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Steven Starr, MT (ASCP)

City, State: Columbia, Missouri
PSR Affiliation: Senior Scientist
Professional Affiliation: Director of Clinical Laboratory Science Program, University of Missouri-Columbia

Areas of Expertise:

  • Nuclear proliferation
  • Risk of nuclear war causing acute climate change
  • Taking nuclear weapons off high-alert status 

Publications:

Let's Go No-LOW, Phillips A, Starr S, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 60, No. 3, May/June, 2004

The Effects of a 300 kiloton Nuclear Warhead Detonated Above Washington, D.C., Nuclear Age  Peace Foundation, November, 2005
 
Change Launch on Warning Policy, Phillips A, Starr S, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Center for Arms Control Strategic Arms Reductions (STAR), April, 2006
 
An Explanation of Nuclear Weapons Terminology, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, December, 2007
 
Catastrophic Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict, Bulletin of the International Engineers and Scientists Against Nuclear Proliferation, Volume 28, April, 2008
 
Cold War has Thawed Only Slightly, Columbia Daily Tribune, June 22, 2008
 
High-Alert Nuclear Weapons: the Forgotten Danger, Scientists for Global Responsibility Newsletter, No. 36, Autumn 2008
 
Nuclear Suicide, Australia Broadcasting Company (ABC) Unleashed website, July 31, 2009, http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2642235.htm and also http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20090208-19496.html
 
Most of Steven Starr's writings can be found at his website, www.nucleardarkness.org.

In the Spotlight

  • August 16, 2010
    Countdown to Zero
    On the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the Sacramento Annual August Peace Event and Physicians for Social Responsibility-Sacramento screened "Countdown To Zero," a film that traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs. Read more about this month’s chapter in the spotlight event on Hiroshima.