In the late 1930s and early 1940s Vernadsky played an early advisory role in the [[Soviet atomic bomb project]], as one of the most forceful voices arguing for the exploitation of [[nuclear power]], the surveying of Soviet [[uranium]] sources, and having [[nuclear fission]] research conducted at his Radium Institute. He died, however, before a full project was pursued.
On religious views, Vernadsky was an atheist.<ref>{{cite bookref-llibre|titletítol=What Is Life?|yearany=2000|publishereditorial=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22021-8|authorautor=Lynn Margulis|author2autor2=Dorion Sagan |pagepàgina=170|quotecitació=Both the French paleontologist-priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Russian atheist Vladimir Vernadsky agreed that Earth is developing a global mind.}}</ref> He was interested in [[Hinduism]] and [[Rig Veda]]<ref>{{cite ref-web|authorautor=Aravindan Neelakandan |url=http://centreright.in/2013/02/vernadsky-noosphere-and-vivekananda/#.VDAUHpbIbFE |titletítol=Vernadsky, Noosphere and Vivekananda |publishereditor=Centreright.in |datedata= 21 Februaryfebrer 2013 |accessdateconsulta= 17 Maymaig 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530033248/http://centreright.in/2013/02/vernadsky-noosphere-and-vivekananda/#.VDAUHpbIbFE |archive-date= 30 Maymaig 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite ref-web|url=http://prakashan.vivekanandakendra.org/periodicals/yuvabharati/2012/february |titletítol=Yuva Bharati February 2012 | Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan |publishereditor=Prakashan.vivekanandakendra.org |accessdateconsulta= 17 Maymaig 2015}}</ref>
Vernadsky's son [[George Vernadsky]] (1887–1973) emigrated to the United States where he published numerous books on medieval and modern Russian history.
