Karin Tanabe and Victoria Kelly: We need to change the way we educate Americans about the atomic bombs
For decades, Americans have been able to keep a comfortable distance from the disturbing visuals captured after the dropping ...
North Korea told the UN point-blank that it's speeding up nuclear weapons development
The UN Security Council met on Monday to confront North Korea on its new ICBM launch, to which Pyongyang said it would ...
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We Need a U.N. Study of the Effects of Nuclear War
A new United Nations expert study of the effects of nuclear war would spur informed and inclusive global debate on what ...
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UN to conduct new study of the broad impacts of nuclear war. Not all countries want to know
China is the only nuclear-weapon state to have voted in favor of a new UN study on the effects of nuclear war last week.
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Pacific push sees UN launch first nuclear war impact study in 35 years
The last U.N. mandated study on the effects of nuclear war was published in 1988, with a focus on climate change. At the time ...
Satellite images and documents indicate China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier
For China’s leadership, such a development would symbolize national prestige, fueling domestic nationalism and elevating the ...
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How many nuclear bombs have been used?
The first nuclear bomb test, conducted in 1945, set off an international arms race that included nuclear testing. But how many nuclear bombs have been detonated during tests and in active war?
Research reveals China has built prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier
U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers ...
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How many nuclear bombs have been used?
But how many nuclear bombs have actually gone off ... environmental and public health impacts that extend to this day. The international community now condemns it. But for almost 20 years ...