NH #633 – Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Global Downwinders: “Now We Are All Hibakusha” – Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs, Pt. 2

NH #633 – Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Global Hibakusha: “Now We Are All Downwinders” – Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs, Pt. 2

Map of radiation contamination in the United States from Trinity test, 100 atmospheric blasts, and 921 underground from 1945 to 1992. Check article: Trinity Nuclear Test’s Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study Finds

This Week’s Featured Interview:

• Part 2 of our interview with Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs. He is an American historian of nuclear technologies and radiation techno-politics. Bo moved to Japan in 2006 after being hired by the Hiroshima Peace Institute and is currently a professor at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and the Graduate School of Peace Studies of Hiroshima City University. He’s the author of the 2022 book, NUCLEAR BODIES: The Global Hibakusha.

• LINK to Part 1 of this interview with Bo Jacobs on Nuclear Hotseat #632

• LINK to Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs’ book, NUCLEAR BODIES: The Global Hibakusha
• Bo Jacob’s website

Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter:

Nukes on the moon sound like lunacy. But is there a quiet military agenda as well?

Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):

• When does “education” become “nuclear grooming?” An old reactor in India gets repurposed into a super duper atomic museum aimed at kids!

Links:

• Top Medical Journals Publish Unprecedented Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
• Counting the dead at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN FROM CONCERNED PEACE AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES in observance of the 78th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Japan
• Back from the Brink – Oppenheimer Advocacy Resources Page
• Gender and Radiation Impact Project – to sign up for Newsletter, scroll down to bottom of landing page
• America is heavily reliant on Russia for nuclear fuel. Congress might change that.
• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN FROM CONCERNED PEACE AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES – downloadable PDF

Mary Dickson article link: https://eedition.sltrib.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=5f06855a-6793-4114-aaf0-0f5fdba1db7b