Tag Archives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki

Pyrotechnic artwork commemorates 75th anniversary of first nuclear reaction via UchicagoNews

Posted on 2017/12/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Cai Guo-Qiang’s work part of two days of events at UChicago The pyrotechnic, multicolored display lasted less than a minute against the blue afternoon sky on Dec. 2, but created an indelible reminder of the power unlocked by the first … Continue reading →

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Is Japan’s ‘Nuclear Allergy’ Being Cured? via The Diplomat

Posted on 2017/12/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

President Trump’s rhetoric and a highly threatening North Korea are chipping away at Japan’s nuclear neuralgia. It is often argued that Japan suffers from a “nuclear allergy” — an intense reaction to all nuclear issues, stemming from the United States’ … Continue reading →

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Reckoning With the Legacy of the Nuclear Reactor, 75 Years Later via The Atlantic

Posted on 2017/12/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Journalists have always struggled to reconcile the destruction and the development ushered in by this famous experiment. At the time, news of the breakthrough on December 2, 1942, was conveyed  only in code: “The Italian navigator has landed in the … Continue reading →

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The 75th Anniversary of Chicago’s Nuclear Contribution To The World via WBEZ

Posted on 2017/11/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Seventy-five years ago, famed scientist Enrico Fermi and a group of his colleagues at the University of Chicago launched an experiment that forever changed the course of humanity — the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. And the anniversary couldn’t be … Continue reading →

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Commentary: The first atomic furnace via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2017/11/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The atomic age began 75 years ago this Dec. 2, when a group of scientists gathered at the University of Chicago to determine whether they could achieve a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Their experiment, conducted in an unheated squash court … Continue reading →

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Core Stories: Pioneers and inheritors via The University of Chicago Magazine

Posted on 2017/11/24 by kojimaaiko

Norma Field The activist As a child in Tokyo, born in the wake of World War II, Norma Field became aware of the nuclear threat early. The professor emeritus of East Asian languages and civilizations remembers feeling “the terrifying force of the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear safety board warns of trouble ahead at Hanford, but could lose role under Trump via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2017/11/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear safety board report finds serious problems persist with a massive facility to help treat Hanford’s chemical and radioactive wastes. The report comes as the Trump administration considers a proposal to downsize or do away with the independent oversight board. … Continue reading →

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New Mexico’s nuclear weapon legacy honored by senators via Current-Argus

Posted on 2017/11/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Everything changed in the summer of 1945. Two atom bombs, the deadliest weapon ever built at the time, were dropped on major cities in Japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be forever remembered for the heartbreaking destruction that followed. Almost 100,000 people … Continue reading →

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Japanese A-bomb survivor and activists press nations to ratify nuclear ban pact via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/10/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NEW YORK – A survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki joined activists and diplomats Monday to press Japan and other countries to quickly ratify a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons. “None of them having (nuclear) weapons will contribute toward … Continue reading →

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Study Shows Public Approval of Nuclear Weapons Usage via The Harvard Crimson

Posted on 2017/10/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

American public approval of nuclear weapons use remains strong despite equal diplomatic alternatives, Stanford political scientist Scott D. Sagan argued at the Kennedy School on Wednesday morning. To a crowded room with over 40 attendees, Sagan described the results of … Continue reading →

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