Please note Pope Leo's increasingly strong words on nuclear weapon. Bishop Shirahama of Hiroshima is a standing member of the Partnership for a World without Nuclear Weapons, initiated by Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, NM. The Partnership is currently composed of the dioceses of Santa Fe, Seattle, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, two South Korean dioceses and growing. The … [Read more...] about Bishop’s 75 hour Vigil in Japan
NNSA Releases New Plutonium Life Study
Key Finding: Plutonium Aging Not Affecting Existing Nuclear Weapons FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 7, 2026 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, cell 505.470.3154, jay[at]nukewatch.org Sophia Stroud, 505.231.9736, sophia[at]nukewatch.org Santa Fe, NM – The Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration … [Read more...] about NNSA Releases New Plutonium Life Study
Letters to Congress –Write One
This is the 81st anniversary of our country having used A-bombs that killed about 200,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This followed the conventional and fire-bombing of 62 cities in Japan. Since then, 9 countries have acquired nuclear weapons. Russia and the US have about 90% of the explosive power but conflicts involving any of the nuclear nations would likely be very … [Read more...] about Letters to Congress –Write One
Bottom Line for NNSA
"Our generation has no moral right to leave a legacy of radioactive contamination for our children, grandchildren, and countless generations yet unborn. Every decision made today about nuclear waste will shape the health, safety, and environmental inheritance of people who will have no voice in these choices. True leadership means acting as responsible stewards of the … [Read more...] about Bottom Line for NNSA
‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies | Space | The Guardian
The thing is, the whole ICBM trajectory only lasts half an hour, and “you’re compressed by detection, communication. So a president would have less than 10 minutes to decide whether to launch ICBMs or to wait it out … the system is built so that question gets asked right away. And it creates this intense time-pressure” – and on imperfect people, with incomplete … [Read more...] about ‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies | Space | The Guardian