Putin is protesting UK’s plan to send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine. Will this spark nuclear escalation? See the article.
The Telegraph reports on growing concern about North Korea nuclear weapons.
Fox News reports North Korea is making nuclear war preparations.
Dogtime reports that Chernobyl’s dogs are genetically distinct.… Continue Reading →
As nuclear threats reappear on the world stage many people remain unaware of the deep costs of the Cold War arms race. Human suffering and economic costs related to those activities will impact communities and linger for generations to come. It is well known and widely reported that Native People have born the brunt of the impacts from nuclear weapons development and testing, from the Marshall Islands to Kazakstan. The Nevada Test Site sits on the ancestral lands of the … Continue Reading →
The war in the Ukraine has nuclear weapons and also missile developments back in the news. Much of the news coming out of Ukraine cannot be independently verified but even through the haze of war it has become clear that Russian troops captured and occupied the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant for several weeks and that Russian troops fired weapons at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
It is now being reported that some sources inside the Kremlin are concerned that … Continue Reading →
The big news this week is that Donald Trump and Kim Jon Un will be meeting.
Let’s hope something good comes out of the meeting that will de-escalate the possibility of nuclear conflict.
Analysts are trying to determine if Russia is really deploying a nuclear powered cruise missile.
Also, as we approach the anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear events, Safecast is being covered by Japan Times.
And the sailors of the USS Ronald Reagan, deployed to provide relief during … Continue Reading →
Today the Nobel Peace Prize is being awarded in Oslo as the possibility of nuclear conflict is in the news again. Itʻs the holiday season, which is supposed to be about peace, reconciliation, brother and sisterhood. Now is not a good time and there is never a good time for nuclear conflict. Even if war is sometimes justified, nuclear war is not normal war. It is not precise, it creates fallout that travels across oceans and borders, it inevitably kills … Continue Reading →
Seventy two years ago today the first nuclear weapon was dropped on human beings. The debate about whether its use was justified continues. The Washington Post asks “Was it Justified or Needless” here.
The Globe and Mail interviewed one of the survivors, a Hibakusha, Setsuko Nakamura here..
A few things about nuclear weapons are not really debatable:
We have a basic intention here to provide links to news and information that is informative and hopefully empowering. It’s not very helpful to get stressful news about dangers that you have no control over. William J. Perry, former Secretary of Defense has produced a video titled “My Nuclear Nightmare DC.” His position is that we need to think about the dangers we are facing so that we can do something about them. We share this video with trepidation, because … Continue Reading →
This Wall Street Journal commentary speculates that popular wisdom on the North Korea test ignores disturbing possibilities. The authors are with Nonproliferation Policy Information Center.… Continue Reading →
The NY Times reports on the tenacious complexities of nuclear arms control, specifically focusing on US policy initiatives and some of the unintended but potentially dangerous consequences.… Continue Reading →
It was seventy years ago today, and one 99 year old veteran refuses to give up on his lifeʻs mission to make sure nuclear weapons are never used again. His story on NBC.
NHK Japan has a number of programs related to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and anniversary events here.
This opinion piece on CNN says that our nuclear policy today is “essentially the hope that our good luck will continue. This policy must change.”
I personally always pause on this … Continue Reading →