Martin B. Kalinowski
@peacescience.bsky.social
Freelance nuclear scientist for disarmament and non-proliferation verification; former head of scientific methods at CTBTO and professor for science and peace research at University Hamburg.
Pinned
16 papers presented in an online booklet review the tremendous achievements made since the CTBTO started its operation. World-leading authors provide a comprehensive description of the state of the art of their field of science and technologies for CTBT verification.
www.ctbto.org/sites/defaul...
www.ctbto.org/sites/defaul...
Hague Appeal for Future Generations:
Action now to secure Peace and protect the Future
The Hague and New York: United Nations Day, October 24, 2025
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Action now to secure Peace and protect the Future
The Hague and New York: United Nations Day, October 24, 2025
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October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hague Appeal for Future Generations:
Action now to secure Peace and protect the Future
The Hague and New York: United Nations Day, October 24, 2025
www.worldfuturecouncil.org/wp-content/u...
Action now to secure Peace and protect the Future
The Hague and New York: United Nations Day, October 24, 2025
www.worldfuturecouncil.org/wp-content/u...
US’s 20-point peace plan:
1. Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours.
2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.
Read the full plan here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_....
1. Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours.
2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.
Read the full plan here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_....
October 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
US’s 20-point peace plan:
1. Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours.
2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.
Read the full plan here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_....
1. Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours.
2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.
Read the full plan here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_....
The work I am presenting at #SnT2025 builds on a unique database of high quality #tadioxenon stack emissions from PNNL‘s STAX project. Highlights of new findings are covered by one oral and two poster presentations including a solution to a big question that was open for 20 years.
ctbto.info/SnT2025
ctbto.info/SnT2025
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The work I am presenting at #SnT2025 builds on a unique database of high quality #tadioxenon stack emissions from PNNL‘s STAX project. Highlights of new findings are covered by one oral and two poster presentations including a solution to a big question that was open for 20 years.
ctbto.info/SnT2025
ctbto.info/SnT2025
Peace Science Collaboration is delighted to announce common presentations next week at the #SnT2025 Conference of the @ctbto.bsky.social in Vienna.
You can still register and participate virtually in case you cannot make it to the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.
🌐 Info.: ctbto.info/SnT2025
You can still register and participate virtually in case you cannot make it to the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.
🌐 Info.: ctbto.info/SnT2025
September 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Peace Science Collaboration is delighted to announce common presentations next week at the #SnT2025 Conference of the @ctbto.bsky.social in Vienna.
You can still register and participate virtually in case you cannot make it to the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.
🌐 Info.: ctbto.info/SnT2025
You can still register and participate virtually in case you cannot make it to the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.
🌐 Info.: ctbto.info/SnT2025
It was a great pleasure for me to give a talk at the first online edition of the NewComers4Nuclear (NC4N) Summer School 2025, co-organised with WiN Global and Women in Nuclear Innovation (WiNI) Group of Expertise.
The full program can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1dkbs...
The full program can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1dkbs...
September 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It was a great pleasure for me to give a talk at the first online edition of the NewComers4Nuclear (NC4N) Summer School 2025, co-organised with WiN Global and Women in Nuclear Innovation (WiNI) Group of Expertise.
The full program can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1dkbs...
The full program can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1dkbs...
Syria permits the IAEA to visit the Deir al-Zor site and conduct inspections that should bring this matter to a clear and final conclusion. Report by Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
The background story reported in 2009 is here: www.armscontrol.org/act/2009-12/...
The background story reported in 2009 is here: www.armscontrol.org/act/2009-12/...
IAEA Disputes Syrian Uranium Claims | Arms Control Association
www.armscontrol.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Syria permits the IAEA to visit the Deir al-Zor site and conduct inspections that should bring this matter to a clear and final conclusion. Report by Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
The background story reported in 2009 is here: www.armscontrol.org/act/2009-12/...
The background story reported in 2009 is here: www.armscontrol.org/act/2009-12/...
How to produce tritium, the fuel required to start up fusion reactors? Terence Tarnowsky, a physicist at Los Almos National Laboratory (LANL), proposes to us a reactor design driven by a particle accelerator to produce tritium from nuclear waste.
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www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
August 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
How to produce tritium, the fuel required to start up fusion reactors? Terence Tarnowsky, a physicist at Los Almos National Laboratory (LANL), proposes to us a reactor design driven by a particle accelerator to produce tritium from nuclear waste.
www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
An Iranian delegation travelled to Russia last year to visit institutes producing dual-use technologies, including electron accelerators and klystrons and radioactive isotopes such as tritium.
www.iranintl.com/en/202508057...
www.iranintl.com/en/202508057...
