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5 days ago · The United States conducted the first aboveground nuclear weapon test in southeastern New Mexico on July 16, 1945. Between 1945 and 1963, hundreds of aboveground test took place around the world.
- Federal Guidance Report No. 3
This report from the Federal Radiation Council considers...
- Depleted Uranium
Depleted uranium is a component of tank armor. In nature,...
- Federal Guidance Report No. 3
3 days ago · CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) video of President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., delivering a radio and television address to the American people on the passage of a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). In his speech the President explains that the treaty ...
4 days ago · After the Soviets detonated their first atomic weapon in 1949, the U.S. conducted a series of atomic tests in remote areas, including Nevada. Between 1951 and 1963, 126 atomic bombs were detonated at the U.S. government's Nevada testing site.
1 day ago · The federal government’s nuclear weapons testing program was an assault on its own citizens — an assault that didn’t stop with the end of the Cold War. Radioactive fallout moved across the ...
5 days ago · More than 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted worldwide. The United States detonated over half of them with devastating consequences for Americans living downwind.
3 days ago · About Historic Speech. Accession Number: TNC:384. Digital Identifier: TNC-384. Title: Address to the Nation on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 26 July 1963. Date (s) of Materials: 26 July 1963.
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5 days ago · North Korea has conducted three nuclear tests, with the stated goal of miniaturizing its nuclear weapons. According to a North Korean defector, North Korea was attempting to develop a nuclear warhead that weighed approximately 500 kilograms.
