Nuclear Weapons
10 years since “impossible” WIPP leak
[Image of smoke billowing from the WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a repository for nuclear weapons complex transuranic waste) underground in February 2014. This industrial fire — caused by an unmaintained vehicle in the underground — led to a mass evacuation of underground WIPP workers. Around two-dozen were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation, including one…
Read MoreUS nuclear weapons returning to Britain
From Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND): Recently reported documents add further evidence that the US is planning to deploy nuclear weapons to Britain, with CND forwarding its concerns to Suffolk Council. The files describes “Stationary and Mobile Guard Shacks” which will be constructed at RAF Lakenheath for ballistic protection for the 48th Security Forces Squadron…
Read More“Unspeakable horror”
Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman, writing this week on Counterpunch, gives a thorough run-down of the nuclear threats we face, which in part contributed to the decision by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to keep the hands of the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest they have ever been. You…
Read MoreIt’s still 90 seconds to midnight
The Doomsday Clock, established in 1947 by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, when it stood at seven minutes to midnight, remains at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest the hands have ever been to zero hour. The Doomsday Clock was moved to 90 seconds to midnight a year ago, a reflection of the growing…
Read MorePushback in The Bulletin
Beyond Nuclear was a signatory to an article published today in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which, as described in our preamble, was a response to a baffling condemnation of the nuclear ban treaty as somehow endangering peace, by Zachary Kallenborn and disappointingly published by the august magazine. Our collective response, authored by a…
Read MoreThird anniversary of the TPNW
From ICAN: Today marks the third anniversary of the entry into force of the historic and landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. There were many simultaneous events held around the world and increasing concerns raised about the wars currently being conducted by two nuclear-armed nations, Israel and Russia. A statement from the International…
Read MoreInterview with Melissa Parke
On this week’s edition of Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy interviews Melissa Parke, (pictured in photo by ICAN) the new executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. HaLevy writes: Melissa Parke took over the helm of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons…
Read More“The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb,” anti-nuclear teach-ins, Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 11, 2023
On Monday, September 11, 2023, in conjunction with a visit by Veterans for Peace’s historic anti-nuclear sail boat “The Golden Rule,” a coalition of groups held an all-day long teach-in on nuclear issues in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Entitled “The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb,” the teach-in featured many speakers on nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and radioactive…
Read MoreUS House blocks RECA extension in defense bill
The US House has blocked the proposed inclusion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Amendments of 2023 in the current National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to extend the program for another 19 years and expand its financial relief to more US communities impacted by harmful radiation exposure caused by the government and nuclear industry.…
Read MoreFirst we bombed New Mexico: A new film
From the promo: First We Bombed New Mexico is the untold story of Trinity, the world’s first nuclear bomb detonated in New Mexico one month before the bombing of Hiroshima. It is a story of government betrayal with tragic consequences. Thousands of New Mexicans – mostly Hispanic and Native American – were exposed to catastrophic…
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