Nuclear History

The fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the dangers of nuclear energy

The fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the dangers of nuclear energy

Major General Sudhir Vombatkere Major General S.G. Vombatkere retired as the Additional Director General, Discipline & Vigilance in Army HQ, New Delhi. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Iowa, USA, in international studies, and is a member of NAPM and PUCL. He writes on strategic and development-relatedRead More

In ruins: Runit Dome and the futures of Marshall Islands

In ruins: Runit Dome and the futures of Marshall Islands

Tibi Puiu | ZME Science   The Pacific is still facing nuclear blight nearly 70 years since the last test. Many see the Runit Dome as a ticking time bomb. Runit Dome in 2019. Credit: LA Times. In the heart of the Pacific Ocean lies the Marshall Islands, a picturesqueRead More

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