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Nuclear Weapons

Beyond Nuclear advocates for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and argues that removing them can only make us safer, not more vulnerable. The expansion of commercial nuclear power across the globe only increases the chance that more nuclear weapons will be built and is counterproductive to disarmament. We also cover nuclear weapons issues on our international site, Beyond Nuclear International.

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Friday
Apr102020

What We Tell Children When the World Seems Unsafe

We have to teach the safety drills for our time, summon our often precarious reserves of courage and find our lullabies where we can.

As published in the New York Times.

Regarding the photo that accompanies the article -- depicting a ''duck and cover" drill -- note that up until the culmination of the Manhattan Project, with the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, air raid drills in places like New York City were civil defense exercises against conventional bombings.

For a short time after VJ Day and the welcome end of World War II, Americans celebrated in relief. But quickly, the realization sank in that, if America could atom bomb Japan, then future adversaries could atom bomb the U.S. This is documented in Paul Boyer's book By the Bomb's Early Light.

It is high time to abolish nuclear weapons, as well as nuclear power. Humankind would sleep so much better at night, once this victory is won.

Thursday
Apr092020

Thousands of Hanford workers told to stay home for a 4th week because of coronavirus

Wednesday
Apr082020

Daily Testing, Protective Gear Needed for Essential Workers During Pandemic, HASC Chair Says

As reported by the ExchangeMonitor.

This article begs some questions.

Why should White House staff, and nuclear weapons complex staff, be able to get tested for Covid-19 on a DAILY BASIS, when most Americans (including doctors and nurses and other front line workers battling the pandemic) still, this late in the game, are having difficulty accessing testing themselves?!

And why CAN'T we just let the nuclear enterprise stop?!

Nuclear abolition would make the world a safer, healthier, and better place.

Tuesday
Apr072020

Fourth coronavirus case confirmed at Savannah River Site

As reported by the Aiken Standard.

SRS is a major U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex facility in South Carolina.

Thursday
Apr022020

Navy to remove 2,700 sailors from aircraft carrier struggling with coronavirus in Guam

As reported by the Washington Post.