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Stephen Schwartz
@atomicanalyst.bsky.social
Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • I write primarily about nuclear weapons (including history, costs, accidents, and policy), and the Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the nuclear “Football”).
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Although 187 of 196 states have signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and 178 have ratified it, the treaty will only come into full force once China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, and the United States sign _and_ ratify it. www.ctbto.org/our-mission/...
For an excellent examination of the history and lethal legacy of US nuclear testing in Nevada, the Pacific Proving Grounds (Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, Christmas Island, and Johnston Atoll), and multiple other locations, see Lesley Blume’s September 2022 National Geographic article.
U.S. nuclear testing's devastating legacy lingers, 30 years after moratorium
The United States conducted 1,054 atomic tests—costing more than $100 billion and taking an incalculable toll on humans and the environment.
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Stephen Schwartz
@atomicanalyst.bsky.social
Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • I write primarily about nuclear weapons (including history, costs, accidents, and policy), and the Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the nuclear “Football”).
2.8k followers466 following4.7k posts