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Essential readings for understanding the world of radiation, radioactive materials, and the threats they pose to human health
My colleague Lilly Adams explains how House Speaker Mike Johnson is opposing a clear majority of Congress, including many Republicans, who want to expand & extend benefits to the many people in the US harmed by US efforts to develop, test & produce nuclear weapons. blog.ucsusa.org/lilly-adams/...
House Speaker Mike Johnson appears to be standing in the way of a desire among members of his own party to pass amendments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which have already been passed by...
UCS statement on the inspiring news that Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, from my @ucsusa.bsky.social@gkucs.bsky.socialwww.ucsusa.org/about/news/n...
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors, for working towards international nuclear disarmament
My colleague @dkspaulding.bsky.social@bulletinatomic.bsky.socialthebulletin.org/2024/10/the-...
The Energy Department says it is closing in on mass producing warhead-ready plutonium pits—the explosive core of nuclear weapons. But a federal court ruling suggests otherwise.
GSP's first public health explainers are now live on the @ucsusa.bsky.social#nukes#nukepolicy#publichealthwww.ucsusa.org/resources/ac...
Essential readings for understanding the world of radiation, radioactive materials, and the threats they pose to human health
My colleague @dkspaulding.bsky.social@nukestrat.bsky.socialwww.twz.com/nuclear/firs...
Production of plutonium pits is one step in a long process to produce the new W87-1 thermonuclear warhead for the future Sentinel ICBM.
A new court decision will require NNSA to finally consider the cumulative environmental and health impacts of their biggest efforts since the Manhattan Project: plutonium pit production. NNSA skirted the rules and now they are being held accountable - this is a victory for transparency. (1/2)
NNSA announced production of the first warhead-ready plutonium pit. A milestone? Yes, it's the first important step in a long process, but meeting the dangerous and unnecessary goal of 80 pits/year by 2030 is still unattainable - this doesn't change that.
NNSA verified completion of the First Production Unit (FPU) of a plutonium pit for the W87-1 Modification Program. A plutonium pit is a necessary component in America’s nuclear warheads.
As part of a @bulletinatomic.bsky.social@lauraegrego.bsky.socialthebulletin.org/2024/09/what...
Laura Grego, a senior scientist and the research director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, suggests five questions about the international norm against nuclear use,...