Nuclear America

Reflections on 79 years of the first US atomic bomb test

Reflections on 79 years of the first US atomic bomb test

Dave Lindorff | Counter Punch Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right): Wikipedia. Three Weeks After the first Atomic Bomb Test, They Used It on Two Japanese Cities Teen physicist Ted Hall, who helped perfect the plutonium bomb, passed its secrets to the Soviet Union hoping toRead More

Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office

Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office

Climate change could unearth buried US nuclear waste Anita Hofschneider | Mother Jones   This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a manRead More

“A River is Not a Radioactive Sewer”: Dr. Gordon Edwards on Radioactive Water Dumping in the Pacific Ocean, Hudson River

“A River is Not a Radioactive Sewer”: Dr. Gordon Edwards on Radioactive Water Dumping in the Pacific Ocean, Hudson River

A River is Not a Radioactive Sewer Dr. Gordon Edwards | Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility Media conference presentation, New York State, August 23 2023, Re: Plans to dump radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River In 2017, I was invited to give a talk on the shores of the HudsonRead More

Setsuko Thurlow’s Wish for Nuclear Disarmament

Setsuko Thurlow’s Wish for Nuclear Disarmament

Setsuko Thurlow, a native of Hiroshima, describes her journey from atomic bomb survivor to nuclear disarmament advocate. In 2017, she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which had spearheaded efforts to achieve a treaty banning nuclear weapons.