Nuclear weapons, including atomic and thermonuclear bombs, are among the most destructive forces known to humanity. These weapons of mass destruction harness the power of nuclear fission or a ...

Mary Riseley walked through glowing rows of luminarias looking for her mother’s name at a vigil for New Mexico downwinders ...

In this context, the Anglo-French agreement July 11 to develop close cooperation in nuclear weapons strategy assumes considerable importance. The accord was the capstone of the three-day visit of ...

When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New ...

Brig. Gen. Leslie Groves: After arriving at the Alamogordo base camp on July 15, a brief review of the situation with Oppenheimer revealed that we might be in trouble. The bomb had been assembled and ...

More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Nuclear weapons have not been used in war since 1945, although there have been close calls. Now, a new arms race is heating up.

The bomb hasn’t been used since, apart from test blasts, and after the Cold War ended in 1991, the risk of nuclear war mercifully declined. Now the risk is back on the rise, as an alarming new nuclear ...

Experts warned at a panel discussion Wednesday that the threat of nuclear war is increasing — but unlike in years past, many ...

Trinity "downwinders" of New Mexico exposed to the first ever nuclear explosion are receiving recognition and compensation 80 ...

The Trinity test wasn’t conducted on barren, uninhabited land. Half a million people lived within 150 miles of the explosion, some as close as 12 miles away. Eric S. Singer July 16 is the 80th ...