Oct 20 Why radiation protection experts are concerned over EPA proposal By Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, The Conversation The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency solicited the advice of a controversial toxicologist, Edward Calabrese, to consider changes to how it regulates radiation. Continue reading
Dec 27 Japanese prime minister offers ‘everlasting condolences’ at Pearl Harbor By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, the leaders of the United States and Japan are coming together at Pearl Harbor for a historic pilgrimage. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 3:29 In Hiroshima, President Obama renews call to abolish nuclear weapons By PBS News Hour President Obama on Friday visited Hiroshima, which was devastated when the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on it in 1945. Obama joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in paying solemn tribute to the tens of thousands who died in the… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 7:15 A look at world’s nuclear reality, 70 years after Hiroshima By PBS News Hour President Obama used his unprecedented visit to Hiroshima to call attention to the grave threat nuclear weapons still pose to the world. Judy Woodruff talks to former Assistant Secretary of State Stephen Rademaker and Rachel Bronson of the Bulletin of… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 6:59 How a Hiroshima survivor helped remember 12 U.S. POWs killed by bomb By PBS News Hour Among the thousands killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the crew of the B-24 bomber “Lonesome Lady,” 12 American POWs who are oft-forgotten in the annals of history. But one man who never forgot was Shigeaki Mori, whose… Continue watching
May 27 President Obama pays tribute in Hiroshima: ‘We listen to a silent cry’ By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug, Associated Press President Barack Obama paid tribute Friday to the "silent cry" of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bomb dropped 71 years ago on Hiroshima, and called on the world to abandon "the logic of fear" that encourages the stockpiling of… Continue reading
May 26 Obama ready to face historic, haunted ground of Hiroshima By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug, Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan — Convinced that the time for this moment is right at last, President Barack Obama on Friday will become the first American president to confront the historic and haunted ground of Hiroshima. Continue reading
May 25 Watch 7:03 Scientists still track health fallout of nuclear bombing of Japan By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 21 Watch 1:54 What to expect ahead of Obama’s visit to Japan By PBS News Hour On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people. A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later, killing another 70,000. Japan surrendered. Since World War II, no sitting American president has visited… Continue watching
May 10 President Obama will make historic trip to Hiroshima this month By Josh Lederman and Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press "He will not revisit the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Instead, he will offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future," deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said. Continue reading