The Myth of the "Peaceful Atom"

I suggest you read this article now, on The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, it is available publicly for a short time.

It contains this quote which perfectly describes the “American Dream” from the 1950s, perhaps what some are thinking of when the wish to “Make America Great Again”?

Strauss, L. 1954: Remarks at The Founders’ Day Dinner, National Association of Science Writers. September 16.

“It is not too much to expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter, will know of great periodic regional famines in the world only as matter of history, will travel effortlessly over the seas and under them and through the air with a minimum of danger and at great speeds, and will experience a lifespan far longer than ours, as disease yields and man comes to understand what causes him to age. This is the forecast for an age of peace.”

Read the full article at:

https://thebulletin.org/premium/2024-11/the-entanglement-of-fusion-energy-research-and-bombs/