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“It Was a Blast!”—Camp Life on Christmas Island, 1956–1958
The day-to-day experiences of the men who developed and tested the British nuclear deterrent on Christmas Island from 1956–1958.
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Photograph: Dome on Runit Island
Covering the crater of a 1977 nuclear test, the “Cactus Dome” contains 84,000 cubic meters of radioactive soil.
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Photograph: Princesses Against Plutonium, Nuclear Test Site, Nevada, 1988
This 1988 photograph by Richard Misrach portrays the influential activist group Princesses Against Plutonium.
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An Unnatural History of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado
Exploring the cultural and environmental transformation of Rocky Flats from military industrial complex to protected habitat.
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Mountain, Militarized: North Korea, Nuclear Tests, and Nature
This essay examines North Korea’s 2017 nuclear test as an example of how the Korean peninsula’s landscapes became militarized.
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Nuclear Humanities
Nuclear Humanities showcases interdisciplinary approaches to the problem of nuclear harm through a five-day workshop sponsored by Whitman College’s 2016 O’Donnell Endowed Chair in Global Studies.
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“The Tornado Was Not the A-Bomb’s Child”: The Politics of Extreme Weather in the Age of Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing
When a tornado strikes Worcester, Massachusetts, residents suspect the disaster is the work of an unlikely culprit—the atomic bomb.
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Godzilla as the Bridge: The Destruction of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima
Godzilla has come to represent Japan’s Triple Disasters and the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki within one singular body.
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Interview with Allison Cobb, author of Plastic: An Autobiography
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Allision Cobb is interviewed on her book, Plastic: An Autobiography.
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Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha
A book by Robert A. Jacobs on the meaning, costs, and legacies of our embrace of nuclear weapons and technologies.