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Universal Hatches Hiroshima A-Bomb Tale ‘Shockwave’; Cary Fukunaga To Direct, Hossein Amini To Write via Deadline

Posted on 2017/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The book told a story of events that led up to a Monday morning in August 1945 when a five-ton bomb—dubbed Little Boy by its creators—was dropped from an American plane onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima, soon to be … Continue reading →

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New health survey at nuclear test site details decades of illnesses, deaths via The Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2017/02/11 by nfield

More than 70 years after the detonation of the first atomic bomb, residents of Southern New Mexico who were unwittingly exposed to the fallout, as well as their descendants and advocates, have released a new report that details the decades … Continue reading →

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Humanity is just two-and-a-half minutes from the apocalypse because of Donald Trump, Doomsday Clock scientists say via Independent

Posted on 2017/01/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The election of Donald Trump is driving the planet towards oblivion, the elite organisation said Humanity is now just two-and-a-half minutes from midnight, when the world ends, according to the Doomsday Clock. The change means that the earth is closer to … Continue reading →

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A price too high: Rethinking nuclear weapons in light of their human cost via International Review of the Red Cross (IRRC)

Posted on 2016/10/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A price too high: Rethinking nuclear weapons in light of their human cost The e-briefing you are about to enter shows the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. These consequences have been known to the world since the atomic bombings … Continue reading →

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Report: Los Alamos to end radioactive on-site waste disposal via Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2016/10/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LOS ALAMOS — Amid concerns from regulators over hazardous waste and contamination, a new report says the Los Alamos National Laboratory will stop disposing low-level radioactive waste at its largest waste disposal area by October 2017. A recently released annual … Continue reading →

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New report details scope of LANL cleanup: 20 years, $4B via Santa Fe/New Mexican

Posted on 2016/09/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A new draft report detailing the federal government’s plans to clean up decades-old hazardous waste from nuclear weapons production during the World War II-era Manhattan Project and the Cold War says Los Alamos National Laboratory and neighboring areas won’t be … Continue reading →

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Former EPA Head Admits She Was Wrong to Tell New Yorkers Post-9/11 Air Was Safevia Reader Supported News (The Guardian)

Posted on 2016/09/10 by norma field

Christine Todd Whitman, who as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under George W Bush at the time of the 9/11 attacks told the public the air around Ground Zero in New York was safe to breathe, has admitted … Continue reading →

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Photos show nuclear facilities in dangerous disrepair via CNN

Posted on 2016/09/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Washington (CNN)US nuclear security facilities are dangerously decrepit and putting national security goals at risk, according to nuclear officials who are asking Congress to back the administration’s push to modernize the system. Nuclear officials described critical utility, safety and support … Continue reading →

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The Link Between Uranium From the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies via Truthout

Posted on 2016/09/05 by norma field

On August 6 — Hiroshima Day — I participated in a groundbreaking event at the South African Museum in Cape Town entitled The Missing Link: Peace and Security Surrounding Uranium. The event had been organised by the Congolese Civil Society … Continue reading →

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Final demolition at US uranium enrichment complex via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2016/09/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

National, state and local officials joined nearly 1500 employees on 30 August to watch as the final wall of building K-27 was pulled down. Demolition of the four-storey, 383,000 square foot (36,000 square metre) building began in February. The first … Continue reading →

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