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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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80 years after atomic blast, Hiroshima’s trees still tell the story
When the Japanese city of Hiroshima became the site of the first-ever use of a nuclear weapon in war, two-thirds of the city ...
As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist"
The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.
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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima reaches 80th anniversary, honorary citizenship for mayor
As part of an annual memorial ceremony, thousands gathered at the Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan on Aug. 6 to commemorate the ...
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.
Japan marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima
As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.
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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 ...
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Bishops in Japan say atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace
On Aug. 6 – the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord – Cardinal Cupich presided over a Mass for peace in Hiroshima, where ...
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 ...
The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.