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Hiroshima

Pope Francis in Hiroshima in November 2019.

A message from Hiroshima on the reality of the atomic bombing

By Hidehiko Yuzaki | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons

A barefoot boy waiting in line and staring ahead at a crematorium in Nagasaki, with his dead baby brother strapped to his back. Photo by US Marine photographer Joe O’Donnell

Memorial Days: the racial underpinnings of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

By Elaine Scarry | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary 1946

Why the atomic bombing of Hiroshima would be illegal today

By Katherine E. McKinney, Scott D. Sagan, Allen S. Weiner | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons

Setsuko Thurlow at ICAN

“Proud to be an American?” What an American admiral forgets about nuclear war

By Monica Montgomery | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Pope Francis waves to a crowd.

In Japan, Pope Francis denounces nuclear weapons and questions nuclear power

By Matt Field | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Radiation risks are real. But no cause for radiophobia.

By Mark Wolverton | Analysis

Screenshots showing the two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and virtual reality versions of NUKEMAP.

Interview with Alex Wellerstein on NUKEMAP VR

By Alex Wellerstein, John Krzyzaniak | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By | What’s New at the Bulletin

Susan Southard: Unveiling the aftermath of nuclear war

By Dawn Stover | Interviews

Mitchie Takeuchi and Miyako Taguchi: Second-generation survivors of the atomic bomb

By | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

Art and nuclear culture

By Kerry Brougher | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear denial: From Hiroshima to Fukushima

By Charles Perrow | Uncategorized