Tag Archives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki

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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MANHATTAN PROJECT MUSEUM URGED TO SAY HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI BOMBS WERE WAR CRIMES via Newsweek

Posted on 2018/05/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A museum dedicated to the Manhattan Project, the World War II research effort for the atomic bomb, is being urged to state in its exhibits that bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes. The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was … Continue reading →

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Veteran’s Story | Witnessing the devastation in Hiroshima after the bomb that ended WWII via Mansfield News Journal

Posted on 2018/05/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Veteran: Harold Baughman, age 93 Branch: United States Army Service period: Jan. 2, 1945, to Nov. 26, 1946 “They were getting ready for the invasion of Japan; they loaded us up on LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) and we were heading … Continue reading →

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How the Manhattan Project’s Nuclear Suburb Stayed Secret via Atlas Obscura

Posted on 2018/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was built to last, too. […] When Wilcox arrived in this part of East Tennessee in 1943, soon after graduating from college with a … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Bombing: Study Finds Victims Received Double Deadly Dose of Radiation via Sputnik

Posted on 2018/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The nuclear attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 led to an estimated 146,000 deaths, half of them in its aftermath, including as a result of deadly radiation. New research by Brazilian physicists studying a bone fragment belonging to a casualty of the … Continue reading →

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Scientists calculate radiation dose in bone from victim of Hiroshima bombing via EurekAlert!

Posted on 2018/04/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In an article published in PLOS ONE, Brazilian researchers describe the first retrospective dosimetric study by electron spin resonance spectroscopy using human tissue from nuclear attack victims The bombing of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States … Continue reading →

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The horror of the Hiroshima atomic bomb comes to virtual reality via VentureBeat

Posted on 2018/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

  A book recently conveyed to me the horrors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast. But I can only imagine how much more powerful this history lesson could be if conveyed through virtual reality. That’s the ambition behind The Day … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear ‘Demon Core’ That Killed Two Scientists via Atlas Obscura

Posted on 2018/04/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After World War II ended, physicists kept pushing a plutonium core to its edge. Since the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, the world has been in a state of readiness for nuclear combat. In this secretive domain, … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Bombing Survivors Reflect on the Tragedy via U.S.News

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yoshie Nordling is a survivor of one of only two nuclear bombs used in warfare. By KATHERINE JONES, Idaho Statesman BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Yoshie Nordling is a survivor of one of only two nuclear bombs used in warfare. She … Continue reading →

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Pressure Mounts on Japan to Join the Nuclear Ban Treaty via InDepthNews

Posted on 2018/04/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (IDN) – Japan is coming under pressure from within to sign and ratify the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty, which acknowledges the “unacceptable suffering” of the hibakusha – survivors of hitherto the first ever atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki … Continue reading →

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