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EPA reaches cleanup decision for radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund site via St. Louis-Post Dispatch

Posted on 2018/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After years of bureaucratic inaction and escalating frustration and concern from the surrounding community, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally settled on a strategy to clean up the radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton. […] … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Safety Board Slams Energy Department Plan to Weaken Oversight via ProPublica

Posted on 2018/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Trump administration defended an order that could be used to withhold information about nuclear facilities from a federal board, but its leader says the action is not consistent with the U.S. Atomic Energy Act. by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe … Continue reading →

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Cancer study of nuclear test site expected in 2019 via the New York Post

Posted on 2018/08/08 by nfield

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — A long-anticipated study into the cancer risks of New Mexico residents living near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test likely will be published in 2019, the National Cancer Institute announced. Institute spokesman Michael Levin … Continue reading →

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American students aren’t taught nuclear weapons policy in school. Here’s how to fix that problem via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2018/06/22 by nfield

Erin ConnollyKate Hewitt “How many countries have nuclear weapons?” we asked. Students shouted out answers: one, seven, 34, all of the countries in the world. “Which countries have nuclear weapons?” We heard responses that included the United States, Japan, Iran, … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Helen Caldicott via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2018/06/15 by nfield

[…] Dan Drollette: That jumps straight into something I was curious about. I noticed there seem to be a lot of people in the anti-nuclear weapons movement with medical backgrounds. Helen Caldicott: It’s a medical problem. And explaining the medical … Continue reading →

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A different kind of ‘atomic tourist’ visits Hanford via Crosscut

Posted on 2018/06/01 by nfield

[…] Of the thousands of people who have toured giant and forbidding B Reactor, the world’s first large scale plutonium reactor, Mitsugi Moriguchi is the first person to do so in a white radiation-blocking jumpsuit, hood and mask. It is … Continue reading →

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The ‘whole nuclear cycle’ via Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2018/06/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Megan Bennett / Journal North Reporter SANTA FE, N.M. — The origins of New Mexico’s history surrounding the atomic bomb can be traced back to Robert Oppenheimer’s long-time love of the Land of Enchantment. Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist known … Continue reading →

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John Adams’s “Doctor Atomic” First Recording Due June 29 on Nonesuch via Nonesuch

Posted on 2018/05/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nonesuch releases the first recording of John Adams‘s 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic, on June 29, 2018. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created the libretto for Doctor Atomic, drawing from original sources. The composer leads the BBC Singers and the BBC … Continue reading →

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The Chilling Story of The ‘Demon Core’ And The Scientists Who Became Its Victims via Alert

Posted on 2018/04/28 by nfield

It was August 13, 1945, and the ‘demon core’ was poised, waiting to be unleashed onto a stunned Japan still reeling in fresh chaos from the deadliest attacks anyone had ever seen. A week earlier, ‘Little Boy’ had detonated over Hiroshima, followed … Continue reading →

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Los Alamos museum refuses to host A-bomb exhibit, citing stance on nuclear abolition via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/03/31 by nfield

LOS ANGELES – The executive director of a museum in the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, said Friday that it will not host a traveling exhibition focused on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as planned due to concerns … Continue reading →

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