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Lessons from Fukushima
Anniversaries have a way of generating reflection and re-assessment, and that is a good thing. But next week’s anniversary of the Fukushima catastrophe risks missing a huge piece of the story – that ALL things nuclear are inherently risky and that our assumptions about how we can control them need to be rethought. Read more »
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Posted by Paul Carroll on March 9, 2012
arms control, disarmament, fukushima, nuclear energy plants, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Nuclear technology, Nuclear Weapons
The Budget and the Bomb
GOP Candidates, What Do You Say About Savings in Military Budget? - Greg Thielmann in the Des Moines Register Read more »
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Posted on August 4, 2011
2010, the year for rebuilding the movement for nuclear disarmament
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Posted on March 12, 2010
CTBT, disarmament, Nonproliferation & NPT, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Zero, US–Russia, Proliferation, U.S. Nuclear Policy, United States
UN chief will press for progress at upcoming nuclear security summits
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Posted on January 11, 2010
disarmament, Europe, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Zero, Proliferation
Ira Helfand: It can be done
Ira Helfand, the past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, a Ploughshares Fund grantee, describes to CNN the growing threat of nuclear war, the potential damage of such an event, and the necessity of abolishing nuclear arms. Helfand, confident about disarmament said, “These bombs are not some force of nature. We built them and we can take them apart.” Read more »
Posted on December 17, 2009
disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Zero, US–Russia, United States
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Obama, Medvedev to meet in Copenhagen on START
President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will likely meet Friday in Copenhagen for a last-ditch round of face-to-face negotiations in hopes of reaching a nuclear arms control accord by the end of the year, an Obama administration official said. U.S. and Russian negotiators are close to a deal but have become bogged down on ballistic missile verification issues. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday blamed the U.S. for slowing down the talks.  At issue is whether the U.S. Read more »
Posted on December 17, 2009
disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, US–Russia, United States