August 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
An Iranian delegation travelled to Russia last year to visit institutes producing dual-use technologies, including electron accelerators and klystrons and radioactive isotopes such as tritium.
www.iranintl.com/en/202508057...
www.iranintl.com/en/202508057...
This was the largest earthquake since the Tōhoku Earthquake, near the coast of Japan with Magnitude: 9.1 on March 11, 2011. Events >8.7 occur roughly once per decade.
July 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This was the largest earthquake since the Tōhoku Earthquake, near the coast of Japan with Magnitude: 9.1 on March 11, 2011. Events >8.7 occur roughly once per decade.
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So you agree? We shouldn’t restart explosive nuclear testing? Brandon Williams, nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration, said he would not advise new explosive testing and we should “rely on the scientific information.”
Learn more↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...
Learn more↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...
a woman is talking to a man and asking him if he agrees .
ALT: a woman is talking to a man and asking him if he agrees .
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April 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So you agree? We shouldn’t restart explosive nuclear testing? Brandon Williams, nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration, said he would not advise new explosive testing and we should “rely on the scientific information.”
Learn more↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...
Learn more↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...
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New podcast alert! 🎧
We’re excited to share a powerful limited series from UNODA & UNODA Vienna & UN Youth 4 Disarmament 🇺🇳. In moving conversations, youth leaders speak with survivors of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombings.🎙️ Listen here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7DnwBfC...
#NuclearBan
We’re excited to share a powerful limited series from UNODA & UNODA Vienna & UN Youth 4 Disarmament 🇺🇳. In moving conversations, youth leaders speak with survivors of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombings.🎙️ Listen here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7DnwBfC...
#NuclearBan
April 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New podcast alert! 🎧
We’re excited to share a powerful limited series from UNODA & UNODA Vienna & UN Youth 4 Disarmament 🇺🇳. In moving conversations, youth leaders speak with survivors of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombings.🎙️ Listen here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7DnwBfC...
#NuclearBan
We’re excited to share a powerful limited series from UNODA & UNODA Vienna & UN Youth 4 Disarmament 🇺🇳. In moving conversations, youth leaders speak with survivors of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombings.🎙️ Listen here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7DnwBfC...
#NuclearBan
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🗣️Happening tomorrow, don't miss out on this webinar with young nuclear disarmament advocates and Gorbachev-Schultz Youth Award Winners.
Why Attend?
➡️ Discover how young changemakers are shaping a safer world. ➡️ Learn how you can join the movement.
Register: charterforcompassion.org/news-events/...
Why Attend?
➡️ Discover how young changemakers are shaping a safer world. ➡️ Learn how you can join the movement.
Register: charterforcompassion.org/news-events/...
March 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🗣️Happening tomorrow, don't miss out on this webinar with young nuclear disarmament advocates and Gorbachev-Schultz Youth Award Winners.
Why Attend?
➡️ Discover how young changemakers are shaping a safer world. ➡️ Learn how you can join the movement.
Register: charterforcompassion.org/news-events/...
Why Attend?
➡️ Discover how young changemakers are shaping a safer world. ➡️ Learn how you can join the movement.
Register: charterforcompassion.org/news-events/...
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Trump administration's first threat assessment flips threat order and begins with nonstate criminals/terrorists before state actors. Last year's assessment began with states.
China "probably" fielding DF-27. Nothing new on Russia. Iran not building nukes. www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/ope...
China "probably" fielding DF-27. Nothing new on Russia. Iran not building nukes. www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/ope...
March 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump administration's first threat assessment flips threat order and begins with nonstate criminals/terrorists before state actors. Last year's assessment began with states.
China "probably" fielding DF-27. Nothing new on Russia. Iran not building nukes. www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/ope...
China "probably" fielding DF-27. Nothing new on Russia. Iran not building nukes. www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/ope...
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“As we navigate the challenges of climate change, [future climate] scenarios remind us that the future remains open—and that our collective actions today will determine the climate reality we pass on to future generations.” Learn more in UCS's Delta Merner's blog:
How Do 'Future Climate Scenarios' Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy?
A deeper look at why emissions scenarios are essential for understanding climate change impacts and mitigation strategies.
blog.ucs.org
March 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“As we navigate the challenges of climate change, [future climate] scenarios remind us that the future remains open—and that our collective actions today will determine the climate reality we pass on to future generations.” Learn more in UCS's Delta Merner's blog:
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Ping @nuclearanthro.bsky.social
Not sure if you've seen this? It's new to me :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qMu...
