nuclear weapons

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Atomic Bomb Survivors

October 11, 2024

The last survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.”

Disappointing End to Budget Talks for RECA Survivors

September 30, 2024

Passed in 1990, the need for RECA emerged after the first in-depth medical study in the 1980s—later found to have underestimated the full impact—of what the Cold War cost in terms of American lives.

What the RECA Delay Means

July 2, 2024

Failure of the House to act on RECA puts untold thousands of lives in limbo.

Don’t Let RECA Expire!

June 3, 2024

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

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…

Action Alert: Stop Nuclear Arms!

June 29, 2023

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

Analysis and background from PSR National’s Martin Fleck.

The Fuel that Powered Fat Man and Little Boy

March 7, 2023

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

Tucson Peace Fair and Music Festival

February 1, 2023

PSR Arizona will be tabling at the festival – stop by to learn about electrification, climate change and nuclear weapons.

What Did Oppenheimer Say After the First Atomic Test?

January 25, 2023

Welcome to the first in a series of columns about the people, places, issues, and, in general, darkly captivating history of the Nuclear Age, as written by John P. Warnock.