All Downwinders deserve justice from US Flawed Radiation Exposure Compensation Act excludes far more victims than it covers BY TINA CORDOVA CO-FOUNDER, TULAROSA BASIN DOWNWINDERS CONSORTIUM In response to the Dec. 29 column “Congress must do more for those on borrowed time,” the writers miss the broader context of current legislation to expand and extend the Radiation … [Read more...] about Downwinders — Deserve compensation and reveal pernicious long term damage of Nuclear Weapons
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward
https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2022/12/11/are-the-bombs-are-back-in-town/ … [Read more...] about One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward
US Pressures Australia not to sign NWBT
The U.S. is warning Australia not to sign a landmark nuclear treaty, claiming it would harm America'€™s defense arrangements with allies, the Guardian's DANIEL HURST reports. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would effectively prohibit the development and usage of nuclear weapons. The U.S. has consistently opposed the pact. Though the U.S. understands the desire … [Read more...] about US Pressures Australia not to sign NWBT
New Nuke Subs $9 Billion each WOW
Costs Rise Past $9 Billion for First of 12 Nuclear Missile Submarines Set to Replace Trident By John LaForge The Navy’s new Columbia class long-range nuclear missile submarines, costing over $9 billion each, are set to replace the current Trident submarine fleet which the Navy plans to retire starting in 2027. The Defense Acquisition Board has approved building 12 of the new … [Read more...] about New Nuke Subs $9 Billion each WOW
Buchel Air Base Nuclear Weapons Protests
The Nuclear Resister Wearing “Weapons Inspectors” signs, Susan Crane, left, and John LaForge got into Germany’s Büchel air base on Hiroshima Day 2018 and climbed atop one of the bunkers that likely houses some of the US nuclear bombs stationed there. Three more Europeans have gone to prison in Germany this year for their protests inside the Büchel Air Base, where US … [Read more...] about Buchel Air Base Nuclear Weapons Protests