Argument: Nuclear Tests May Be Back on Moscow’s Agenda

Cheryl Rofer

Cheryl Rofer writes scientific and political commentary. She was a chemist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 35 years.

Articles by Cheryl Rofer

A mushroom cloud erupts in front of a dark sky as a French test causes a nuclear explosion in the Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia in 1971.

Nuclear Tests May Be Back on Moscow’s Agenda

Argument

May 15, 2023, 3:18 PM

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Plutonium Pits Are a Critical Obstacle in U.S. Nuclear Plans

Argument

August 9, 2021, 4:52 PM

The front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana

Claims of Microwave Attacks Are Scientifically Implausible

Argument

May 10, 2021, 12:41 PM

A sign with the radiation warning symbol in front of the construction of the Duga Soviet over-the-horizon radar system near Chernobyl, Ukraine, on Nov. 22, 2018.

Low-Yield Nukes Are a Danger, Not a Deterrent

Argument

February 11, 2020, 12:55 AM

President Donald J. Trump announces the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in Washington on May 8, 2018.

There Is No Check on Trump’s Rage Going Nuclear

Argument

Anne Harrington, Cheryl Rofer

May 22, 2019, 9:59 AM

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