Nuclear Weapons
Warnings Grow over Nuclear Annihilation as Tensions Escalate Between U.S., Russia & China
Democracy Now! interviews Dr. Ira Helfand and Dr. Zia Mian. Helfand is a leader of PSR, IPPNW, ICAN, and Back from the Brink. Mian is co-director of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security.
Read MoreJuly 16 New Mexico frontline community events (1979 Church Rock uranium tailings spill; 1945 “Trinity” atomic bomb “test” blast)
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Please see the email from Lilly Adams at Union of Concerned Scientists, below. Here are links to the documents that Lilly attached to her original email: 1. Red Water Pond Road Community Association/MASE flier; 2. TBDC press release. Please spread the word about these important events. Thank you. —Kevin Kamps, Beyond…
Read MorePress Release: Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium to Hold 13th Annual Candlelight Vigil
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Read MoreEnergy Department Pressed on Nuclear Fuel, Waste in Budget Bill
As reported by Bloomberg Law, re: consolidated interim storage facility and high-assay low enriched uranium funding levels at the U.S. Department of Energy, as decided and provided each year by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, using federal taxpayer funds.
Read MoreCommemorating the Trinity Test on July 16
July 5, 2022 email from Sofia Rose Wolman: Greetings, We’re writing to encourage your ongoing action, through marking Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Trinity Day this summer. This particular email is about July 16: the date of the Trinity Test in 1945, when the first nuclear weapon was exploded in the USA state of New Mexico. Wherever…
Read MoreSpeak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever
Action Alert: Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever Thursday, July 7th, at 5:30 pm [Mountain Time, which is 7:30 pm Eastern/6:30 pm Central/4:30 pm Pacific], DOE will host a virtual and in-person WIPP Community Forum and Open House in Santa Fe. It will take place at the Santa Fe…
Read MoreVienna final declaration on TPNW
From Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security: The First Meeting of States Parties of the TPNW (Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) concluded in Vienna this week. Please find here a summary of the final communique of the 65 TPNW nations. Its essential elements include Condemnation of Russia’s invasion of nuclear weapons,…
Read MoreOhio’s Nukes: Resisting Weapons and Power Excesses
On June 22nd, Beyond Nuclear joined with allies from Ohio to deliver a letter to the office of U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur in Toledo. The rally coincided with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons First Meeting of States Parties in Austria. Kaptur chairs the powerful U.S. House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee,…
Read More**Group endorsement request** First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — Policy Recommendations
The policy recommendations are linked here. Please consider signing your organization on as an endorser by Thursday, June 2, 2022 close of business. To sign on, please send the official name of your group to Mari Inoue at [email protected] by the end of Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Read MoreRadiation compensation act extended
A May 11 vote by the US House of Representatives that ensured that the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act would not sunset next month, as many feared, now gives activists another two years to broaden inclusion of those deserving compensation. The House vote supported a Senate bill introduced by Republican Mike Lee of Utah, which passed…
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