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Don’t Let RECA Expire!

June 3, 2024 Comments Off on Don’t Let RECA Expire!

This year tremendous momentum has built up behind legislation to finally bring justice to radiation victims who have been denied compensation for decades. Call Speaker Johnson to urge a vote to extend and expand RECA.

Memorial Day Reminder to Honor the Downwinders

May 25, 2024 Comments Off on Memorial Day Reminder to Honor the Downwinders

What Is the Hold Up?  RECA Renewal Countdown Begins Earlier this month, Martin Fleck, PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Director, urged us to remember the plight of the Downwinders, whose…

Compensation Begins: A look back at the beginnings of RECA

May 23, 2024 Comments Off on Compensation Begins: A look back at the beginnings of RECA

Passed by the Senate in March, bi-partisan supporters of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) are pushing hard to get the House to vote on its fate before June 7,…

Staying Safe and Cool with PSR Arizona’s ‘Building Resilient Neighborhoods’

April 29, 2024 Comments Off on Staying Safe and Cool with PSR Arizona’s ‘Building Resilient Neighborhoods’

For more than a decade, PSR Arizona’s Building Resilient Neighborhoods (BRN) has kept Tucsonans safe from the heat through both Zoom and in-person workshops. Two-to-three hours in length, with workbooks…

It takes a neighborhood to survive the new heat

April 16, 2024 Comments Off on It takes a neighborhood to survive the new heat

Op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star by PSR Arizona’s Karen Peterson, discussing our work on climate resilience.

Action Alert: Stop Nuclear Arms!

June 29, 2023 Comments Off on Action Alert: Stop Nuclear Arms!

Here is an opportunity for all of us to get active and work on the eradication of nuclear weapons in our nation.

Background on President Biden at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima

May 19, 2023 Comments Off on Background on President Biden at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima

Analysis and background from PSR National’s Martin Fleck.

Trick Question: Can Nuclear Reactors Explode?

May 6, 2023 Comments Off on Trick Question: Can Nuclear Reactors Explode?

What the difference is between a nuclear reactor and a nuclear bomb? At the most fundamental level, no difference: both get their energy from nuclear fission.

Rep. Watson Coleman, Sen. Sanders Introduce WATER Act to Improve Water Safety, Affordability, Access

March 22, 2023 Comments Off on Rep. Watson Coleman, Sen. Sanders Introduce WATER Act to Improve Water Safety, Affordability, Access

Insider NJ article quoting PSR Arizona Executive Director Barbara H. Warren, MD, MPH.

The Fuel that Powered Fat Man and Little Boy

March 7, 2023 Comments Off on The Fuel that Powered Fat Man and Little Boy

Professor John Warnock explains the bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.