Racism Concerning Nuclear Issues

Racism has been deeply embedded for decades in nuclear issues, as in all areas, in the U.S. and internationally. This issue must be addressed and attitudes toward it—often subtle but always crucial—must be confronted to resolve this dilemma. In the wake of racial killings in the U.S., a group of authors wrote an article in 2020 exploring the importance yet difficulty of overcoming racism, and expanded their inquiry to the nuclear arena: “[h]owever, the nuclear community may find it difficult to hold its own institutions and community accountable for systemic racism.”

Read the paper here.