Nuclear security covers the procedures, practices or other measures used to manage risks from nuclear weapons and other nuclear materials.
80,000 Hours rates nuclear security a "second-highest priority area": an unusually pressing global problem ranked slightly below their four highest priority areas.[1]
In The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity, Toby Ord offers several policy and research recommendations for handling risks from nuclear weapons:[2]
McIntyre, Peter (2016) Nuclear security, 80,000 Hours, April.
Open Philanthropy (2013) Nuclear security, Open Philanthropy, July 18.
Open Philanthropy (2015) Nuclear weapons policy, Open Philanthropy, September.
nuclear disarmament movement | nuclear warfare | nuclear winter | weapon of mass destruction
80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.
Ord, Toby (2020) The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 278