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The Tularosa Downwinders Have Waited 75 Years for Justice via The Nation

Posted on 2022/01/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Even though the first atomic bomb exploded in their state, New Mexicans were never compensated for the health consequences of nuclear contamination. These campaigners have vowed to change that. By Sofia Martinez “It’s been over 75 years—we can’t wait anymore,” states … Continue reading →

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An unearthly spectacle: The untold story of the world’s biggest bomb via the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/10/31 by nfield

By Alex Wellerstein […] The flash alone lasted more than a minute. The fireball expanded to nearly six miles in diameter—large enough to include the entire urban core of Washington or San Francisco, or all of midtown and downtown Manhattan. … Continue reading →

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When the sky fell to earth via Republik

Posted on 2021/10/20 by nfield

By Joshua Wheeler (Text) and Reto Sterchi (Photos), 16.10.2021 Hundreds of twinkling lights, five hundred brown paper sacks with candles in them, luminarias around the mound and spilling out into the base paths and a family of three with singing bowls on … Continue reading →

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Sister Megan Rice, Fierce Critic of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal, Dies at 91 via New York Times

Posted on 2021/10/18 by nfield

Sister Megan Rice, a Roman Catholic nun who was arrested more than 40 times for protesting America’s military industrial complex, most spectacularly for breaking into one of the world’s largest uranium storage sites, died on Oct. 10 at the residence … Continue reading →

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U.S. lawmakers move urgently to recognize survivors of the first atomic bomb test via National Geographic

Posted on 2021/09/28 by nfield

By Lesley M.M. Blume […] The flakes were fallout from the Manhattan Project’s Trinity test, the world’s first atomic bomb detonation. It took place at 5:29 a.m. local time atop a hundred-foot steel tower 40 miles away at the Alamogordo Bombing … Continue reading →

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In fight over Holtec nuclear storage site, Native Americans appeal to one of their own via lohud

Posted on 2021/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste canisters would come to New Mexico by barge and rail from shuttered nuclear plants like Indian Point in Buchanan and Oyster Creek in New Jersey and others where nuclear waste is housed. Adrian HeddenThomas C. Zambito Holtec International … Continue reading →

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The Crisis of Nuclear Dumping in the Blue Pacific via Reverse The Trend

Posted on 2021/09/10 by nfield

On 26 August 2021, Reverse The Trend hosted an online conference to raise awareness about Japan’s decision to release 1.25 million tonnes of nuclear contaminated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. The co-sponsors were the University of the South Pacific Students’ … Continue reading →

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The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb via BBC

Posted on 2021/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Frank Swain [this article first appeared on August 3, 2020] The Congo’s role in creating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was kept secret for decades, but the legacy of its involvement is still being felt today. “The … Continue reading →

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The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb via The New York Times

Posted on 2021/08/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Charles H. Loeb defied the American military’s denials and propaganda to show how deadly radiation from the strike on Hiroshima sickened and killed. By William J. Broad “Loeb Reflects On Atomic Bombed Area,” read the headline in The Atlanta Daily World of Oct. … Continue reading →

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Hanford nuclear waste tank may be leaking, U.S. officials say via KOMO

Posted on 2021/04/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid into the ground, the U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday. … Continue reading →

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