Nuclear Weapons
Weaponizing uranium: Join the webinar
Inspired by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War’s (IPPNW) Mombasa World Congress, please join the US affiliate, Physicians for Social Responsibility, on Wednesday, August 23rd to discuss the legacy of uranium and the ways it has been weaponized to cause disproportionate and irreparable harm to Black, brown and Indigenous communities around the world.…
Read MoreLeading Russians condemn threats to use nukes in Ukraine
Members of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, recently condemned threats to use tactical nuclear weapons on the battleground in Ukraine. Their unprecedented declaration reads: “Recently, there have been statements (some of them made by members of the SWAP) which promote, albeit with many reservations, the idea of a preventive nuclear strike by Russia…
Read MoreInherited damage from France’s nuclear tests in Polynesia?
For 30 years, France undertook nuclear testing in its Pacific territory, French Polynesia. There were a total of 193 nuclear tests, including 41 atmospheric, that ended in 1996. These tests exposed the local population. Recent reporting by Al Jazeera focuses on the health impacts. Investigations by one of the same researchers who just released a…
Read MoreThe global Hibakusha
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Part 2 of the interview with Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs. He is an American historian of nuclear technologies and radiation techno-politics. Bo moved to Japan in 2006 after being hired by the Hiroshima Peace Institute and is currently a professor at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and the Graduate School of…
Read MoreACT NOW for Downwinders!
While other victims of atomic testing have been compensated, the Trinity Downwinders have not. Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a historic expansion and extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), meant to compensate Trinity Downwinders and others, we need to ask the U.S. House to do the same. As passed in the…
Read MorePartial uranium mine ban in Grand Canyon area
President Biden will today create a national monument of nearly 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon. This designation will protect lands important to nearby Native Americans from new uranium mining — a major reason they want the designation. New mining claims will not be allowed, but “valid existing rights” will be maintained, which could…
Read MorePrestigious medical journals call for nuclear ban
From International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: More than 100 medical journals, including the Lancet, the British Medical Journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the JAMA have issued a joint call for urgent steps to decrease the growing danger of nuclear war and to move rapidly to the elimination of nuclear…
Read MoreSIGN UP: Autumn classes on radiation basics!
Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear) and Mary Olson (Gender and Radiation Impact Project) are again offering their course on radiation basics with guest presenter, Ian Fairlie. RADIATION BASICS (5 classes) THURSDAYS from SEPTEMBER 7- OCTOBER 5 Noon ET / 11 am CT / 10 am MT / 9 am PT Topics Covered: What is radiation? Cancer…
Read MoreSenate expands Trinity Downwinder compensation
Almost 80 years after the first atomic bomb, Trinity, was detonated near an unsuspecting population , health impacts continue and remain largely unrecognized (NYT paywalled) at the national level. While other victims of atomic testing fallout have been compensated, the Trinity Downwinders have not. “Today’s Senate vote is a step in the right direction toward…
Read MoreCOMMENTS ON COLUMBIA CLASS HOMEPORTING EA/KINGS BAY TRIDENT SUBMARINE BASE
Beyond Nuclear, along with many other organizations and individuals, signed onto comments prepared by Nuclear Watch South, in regards to COLUMBIA CLASS [TRIDENT NUCLEAR SUBMARINE] HOMEPORTING EA [ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESEEMENT]/KINGS BAY TRIDENT SUBMARINE BASE. See the comments, and full list of signatories, here. Attorney Terry Lodge, legal counsel for the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network, also submitted comments.…
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