The US Army tried portable nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago – it didn't go well

Nearly 60 years after a radiation-leaking reactor was removed from a US Army base on the Greenland ice sheet, the military is exploring portable nuclear reactors again.

Paul Bierman, Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment, Professor of Natural Resources, University of Vermont • conversation
July 20, 2021 • ~10 min

The US Army tried mobile nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago – it didn't go well

Nearly 60 years after a radiation-leaking reactor was removed from a US Army base on the Greenland ice sheet, the military is exploring portable nuclear reactors again.

Paul Bierman, Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment, Professor of Natural Resources, University of Vermont • conversation
July 20, 2021 • ~10 min

Nuclear threats are increasing – here's how the US should prepare for a nuclear event

What if there was another nuclear incident in the US? A disaster management scholar looks back at the history of nuclear events to assess the risk.

Cham Dallas, University Professor Department of Health Policy & Management, University of Georgia • conversation
Aug. 6, 2020 • ~13 min

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