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Nuclear submarine fire in Russia Far East again raises questions surrounding safe dismantlement via Bellona

A decommissioned Russian nuclear submarine moored off a naval base on the Kamchatka peninsula caught fire on Friday, but there was no radioactive contamination because its nuclear fuel had already already been removed, Russian media reported. A decommissioned Russian nuclear … Continue reading

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Africa: Abandoning Nuclear Weapons – Lessons From South Africa via all Africa

[…] The first stage involved the dismantling of South Africa’s six complete (and one partially assembled) nuclear devices,” reportedGreg Mills, who heads the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation, a research body that acts as an advisor to African governments. “A decision to … Continue reading

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How I Dismantled the World’s Deadliest Weapon via Discover magazine

Phil Hoover is in the bomb business. But these days he’s a bomb unbuilder, eliminating nukes to comply with arms treaties. by Phil Hoover, as told to Michael Rosenwald; 
illustration by Zina SaundersFrom the March 2012 issue; published online February … Continue reading

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