Lisbeth Gronlund

Union of Concerned Scientists

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Co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists

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It's been 70 years since the US became the first nation to drop an atomic bomb. So far, it's the only one. But how long will that last?

Thinking about the "Unthinkable": the Prospect of Nuclear War

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