The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

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History and Mission
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago and were deeply concerned about the potential future use of nuclear weapons and nuclear war.

"The American people," said the Bulletin's first editorial, must work "unceasingly for the establishment of international control of atomic weapons, as a first step toward permanent peace."

The founding mission of the Bulletin remains relevant today. For more than half a century, the Bulletin has existed to maintain worldwide awareness of the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. In 1999 and 2000, 60 Minutes called it "the leading nuclear journal in the United States."

To convey the particular peril posed by nuclear weapons, the Bulletin devised the Doomsday Clock in 1947. The hands of the clock first moved in response to changing world events in 1949, following the first Soviet nuclear test. The clock is now recognized as a universal symbol of the nuclear age.

In 1949, the Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science incorporated as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization to serve as the parent organization and fundraising mechanism of the Bulletin. In 2003, the Board of Directors voted to officially change the foundation's name to Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

The mission of the Bulletin is to educate citizens about global security issues, especially the continuing dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, and the appropriate roles of nuclear technology.

To fulfill this mission:

The Bulletin provides non-technical, scientifically sound, policy-relevant information about nuclear weapons and other global security issues to the general public, policy makers, scientists, and journalists.


The Bulletin serves as a reliable, high-quality global forum for diverse international opinions on the best means of reducing reliance on nuclear weapons as guarantors of security and as symbols of political status.


The Bulletin reminds the world of the continuing danger posed by nuclear weapons--and the military, political, economic, and social conditions that contribute to armed conflict--by maintaining and publicizing the symbolic minutes-to-midnight "Doomsday Clock."


In May 1946, Albert Einstein, one of the Bulletin's first sponsors, wrote in a fund-raising letter, "The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe."

The Bulletin is committed to rendering that observation obsolete.


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