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  2. Atoms for Peace - Wikipedia

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    With atomic development thus far under wraps, there were no safety protocols and no standards developed. Eisenhower's speech was an important moment in political history as it brought the atomic issue which had been kept quiet for "national security" into the public eye, asking the world to support his solution.

  3. Chance for Peace speech - Wikipedia

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    Three and a half years prior, the Soviet Union had successfully detonated the atomic bomb named RDS-1, and appeared to reach approximate military parity with the United States. [1] Political pressures for a more aggressive stance toward the Soviet Union mounted, and calls for increased military spending did as well.

  4. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    The atomic bomb explosion generated a windstorm several kilometers wide that carried ash, dust, and debris over the mountain ranges surrounding Nagasaki. Approximately 20 minutes after the bombing, a black rain with the consistency of mud or oil came down carrying radioactive material for one to two hours before turning clear. [227]

  5. I survived Nagasaki bombing – Putin has no idea of the ...

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    A survivor of the atomic bomb attack on the Japanese city of Nagasaki during the Second World War has warned Vladimir Putin that he has no idea of the destruction and pain such weapons cause as ...

  6. 'Oppenheimer' reignites debate: Was the U.S. justified in ...

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    The new blockbuster film "Oppenheimer," which tells the story of how physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer became “the father of the atomic bomb,” has given new energy to a debate that has raged for ...

  7. Harry Truman’s world-changing decision: the atomic bomb and ...

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    On this day in 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands were killed instantly and the toll, together with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki several days ...

  8. Totskoye nuclear exercise - Wikipedia

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    In mid-September 1954, nuclear bombing tests were performed at the Totskoye proving ground during the training exercise Snezhok (Russian: Снежок, Snowball or Light Snow) with some 45,000 people, all Soviet soldiers and officers, [3] who explored the explosion site of a bomb twice as powerful as the one dropped on Nagasaki nine years earlier.

  9. Too cheap to meter - Wikipedia

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    The speech as a whole contains large sections about the development of fission power and the difficulties that the Commission was having communicating this fact. He wryly notes receiving letters addressed to the "Atomic Bomb Commission" and then quotes a study that demonstrates the public is largely ignorant of the development of atomic power. [10]