Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...

On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the world's first nuclear bomb test in the New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan Project, which led to the detonations of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

Israel’s going to war against Iran inevitably raises the question of the use of nuclear bombs, with those paid to talk --journalists, politicians, professors--reaching for something to say that ...

On the 60th anniversary of the country's first atomic bomb test, China reiterated its call for nuclear-weapons nations to make a declaration on no-first-use of nukes. During a regular press ...

China urged the U.S. to adopt the policy of "no-first-use of nuclear weapons" and to abandon its nuclear umbrella to its allies. The Worker's Party of Korea has lauded Kim Jong Un's regime as a ...

Sixty years ago, in the remote Lop Nur desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China successfully detonated its first atomic bomb, code-named “Miss Qiu”. The test, on October 16 ...

Nuclear weapons never bring peace, said the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, a group of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki that won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel ...

Below are some facts about the background and efforts of the movement. Atomic bombing of Japan In 1945 the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan to bring an end to World War II and avoid ...

While the average age of atomic bomb survivors is 85-plus, members of younger generations are sharing their wishes and are taking action. The student group "Know Nukes Tokyo" kicked off an ...

In the decades since, new nuclear powers have emerged and weapons technology has advanced ... the UN panel would provide authoritative and transparent research, without the "bias or needs of ...

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On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the world's first nuclear bomb test in the New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan Project, which led to the detonations of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...