Nuclear Weapons 222 - Australia Opposed UN Plan To Ban Nuclear Weapons

       I grew up during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. We lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation and, as a child, I even had nightmares about it. At the height of the arms race during the Cold War, both the U.S. and the S.U. had tens of thousands of nuclear warheads and bombs. There were several times when the fate of the human race was in the hands of one man.

Radioactive Waste 188 - U.S. Department Of Energy To Ship Radioactive Liquid Waste From Ontario Canada to Georgia

       Chalk River Laboratory is a Canadian nuclear research facility in Deep River, Ontario about a hundred miles northwest of Ottawa. CRL is dedicated to research and development of advanced nuclear technology, including support of the Candu nuclear reactor technology. CRL produces a big share of the nuclear isotopes needed for nuclear medicine across the world.

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