nuclear weapons

Greenpeace proposes new steps to control nuclear bomb making materials and kick-start disarmament

Last edited 30 April 2004 at 8:00am
30 April, 2004

AWE Aldermaston - Britain's atomic bomb factory

AWE Aldermaston - Britain's atomic bomb factory

Greenpeace is urging the UK and other national governments to adopt 13 new steps to tackle nuclear proliferation at this year's Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory conference, currently underway in New York.

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Greenpeace calls for urgent recall of 'hunter killer' nuclear submarines as crew reveals HMS Trafalgar safety fears

Last edited 28 April 2004 at 8:00am
28 April, 2004

Greenpeace today urged the government to bring HMS Trafalgar back to port and withdraw all Trafalgar and Swiftsure class 'hunter killer' submarines for urgent safety checks, following reports that HMS Trafalgar is suffering up to 270 different safety defects.

Article tagged as: disarmament, HMS trafalgar, nuclear accidents, nuclear weapons, peace, press releases

'13 steps' to a nuclear-free future

Last edited 27 April 2004 at 8:00am
An army guard

An army guard at Fylingdales in Yorkshire

Diplomats from around the world have gathered for an international nuclear weapons control conference. The meeting will test the international community's resolve on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

Article tagged as: china, disarmament, france, NPT, nuclear weapons, peace, proliferation, russia, UK

EC forces BNFL to clean up dangerous waste

Posted by bex — 31 March 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
Sellafield at dusk

Sellafield, on the coast at Cumbria

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear waste, nuclear weapons, sellafield

The Attorney General's statement

Last edited 17 March 2003 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: 17 March 2003

Summary
Greenpeace's point by point critique of the Attorney General's legal justification for war against Iraq

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Article tagged as: disarmament, nuclear weapons, stop the war

Greenpeace Briefing: Tackling weapons of mass destruction

Last edited 7 March 2003 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Alternative solutions

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Article tagged as: biological weapons, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, stop the war, WMDs

Revealed - new facilities for building new nuclear warheads

Last edited 16 June 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: June 2002

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Nuclear sword and shield

Last edited 9 May 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Bulletin No. 9

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Nuclear reprocessing, plutonium and nuclear weapons

Last edited 9 November 2001 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
9 November, 2001

Nuclear reprocessing was first carried out to separate plutonium from 'spent' nuclear reactor fuel - for nuclear weapons. All countries with plutonium-based nuclear weapons have reprocessing facilities.

Plutonium is the most highly prized material for making nuclear weapons. It has only existed in the environment since the first atomic bomb was detonated in the US in 1945, and does not occur naturally. It was in fact a US plutonium bomb that killed more than 50,000 people in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.

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What is Star Wars?

Last edited 7 October 2001 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
28 February, 2001

Greenpeace uses the term "Star Wars" to describe U.S government's proposed National Missile Defence (NMD) because of the current plan's similarity to the "Star Wars" plan promoted by defence contractors and President Ronald Reagan in the 1980's. "Star Wars" is a system of radars and satellites used to detect incoming missiles. These radars and satellites are intended to communicate information to missiles launched from the U.S. to enable them to intercept and destroy the incoming enemy missiles before they reach their target. As yet, the plan remains a only a theory.

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