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WWII doc explores ‘Atomic Echoes’ for US veterans, Japanese survivors

It is with that message that “Atomic Echoes” goes forth, showcasing survivors on both sides of the Pacific — the “hibakusha,” ...

Nagasaki mayor warns of new threat of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since atomic bomb

The western Japanese city was levelled on Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a 10,000-pound plutonium-239 bomb, ...

Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...

‘Atomic city of the future’: Uranium enrichment planned near Missouri border in Kentucky

General Matter CEO Scott Nolan envisions the Paducah, Kentucky, project to “ultimately power the reactors that power AI (and) ...

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective ...

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Filmmakers, San Francisco Japantown museum reflect on 80-years since first atomic bomb

This summer, the NJAHS resurrected an exhibit from 30 years ago to remember the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic ...