Nuclear Material Misuse Editorial Illustrations

Illustrations for four nightmare scenarios involving nuclear materials done for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. They asked for simplified imagery with a serious tone. I took inspiration from spy films from the 70s for tone and stuck to almost monochromatic palettes.

Two figures exchanging money while a military vehicle drives away.

Scenario 1: Theft or illegal sale of a device or material.

A man building an improvised device.

Scenario 2: Theft of fissile material leading to the fabrication and detonation of an improvised nuclear device (IND).

Scenario 3: Sabotage in control room of power plant

Scenario 4: Dirty bomb

 

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