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'They poisoned us': Grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from ...
Science News

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

'They poisoned us': Nuclear weapons testing affected every single human on Earth, caused 4 million premature deaths

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from ...
Yahoo

Experts: Full nuclear weapons tests would backfire on US

Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation efforts, and empower the nation’s adversaries to ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

How the United States achieved its de facto nuclear test ban—and how to preserve it

President Donald Trump is off on another ill-informed ranting spree, this time claiming that he has ordered the military to resume nuclear testing. In his interview with 60 Minutes last week, he ...

Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the ...
AOL

Trump’s nuclear weapons tests won’t include explosions ‘right now,’ official says

Donald Trump’s command for the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing will not include explosive tests, for now, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Wright, whose agency oversees the ...
The National Interest

Why Does Donald Trump Want to Test Nuclear Weapons Again?

The Trump administration’s renewed focus on nuclear issues after decades of neglect is welcome. But America is not prepared for a new nuclear test. President Donald Trump now wants the United States ...
Stars and Stripes

Democrats introduce bill barring Trump from unilaterally restarting nuclear weapons tests

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators representing states that bore the brunt of the fallout from explosive nuclear weapons testing are seeking to pass legislation that would bar President Donald Trump ...
The Nation on MSNOpinion

Donald Trump’s Nuclear Delusions

Comment / The president wants to resume nuclear testing. Is he a warmonger or just an idiot? Edward Markey It would be a ...
Rolling Stone

The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests

MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Lemeyo Abon learned about snow from the movies played on projectors by visiting American sailors. But living on Rongelap — a remote tropical atoll in the central Pacific ...
AOL

Putin requests proposals for possible resumption of nuclear weapons tests

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his government to submit proposals on the possible resumption of nuclear weapons testing in response to President Trump instructing the Pentagon to do ...