16th July marked the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear test, the Trinity test which was the culmination of the Manhattan project. Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the conditions that led to the development of nuclear weapons, the responsibility of the scientific community in advocating for peace, and the present day nuclear arms race.
This case study on the waste from French nuclear tests in Algeria in the 1960s, provide ample technical and political reasons why we cannot and should not close the chapter of nuclear testing and why the TPNW is an answer.
On the 22nd anniversary of India’s Pokhran nuclear tests of 1998, we are re-posting a select few commentaries, articles, and videos for our readers
The Bikini Atoll, a remote location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, looks like a vacation paradise, but is actually a shining hell. At the beginning of the Cold War, the United States conducted nuclear weapons tests there. Back then, the Americans were much more than just trying out a new weapon technology. The two-part documentary explains the historical background of the forgotten nuclear war and reveals how the bombs continue to have an effect today.
Solidarities in the nuclear Anthropocene: Prof Bo Jacobs reflects on radioactive fallouts of N-tests ![Nuclear Power in the Battlefield: Ongoing Concerns at Chernobyl, Zaporizhzhya, and Beyond [Webinar Video]](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_75,h_50/https://www.dianuke.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Poster-11-March.png)
Nuclear Power in the Battlefield: Ongoing Concerns at Chernobyl, Zaporizhzhya, and Beyond [Webinar Video] 
Rosatom’s woes before and beyond the war: implications of Russia’s embattled nuclear industry 
DiaNuke Invite: Book Discussion with Prof Bo Jacobs, February 23, 2022 on ‘Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha’ 
Why the DAE and AERB should monitor the situation at Taishan and place pause on India’s own EPR project: Dr EAS Sarma’s open letter 
In ruins: Runit Dome and the futures of Marshall Islands 
Chalk River protests: Canada’s indigenous communities struggle against proposed nuclear dump 
Nuclear challenges in Northeast Asia 
Reflections on 79 years of the first US atomic bomb test 
IAEA’s First Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels: More than 600 organisations protest globally, call it “fairy tale” 
![Nuclear Power in the Battlefield: Ongoing Concerns at Chernobyl, Zaporizhzhya, and Beyond [Webinar Video]](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_200,h_130/https://www.dianuke.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Poster-11-March.png)
![Chernobyl in the War Zone: DiaNuke Conversation on the Unfolding Crisis in Ukraine [Zoom recording]](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_200,h_130/https://www.dianuke.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/chernobyl-in-the-war-zone-dianuk.jpg)
In ruins: Runit Dome and the futures of Marshall Islands Chalk River protests: Canada’s indigenous communities struggle against proposed nuclear dump Nuclear challenges in Northeast Asia Reflections on 79 years of the first US atomic bomb test IAEA’s First Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels: More than 600 organisations protest globally, call it “fairy tale” 
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