Not sure if you've seen this? It's new to me :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qMu...
Nuclear-powered Ramjet Cruise Missile: LASV-N1 (Progress Report 1963)
YouTube video by What is Nuclear?
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March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Ping @nuclearanthro.bsky.social
Not sure if you've seen this? It's new to me :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qMu...
Not sure if you've seen this? It's new to me :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qMu...
The annual meeting of the Working Group on Physics and Disarmament took place at the spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG) in Bonn. See speakers and selected slides for some highlights regarding nuclear threat risks reduction and nuclear arms control verification.
March 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The annual meeting of the Working Group on Physics and Disarmament took place at the spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG) in Bonn. See speakers and selected slides for some highlights regarding nuclear threat risks reduction and nuclear arms control verification.
Reposted by Martin B. Kalinowski
📢Don't miss it: As ceasefire in Ukraine is discussed, @theeln.bsky.social briefing with Katia Glod @alxgraef.bsky.social @janekinninmont.bsky.social and former #OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut at 15:00 CET this Friday afternoon will provide crucial background and analysis‼️ 👇
Join us this Friday at 14:00 UTC, for the launch of 2 publications on the OSCE by Katia Glod & Alexander Graef. Speakers also include ELN Policy & Impact Director @janekinninmont.bsky.social & former Secretary General of the OSCE Marc Perrin de Brichambaut.
Register below ⤵️
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register below ⤵️
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📢Don't miss it: As ceasefire in Ukraine is discussed, @theeln.bsky.social briefing with Katia Glod @alxgraef.bsky.social @janekinninmont.bsky.social and former #OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut at 15:00 CET this Friday afternoon will provide crucial background and analysis‼️ 👇
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Waffenstillstand in der #Ukraine? Der Ball liegt in Putins Spielfeld. Doch was will der russische Präsident in Bezug auf die Ukraine, auf Europa & global? Dazu ein paar Gedanken unseres Kollegen @alexyus.bsky.social , Leiter unseres Russland-Programms. #Russland
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus...
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus...
Alle Augen auf Moskau
Trumps Diplomatie sorgt für Bewegung im Ukraine-Krieg – doch Moskau taktiert weiter. Was will der russische Präsident?
www.ipg-journal.de
March 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Waffenstillstand in der #Ukraine? Der Ball liegt in Putins Spielfeld. Doch was will der russische Präsident in Bezug auf die Ukraine, auf Europa & global? Dazu ein paar Gedanken unseres Kollegen @alexyus.bsky.social , Leiter unseres Russland-Programms. #Russland
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus...
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus...
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On March 5, Syrian caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani announced that the country would return to compliance with the CWC and eliminate its chemical weapons program. Una Jakob analyzes these developments and what needs to be done going forward. Read now on #PRIFblog.
blog.prif.org/2025/03/14/c...
blog.prif.org/2025/03/14/c...
Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Syria – A Door Opening? - PRIF BLOG
On March 5, 2025, the caretaker Foreign Minister of Syria, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, delivered a speech at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in which he promised that his...
blog.prif.org
March 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
On March 5, Syrian caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani announced that the country would return to compliance with the CWC and eliminate its chemical weapons program. Una Jakob analyzes these developments and what needs to be done going forward. Read now on #PRIFblog.
blog.prif.org/2025/03/14/c...
blog.prif.org/2025/03/14/c...
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Two B-52 bombers have departed Fairford, one heading northeast the other northwest. An overflight of Oslo is scheduled for later. Of the two bombers, one (60-0037) is nuclear-capable, the other (60-0023) is conventional-only. No nukes are carried in peacetime.
March 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Two B-52 bombers have departed Fairford, one heading northeast the other northwest. An overflight of Oslo is scheduled for later. Of the two bombers, one (60-0037) is nuclear-capable, the other (60-0023) is conventional-only. No nukes are carried in peacetime.
Prof. Frank von Hippel (Princeton University) gave an invited talk at the German Physical Society Spring Meeting in Bonn on „U.S. Physicists and Nuclear Arms Control During the Next Four Years“. On the question „How much is enough“ he replies: „What about deterrence without nuclear weapons?“
March 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Prof. Frank von Hippel (Princeton University) gave an invited talk at the German Physical Society Spring Meeting in Bonn on „U.S. Physicists and Nuclear Arms Control During the Next Four Years“. On the question „How much is enough“ he replies: „What about deterrence without nuclear weapons?“