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Descendants of atomic bomb plane crewman and double survivor team up to abolish nuclear weapons
When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Ari Beser’s grandfather was onboard both of the ...
Filmmaker James Cameron on his vow to a survivor of both WWII atomic bombs
Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative Ernest J. Moniz speak with Christiane Amanpour ...
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Bishops in Japan: Atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Catholic Church must renew its ...
The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb
First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective ...
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In Hiroshima on anniversary of atomic bombing there, Cardinal McElroy highlights ‘new moment’ for renewing Catholic teaching on war and peace
In a talk in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a Pilgrimage of Peace coinciding with the 80 th anniversaries of the United States ...
Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb
The first series of thermonuclear tests took place on Nov. 1, 1952, on the small Pacific island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll ...
‘A Scene From Hell.’ Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings Share Their Stories in Atomic People
PBS doc 'Atomic People' features survivors who talk about what it was like in, Japan, when the atomic bombs dropped.
Judge halts shipment of radioactive wastes from atomic sites to Van Buren Twp. landfill
The elevated radioactivity soils and other materials arise from World War II-era development of atomic energy and weapons ...