1944: Weapons-grade plutonium, for the very heart of the Fat Man atomic bomb used to obliterate Nagasaki, Japan, is first produced at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south-central Washington state. 1971: The Atomic Energy Commission detonates the... ...full story at digg
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| 20 Jul 08 |
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YouTube video Photographs of Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington State, and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina showing plutonium manufacture, layered with photos of the destruction of Nagasaki in 1945. Animal radiation experiments at Hanford are depicted. Photos... |
| 08 Aug 09 |
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Nagasaki Bomb » Japan Visitor 長崎, 原子爆弾Tomorrow is the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki . The city on the west coast of Kyushu was devastated by the second atomic bomb to be dropped on Japan, three days after the first bomb attack on Hiroshima.Approxim... |
| 15 Feb 09 |
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ICNND: Time To Get Rid Of Nuclear Weapons » TreeHugger Photos from IAEA.org Three survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki called for the elimination of nuclear weapons at a meeting of an international nuclear nonproliferation commission in Washington on Saturday. Breitbart/Kyodo notes... |
| 09 Aug 08 |
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National › Nagasaki marks 63rd anniversary of atomic bombing » Japan Today Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue will urge nuclear powers to abandon their nuclear weapons by citing an appeal made by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry… |
| 17 Apr 08 |
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Technology › Atomic energy group calls for greater use of nuclear power » Japan Today The Atomic Energy Society of Japan issued a statement Thursday that stresses the need to promote the use of nuclear energy as a way to… |
| 21 Mar 08 |
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More nuke plants would cut emissions: white paper » Japan Times Greater use of nuclear energy is needed worldwide to combat global warming, the Atomic Energy Commission concluded in its annual report submitted to the Cabinet on Friday. Read the full story . . . |
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