30th birthday of atomic age
In Los Alamos New Mexico on July 18 1945 Joe McKibben activated a switch that sparked the atomic age. Thirty years on he says he has no regrets describing wartime urgency after Pearl Harbor and the drive to complete the project.
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Dangers seen in peaceful N blasts at disarmament talks
Canada pressed for a ban on peaceful nuclear explosions warning that testing limits could still leak military knowledge. Alan Rowe urged a moratorium on PNEs and international observation only through states with nuclear capability. West Germany said peaceful explosions are unlikely on its soil for the foreseeable future.
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