2012 Nagasaki Peace Declaration
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue delivered this address on the 67th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The Myth of Nuclear Safety
Martin Hellman wonders how safe it is to threaten to destroy civilization with nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Insanity
Vandana Shiva discusses the end of the so-called nuclear renaissance after the accident at Fukushima Daiichi.
Japan’s Nuclear Catastrophe Leaves Little to be Celebrated on Children’s Day
Robert Alvarez criticizes the Japanese government's decision to raise the allowable radiation doses to children near the site of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.
Radiation, Japan and the Marshall Islands
Glenn Alcalay discusses potential effects on the Japanese people from radioactive releases at the Fukushima plant based on the experience of Marshall Islanders with US nuclear weapons tests.
Nuclear Energy and Weapons: Uncontrollable in Time and Space
Alyn Ware highlights the fact that natural disasters and accidents will happen. If it can go wrong sooner or later it will go wrong, and Murphy's law and nuclear energy do not mix.
How Japan Learned About Nuclear Safety
Lawrence Wittner looks at the historical aspects of nuclear issues in Japan.
Nuclear Reactor Catastrophe in Japan
Judge Weeramantry gives his take on the nuclear disaster in Japan.
The Japanese Disaster – Nuclear Tragedy – Lessons for India
Admiral Ramdas has written an open letter to the Prime Minister of India about lessons that must be learned from the nuclear disaster in Japan.
A Final Wakeup Call?
David Krieger analyzes the nuclear energy tragedy unfolding in Japan and its implications for the world.