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– Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
June 2, 2022
Nuclear Testing
  • Notable Read: Shutting Down Punggye-ri: Confirming Dismantlement of North Korea’s Nuclear-Weapon Test Site
    May 15, 2018

    Tariq Rauf, an independent consultant for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, makes the case for a CTBTO presence at the upcoming closure of the Punggye-ri test site in a May 13 article.

  • Notable Read: Test and Effect
    May 13, 2018

    George Perkovich assesses the impact of India’s first nuclear tests, 20 years later, by reviewing then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s letter to U.S. President Bill Clinton explaining India’s rationale.

  • Notable Read: Make North Korea’s Nuclear Test Pause Permanent
    May 9, 2018

    Jon Wolfsthal, Global Zero’s Nuclear Crisis Group director, recommends steps North Korea can take to build on its pledge to shut down its Punggye-ri test site and stop further nuclear weapons tests in a May 7 article for 38 North.

  • Punggye-ri Test Site Damaged, But Still Useable, Experts Contend
    May 2, 2018

    Two different teams of Chinese geologists reported that North Korea’s sixth nuclear test damaged the mountain over the Punggye-ri test site, which North Korea promised to shut down in May. Neither research team concluded that the mountain damage rendered the site unusable, despite recent media reports to the contrary.

  • North Korea Urged to Sign CTBT
    May 1, 2018

    North Korea Urged to Sign CTBT

  • G-7 Ministers Snub Ban Treaty
    May 1, 2018

    G-7 Ministers Snub Ban Treaty

  • Revitalizing Diplomatic Efforts to Advance CTBT Entry Into Force
    April 25, 2018

    More than two decades after the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the treaty has near universal support and has established a global norm against nuclear test explosions. The nuclear testing taboo impedes the development of new and more advanced nuclear warhead designs, which helps prevent dangerous nuclear competition, and maintain international security.

  • Five Chinese Test Detection Stations Certified
    March 9, 2018

    In just twelve months, China has certified its first five International Monitoring System (IMS) stations, of the twelve it is treaty-bound to certify in order to realize the completion of the global nuclear test detection system managed by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

  • China Adds Monitoring Stations
    March 1, 2018

    China Adds Monitoring Stations

  • NPR Rejects CTBT Ratification; NNSA Shortens Testing Readiness Timeline
    February 4, 2018

    The Trump administration’s new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) asserts that “the United States does not support the ratification of the CTBT,” even though the United States and 182 other nations have signed the treaty, and even though there is no technical need to resume nuclear testing.

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