What would you do if a nuclear weapon went off nearby today?
Is the possibility too much to contemplate? Maybe you think it could never happen. Or if it did happen, perhaps the result would be instant death for all, and so thinking about it is pointless.
The the reality is far more complicated: many experts believe that the odds of a nuclear weapon being used is higher today than it has been since the Cold War. And in many nuclear scenarios, your actions would determine whether you survived or not.
The Reinventing Civil Defense Project at the Stevens Institute of Technology invites YOU to participate in our free, public exposition and workshop on nuclear risk communication for the 21st century.
Over the last two years, we have seeded many new projects to explore what kinds of messaging and media would be effective for nuclear risk communication in the present moment. Gone are the days of fallout shelters and “Duck and Cover” drills. What sorts of messages, mediums, and methods would be effective in communicating the realities of these risks to the modern public? How can these messages be communicated to younger people, especially Millennials and Gen-Z?
We will be showcasing this research, and the researchers who made it, in the Babbio Center at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, on August 9-10, 2019. People of all ages and interests are encouraged to come by! Free food will be available.
More information is on the expo page.
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