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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.

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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.

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May 27

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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…

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May 27

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A look at world’s nuclear reality, 70 years after Hiroshima

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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…

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May 27

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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…

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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…

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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.

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May 25

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Scientists still track health fallout of nuclear bombing of Japan

By PBS News Hour

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May 21

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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…

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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.

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