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MOMENT OF SICENCE: Nuclear testing’s lasting impact on steel production

The 4 to 7 percent increase in background radiation poses problems for sensitive scientific instruments. Geiger counters, ...
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What the Trinity Test Fallout Reveals About America’s Nuclear Legacy—and Who Gets Left Behind

“This is a legacy that we will carry forever. Our bodies bear the remnants of the Trinity bomb.”Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, leaves little to the imagination ...
El Paso Times

White Sands Missile Range: Capturing Trinity Site Test on camera

Three observation bunkers were established 10,000 yards from ground zero for the Trinity Site Test. Key leaders, including Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, observed from ...
Boston Herald

Trump’s comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here’s what to know about it

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to ...
Albuquerque Journal

In our backyard: 'Oppenheimer' film renews interest in beginning of Atomic Age

Four museums currently have exhibits regarding J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb. July 16, 1945. Seventy-eight years ago to be exact, the world’s first atomic bomb was ...
Washington Examiner

Trump says he wants to restart nuclear testing. Here’s what that means

President Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to resume testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China on Thursday, a practice halted by the U.S. in 1992. The announcement ...