then all means necessary should be used to remove them from such countries. Failure to do so could have devastating consequences.
 
It would also be helpful if diplomatic efforts were made to reduce the number of countries that have nuclear weapons instead of the ominous trend of more and more countries joining the "nuclear club". The ideal number would be zero, of course.
 
RESOURCES

Atomic Bombing: How to Protect Yourself by Watson Davis, Jane Stafford, Marjorie Van de Water, Sam Matthews, and Wadsworth Likely, 1950.
 
Avoiding a Russian arms disaster by Ted Turner and Stanley A. Weiss - November 6, 2005
 
The Good News About Nuclear Destruction by Shane Conner - 2006
 
Israelis put nuclear bunkers in gardens by Uzi Mahnaimi, The Sunday Times - October 29, 2006.
 
Remember the forgotten hero who saved the world by Iain Thomson - September 26, 2006. More information about this hero.
 
Russian caught trying to sell enough weapons-grade uranium for a bomb by Andrew Osborn in Moscow, The Independent - January 26, 2007.
 
Uranium "pearls" before slime: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team discovers bacteria that roll out carpet of goo that converts deadly heavy metal into less threatening nano-spheres thereby halting the uranium's underground migration to prevent it from reaching streams used by plants, animals and people. - August 7, 2006
 
What to do if a nuclear disaster is imminent! by Shane Connor - 2006
 
VIDEOS

First hydrogen bomb test.