Nuclear Weapons
Majority of countries want a nuclear ban
Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, with its attendant nuclear risks, a majority of the world’s countries have reaffirmed their support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), writes the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The TPNW entered into force last year and makes nuclear weapons illegal under international…
Read MoreVirtual Teach-In on the Current Nuclear Crisis, Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9pm ET
Vasily Arkhipov Day: After 60 Years, The Nuclear Threat Returns A Virtual Teach-In on the Current Nuclear Crisis, Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9pm Thursday, October 27 marks the 60th anniversary of the day Vasily Arkhipov (pictured above) single-handedly saved the world from nuclear annihilation. Off the coast of Cuba, the US Navy was attacking…
Read MoreDirty bombs and Ukraine’s reactors
Beyond Nuclear today issued a press release as a reminder to media that nuclear power plants are inherently dangerous pre-deployed nuclear weapons. The possibility that nuclear reactor sites in Ukraine — and specifically the radioactive dry storage casks — might be used as “dirty bombs”, sends a clear message that nuclear power is a far…
Read MoreSchool contaminated by atomic bomb waste
Jana Elementary in the suburbs of St. Louis, is a majority minority school. It is also contaminated by radionuclides left over from a nearby WWII atomic weapons facility operated by Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. The school sits in the floodplain of Coldwater Creek, which itself was contaminated. Samples collected just outside and inside the school found…
Read MoreNATO nuclear drill is further provocation
From the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: “The annual NATO nuclear weapons use exercise called Steadfast Noon is set to go ahead, starting Monday 17 October. In any regular year these annual nuclear exercises are essentially drills on the logistics of the mass murder of civilians, but in the current context, they are outright…
Read MoreOhio Nuclear-Free Network & Beyond Nuclear v. HALEU
At 10am Eastern Time on October 13, 2022, the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network and Beyond Nuclear had their day in court against HALEU — High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium. Listen to the audio recording of the oral arguments. Our case begins at the 31 minute, 10 second mark of the audio recording, and continues for the better…
Read More‘Deranged’ says UN chief of fighting nuclear war
“The idea that any country could fight and win a nuclear war is deranged. Any use of a nuclear weapon would incite a humanitarian armageddon.” Those were the words of UN General Secretary, Antonio Guterres, speaking at the UN on September 26 to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, established…
Read MoreWe must eliminate nuclear weapons
Today, September 26, as it is every year, is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. As we see nuclear sabers rattling once again with the Russia-Ukraine war seemingly poised on a nuclear knife-edge, it is time to renew our call for the elimination of weapons capable of destroying all life on…
Read MoreBan treaty adds more countries
From ICAN: Five more countries today signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and two more have deposited their ratification of the treaty. The seven nations that added their names are: Barbados (signed), Burkina Faso (signed), Dominican Republic (ratified), Democratic Republic of the Congo (ratified), Equatorial Guinea (signed), Haiti (signed) and Sierra…
Read MoreThe myth of a “survivable” nuclear war
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy interviews Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman. “Nuclear survival” propaganda is showing up with greater frequency in the United States. What is the immediate purpose and what might be the ultimate goal? Are we being conned into assuming nuclear war is inevitable… but survivable? These are among the many…
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