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1956: First nuclear weapons test by British at Maralinga

December 10, 2023 by beyondnuclearinternationa Non-nuclear states gathered in New York are decidedly anti-nuclear in outlook and approach By Tom Unterrainer, chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament The non-nuclear majority met in New York between 27 November and 1 December for the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).…

Dr Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary,  https://cnduk.org/hows-the-nuclear-ban-treaty-doing/ 4 Dec 23 CND’s Chair, Tom Unterrainer,  attended the recent meeting  at the UN in New York, of  states that back the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Here Tom writes a guest blog about the event. The non-nuclear majority met in New York between 27 November…

Seventy years ago Yami Lester was playing outside with his friends at Wallatinna Station in remote South Australia...

Hundreds of first responders and military personnel worked together on an exercise for a scenario they hope they will never face in real life.

The British atomic tests at Emu Field in South Australia pre-dated Maralinga by three years. Largely forgotten, they remind us the costs of harmful political decisions are borne by the most powerless.