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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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Wednesday
Feb122020

For Many Who Cleaned Up a Nuclear Mess, a Key Ruling Comes Too Late

Air Force veterans who dealt with a Cold War-era atomic accident in Spain won the right to sue collectively for health benefits — but not before many had lost battles with cancer.
The article doesn't make it explicit -- but the reason the government has dragged its feet for more than a half-century, is so that all those impacted U.S. military veterans will die off, so no damages need be paid.
But it is true, the class action status does set an important precedent, for the next victims in the future to utilize. This is a testament to the life's work of tenacious, tireless advocates like Victor Skaar, featured in the article.
For perspective, the Trinity atomic test blast's 75th annual commemoration is July 16th, just shy of Hiroshima's and Nagasaki's own 75th annual commemorations. The Tularosa Downwinders in New Mexico have never been recognized nor compensated, either:
https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/
That was 1945. Two decades before the four "broken arrows" in Palomares, Spain, as nuclear weapons accidents are called.
Tuesday
Feb112020

Trump Budget Calls for New Nuclear Warheads and 2 Types of Missiles

The president’s spending proposal requests money for a new arms race with Russia and China, and restores nuclear weapons as central to military policy.

As reported by the New York Times.

Monday
Feb102020

Putin wants to extend arms control. What’s Trump waiting for?

Wednesday
Feb052020

2/5/20: Beyond Nuclear on Sputnik International's "Loud & Clear"

Ian Zabarte speaks at a Native American Nuclear Issues Forum he organized at University of Nevada at Las Vegas.https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiosputnik/beyond-nuclear-with-kevin-kamps_84

This episode features Ian Zabarte, Principal Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians, and Secretary of the Native Community Action Council, based in Las Vegas, NV.

Ian discusses the Treaty of Ruby Valley of 1863 between the Western Shoshone and the United States of America, its violation by nuclear weapons testing in Nevada since 1951, and the further threat of high-level radioactive waste dumping at Yucca Mountain. All the environmental justice violations must stop!

Listen to an earlier joint appearance on Sputnik's "Loud & Clear" by Ian Zabarte and Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps, below. Also posted there is a write up Sputnik did about Ian's revelations on the show.

Thursday
Jan302020

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