The recent killings of unarmed Black Americans and the ensuing protests have yet again highlighted the racial injustices and structural inequalities that remain a major part of life in the United States. Institutions across the U.S. nuclear community—including the Project on Managing the Atom—have issued statements condemning systemic racism and recognizing the need to counter racial injustices. To further these discussions, this panel focused on often-overlooked issues of racial inequalities in the nuclear field. Contributors to the panel discussed race in the context of global nuclear governance, the nuclear disarmament movement, and nuclear weapons testing.

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