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Featured Study Guide
The Nuclear Disarmament Movement

2004 Hiroshima Peace Declaration

2004 Nagasaki Peace Declaration

Hiroshima Cover-up: How the War Department's Timesman Won a Pulitzer by Amy Goodman and David Goodman

Eliminate Launch on Warning by Alan Phillips and Steven Starr

 

Timeline
The purpose of this timeline is to provide historical perspective, reminding us of where we have been in order that we may achieve a safer and saner future.The timeline is routinely updated to include the latest developments in nuclear weapons issues worldwide.

 

The Manhattan Project
A collection of primary documents related to the project. Includes biographies of key figures involved in the development and production of the first atomic bombs.


Biographies
This section contains information about important persons of the Nuclear Age and their relationship to the nuclear era. Categories include bomb builders, arms controllers and nuclear abolitionists.

 


Pacific Life Research Center
This page mirrors the excellent research papers published by Robert (Bob) Aldridge of the Pacific Life Research Center (PLRC). This page intends to increase the circulation of the center's papers but is no substitute to PLRC the comprehensive catalogue

 

Welcome to
Nuclear Files

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Nuclear Files project is a website devoted to the history of the Nuclear Age. By providing background information, analysis and access to primary documents, this site is an educational resource exploring the political, legal and ethical challenges stemming from the continued existence of nuclear weapons.

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