Tag Archives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki

India signs controversial civil nuclear deal with Japan to export atomic technology via DAWN

Posted on 2016/11/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan and India signed a controversial civil nuclear deal on Friday that will allow Japanese companies to export atomic technology to the South Asian state as the two countries deepen economic and security ties. The pact signed by Japanese Prime … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan’s leader calls for a nuclear-free world via NHK World

Posted on 2016/11/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called on countries to work together to ban nuclear weapons. Nazarbayev made the comment in a speech to Japan’s Diet in Tokyo on Tuesday. Referring to more than 450 nuclear tests held in his country … Continue reading →

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Survivors of A-bomb protest Japan opposing nuke ban treaty via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Atomic bomb survivors lashed out at their government for siding with the United States and opposing the start of talks to outlaw nuclear weapons, despite Japan being the only nation to be victimized by nuclear bombs. “Japan ended up going … 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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Five myths about nuclear weapons via The Washington Post

Posted on 2016/10/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Myth No. 1 Nuclear weapons haven’t been used since Nagasaki. In 2008 Cambridge University Press published a book titled “The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons since 1945” by international relations scholar Nina Tannenwald. … Continue reading →

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Radiation Injury, Burns and Illness: A Review of Best Practices via EMS World

Posted on 2016/10/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Nonionizing radiation—Radiation is a general term that simply refers to the emission of energy in the form of waves or particles. Because radio waves, microwaves and ultraviolet radiation are all types of radiation, “radiation-emitting devices” include common sources of … Continue reading →

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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Nagasaki atom bomb survivor urges denuclearization of world via The Korean Herald

Posted on 2016/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — More than 70 years later, Terumi Tanaka can still relive the havoc wrought on his hometown Nagasaki, which was flattened by a plutonium bomb unleashed from a United States Army Air Forces plane. At around 11 a.m. on … Continue reading →

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Atomic Photographers Guild

Posted on 2016/09/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Atomic Photographers Guild (APG) is an international collective of artists dedicated to making visible all facets of the nuclear age. Created in 1987 by Robert Del Tredici, with founding members Carole Gallagher and Harris Fogel, the APG documents the … Continue reading →

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How a Nun, a Vet, and a Housepainter Stood Up to the Threat of Nuclear Weapons via The Nation

Posted on 2016/09/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dan Zak’s Almighty reminds readers that the United States’ poisonous and very expensive history of nuclear-weapons production is far from over. Dan Zak’s Almighty: Courage, Resistance and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age is a must read for everyone in this … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan’s quixotic quest to ban the Bomb via Daily Maverick

Posted on 2016/08/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kazakhstan has emerged as the unlikely leader of the global campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. With a tragic nuclear history, and a president eager to make a name for himself on the international stage, this makes more sense than you … Continue reading →

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