Nuclear Disarmament

A cloud hangs over Australia's Monte Bello Islands after Britain tested its first atomic bomb

Human costs of nuclear war: UN negotiating a nuclear ban

Latest, Nuclear Disarmament March 30, 2017 at 2:20 pm 0 comments

The humanitarian consequences of using nuclear weapons play a central part in the international nuclear disarmament initiative now starting. It goes beyond traditional strategic thinking about nuclear policy and appeals to the core of mankind.

Bruno Barrillot, dedicated opponent of French nuclear testing, passes away in Polynesia

Bruno Barrillot, dedicated opponent of French nuclear testing, passes away in Polynesia

Brunot Barrillot has passed away Saturday March 25, 2017 translation of Bruno Barillot est décédé Tahiti Nui Télévision, French Polynesia Bruno Barrillot, researcher and ardent opponent of nuclear testing, died on Saturday in hospital in Taaone, after a long illness. Bruno Barrillot was an ardent opponent of nuclear testing, butRead More

Kurt Vonnegut 1982: Fates Worse than Death

Kurt Vonnegut 1982: Fates Worse than Death

Fates Worse than Death Novelist Kurt Vonnegut gave a speech in 1982 on the prospects of humanity surviving much longer in the nuclear era: In my dream, our descendants are numerous. Some of them are rich, some are poor, some are likeable, some are insufferable. I ask them how humanity,Read More

Kazakhstan: Living with Semipalatinsk’s Nuclear Fallout

Kazakhstan: Living with Semipalatinsk’s Nuclear Fallout

Kazakhstan: Living with Semipalatinsk’s Nuclear Fallout August 26, 2016 by Joanna Lillis  Originally published by EurasiaNet.org   In the village of Znamenka in northeastern Kazakhstan, adults have vivid memories of nuclear explosions rocking the steppe. “We saw mushroom clouds — big and terrifying ones,” recalled Galina Tornoshenko, 67, shaking her headRead More