This section provides a general overview of nuclear related issues. The following articles are obtained from external news sources for whose content SGI takes no responsibility.

July 20, 2010
Setback for WMD Security Al-Jazeerah: Cross-Cultural Understanding
By Alexandra Toma and Jennifer Smyser
When the Group of Eight (G-8) last gathered in Canada in 2002, the summit meeting was an unarguable success for the future of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) security...

July 20, 2010
Contending with the new “radioactive patriotism” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
By Joshua Pollack
A few weeks ago, it seemed as if the nuclear arms control and nonproliferation communities had any number of new reasons for optimism...

July 19, 2010
Parliaments can play leading role in tackling today’s crises, Ban says UN News Centre
19 July 2010 - The world’s elected parliamentarians can play a leading role in tackling some of today’s global crises and challenges, including unconstitutional changes of government and threats to the rule of law, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today...

July 19, 2010
Pearl Jam, Weezer And Other Musos Get Behind Anti-Nuke Doco undercover.com.au
By Andrew Tijs
Anti-nuclear weapon doco ‘Countdown To Zero’ gets big name support from the musicians...

July 15, 2010
Anxiety mushrooms over Japanese nuclear exports The Australian
By Rick Wallace
IT'S hard not to draw cynical conclusions about Japan's decision to pursue sales of nuclear technology overseas...

July 15, 2010
Most of Russians against nuclear disarmament - poll RIA Novosti
The majority of Russians (60 percent) are against further nuclear disarmament, with numbers in favor dropping significantly since the end of the Soviet era, the Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) said on Thursday...

July 14, 2010
Movie advocates nuclear disarmament The Washington Times
By Michelle Phillips
Lawrence Bender, who produced the climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," hosted a private screening of his newest documentary Tuesday night at Gallery Place Theater in downtown Washington, D.C...

July 14, 2010
Survivors Speak Out at Hiroshima Commemoration NIKKEI WEST
By J.K. Yamamoto
VIZ Cinema in San Francisco Japantown commemorated the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with an Aug. 6 screening of “White Light/Black Rain” and a talk with local hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) and their supporters...

July 12, 2010
Global Leaders Promote Abolition of Nuclear Weapons: Global Security Institute
On Sunday, July 25, at 3 PM at the Strand Theatre in Rockland, Maine, the Global Security Institute (GSI), in partnership with Participant Media (An Inconvenient Truth, The Kite Runner), Magnolia Films, Paolina’s Way and the Ploughshares Fund, will host a free screening of the new film, Countdown to Zero, a fascinating and frightening exploration of the dangers of nuclear weapons, featuring insights from a host of international experts and world leaders who advocate total global disarmament...

July 12, 2010
Vaccines over missiles Ottawa Citizen
By Peter Hotez
Last month, the world learned of the intention by Myanmar, also known as Burma, to join Iran, North Korea and Syria as the first nations in this century to initiate nuclear weapons development programs...

July 12, 2010
Nuclear Plan Shows Cuts and Massive Investments FAS Strategic Security Blog
By Hans M. Kristensen
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has sent Congress the FY 2011 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (SSMP) with new information about what the administration plans to spend on maintaining and modernizing nuclear weapons and facilities over the next 15-20 years...

July 9, 2010
Nuclear talks with Japan The Hindu
Given the sensitivity surrounding the atomic issue in Japan, Prime Minister Naoto Kan's decision to begin negotiations on a nuclear cooperation agreement with India is especially bold and forward-looking...

July 6, 2010
International Panel Calls for New Nuclear Organization Global Security Newswire
A new international organization should be established to evaluate nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament efforts by various countries, the International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament said at its last meeting yesterday...

July 6, 2010
Japanese artist maps 1945-1998's nuclear explosions Wired.co.uk
By Duncan Geere
A Japanese artist named Isao Hashimoto has created a series of works about nuclear weapons. One is titled "1945-1998" and shows a history of the world's nuclear explosions...

July 3, 2010
Setback for WMD security Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
By Fissile Materials Working Group
When the Group of Eight (G-8) last gathered in Canada in 2002, the summit meeting was an unarguable success for the future of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) security...