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80 years later, victims of ‘first atom bomb’ will soon be eligible for reparations
More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...
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The Secret War Beneath the Mountain: Why Iran’s Nuclear Sites Survived America’s Mightiest Bombs
It’s cheaper and easier for someone to dig deeper than it is to penetrate through that depth,” noted physicist Raymond ...
Nuclear waste being transformed into promising cancer treatment at former Manhattan Project site
Oak Ridge researchers are converting nuclear waste into components for targeted alpha therapy, a cancer treatment that ...
80 years after nuclear bomb tested in N.M., victims will get reparations
Trinity "downwinders" of New Mexico exposed to the first ever nuclear explosion are receiving recognition and compensation 80 ...
'Great Enough to Blow Any City Off the Map': On Site at the First Nuclear Explosion
Brig. Gen. Leslie Groves: After arriving at the Alamogordo base camp on July 15, a brief review of the situation with Oppenheimer revealed that we might be in trouble. The bomb had been assembled and ...
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Other Views: The risk of nuclear war waned after the Cold War. It’s back with a vengeance
When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New Mexico desert recognized they were playing with fire.
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Nobel laureates, other experts sound alarm on mounting risks of nuclear war
At various points of the public event, the Nobel laureates and nuclear experts looked back at the Manhattan Project ...
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Nuclear Powers, Conventional Wars
The past two months have witnessed a remarkable spike in warfare involving nuclear powers. From May 7 to May 10, India and ...
Why only bunker buster bombs could reach Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility
Trump confirmed the U.S. used bunker buster bombs to strike Iran’s Fordow site, alongside missile attacks on Natanz and ...
Top US general says roughly 15 years of planning to defeat Iran's most fortified nuclear site centered on this massive 30,000-pound bomb
Seven B-2 stealth aircraft dropped a total of 14 GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear sites last weekend.