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Created: Oct 08, 2008
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Nuclear Disarmament
Nuclear Disarmament
 (Dec 2008) In recent months, the threat of proliferation and nuclear terrorism has
led to a growing chorus of leaders calling for the elimination of all
nuclear weapons. Global Zero will support these leaders in this
endeavor by combining high-level policy work with global public
outreach to achieve a comprehensive agreement to eliminate all nuclear
weapons worldwide through phased and verified reductions.International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: outlining the state of nuclear weapons today and celebrating the achievements of the peace and anti-nuclear movement.
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Featured Resources Atomic Audit is based on four years of extensive research, and is the first book to document the comprehensive costs of U.S. nuclear weapons, assembling for the first time anywhere the actual and estimated expenditures for the program since its creation in 1940. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Federation of American Scientists: Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century Featured Organizations Los Alamos Study Group seeks nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and enhancement, social justice, and economic sustainability – goals which are closely interrelated, mutually reinforcing, and essential to one another.
 Western Shoshone Defense Project works to affirm Newe (Western Shoshone) jurisdiction over Newe Sogobia (Western Shoshone homelands) by protecting, preserving, and restoring Newe rights and lands for present and future generations based on cultural and spiritual traditions.  provides a voice of reason in a troubled world faced with ongoing proliferation, terrorism and policies that make the use of nuclear weapons more likely.
Atomic Mirror uses art, imagination, and analysis to promote nuclear awareness, and offers tools of engagement for the creation of a nuclear free world. Did You Know?The U.S still maintains an arsenal of nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads? It costs at least 35 billion a year to maintain. Since the 1950s, the U.S has tested hundreds of nuclear weapons on Western Shoshone homelands and disposed of thousands of metric tons of radioactive waste in unlined trenches at the Nevada Test Site. Currently the U.S Congress has passed legislation to dump all of the nuclear industry's high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. |
Quote photo source "The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth. Nuclear arms cannot bolster the security of any nation because they represent a threat to the security of the human race. These incredibly destructive weapons are an affront to our common humanity, and the tens of billions of dollars that are dedicated to their development and maintenance should be used instead to alleviate human need and suffering."
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