Surf these sites: "On the beach" : Australia''s nuclear history -- A short article on the history of British nuclear testing in Australia and a discussion of Canberra''s motives for cooperating with such tests. Also contains short biographies of prominent Australian nuclear scientists. All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics -- A history of one of the Soviet Union''s leading atomic research institute. Includes a virtual museum of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons and delivery systems. America Faces the Atomic Age: 1946 -- The A-bomb and atomic testing were entirely new phenomena in history and there was a variety of opinion about the tests and the weapon. This article used polls and journalistic impressions to discuss the spectrum of this opinion. Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons and Human Rights -- A biography of Andrei Sakharov and his contributions to Soviet nuclear weapons research, nuclear fusion, cosmology, human rights, and world peace. Includes a bibliography and links to related sites. Atomic Archive -- Explore the history, science, and consequences of the atomic bomb. Atomic Archive - Explore the History, Science, and Consequences of the Atomic Bomb -- Explores the history of atomic and nuclear weapons. Includes timeline of weapons developments, biographies of atomic scientists, accounts of nuclear test, summaries of arms-control treaties, and an extensive image and video gallery. Aug 95: The Atomic Age at 50 -- A collection of articles debating the need to use atomic weapons on Japan, American perspectives on nuclear history, and the heavy social, environmental, economic, medical, and political costs of nuclear weapons. Bureau of Atomic Tourism -- Links to atomic museums and sites of atomic explosions. Includes Trinity Site and Las Alamos. Catalog of Nuclear Explosions -- Catalogs known and putative nuclear explosions around the world from 1945 to 1996. Citizen Kurchatov -- A biography of the enigmatic head of the the USSR''s atomic bomb program, Igor Kurchatov. Includes technical information on atomic and hydrogen weapons and a history of the Soviet nuclear weapons research during the Cold war. Comprehensive History of US Atomic Bomb Testing -- Federation of American Scientist''s site containing details of surface and subsurface atomic tests conducted in the United States and their impact on human health. Includes maps of test sites and links to detailed summaries of individual nuclear test. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Site -- Documents and analysis of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Includes a information on the history of nuclear test testing and test bans, facts and figures on nuclear testing, monitoring and verification of tests, and ratification of the Treaty. Includes links to a virtual library and related websites. Department of Energy - Historical Nuclear Weapons Test Films -- Recently declassified footage of nuclear testing. Tapes are available for order or download. HR-2545, "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act" - July 16, 1999 -- A bill recently introduced before the United States House of Representatives that states the requirements for U.S. nuclear disarmament and economic conversion. It Seems Like Yesterday - Winter 99: The Atomic Age -- A history of the Atomic Age of the 1950s. Includes links to a few feature articles from the 1950s that let the reader get an idea of the social impact of atomic weapons on American society. Kurchatov Institute -- A museum about Igor Kurchatov, head of the USSR''s A-bomb project, and Soviet nuclear weapons research. Provides virtual tours of Kurchatov''s life and Soviet atomic research facilities. Leo Szilard Online -- Leo Szilard (1898-1964) participated in the American Manhattan Project but afterwards became a leading critic of the Cold War nuclear arms race. Includes biographical information, documents, photos, audio, links. Living Under a Mushroom Cloud: Fear and Hope in the Atomic Age, -- An virtual exhibit on Americans'' ambivalence toward nuclear weapons and energy in the 1950s and the early 1960s. Includes interviews with atomic scientists and photos Atomic Age artifacts such as a bomb shelters or geiger counters. Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory - Research Library: History -- A collection of links from the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory on its role in the history of American nuclear weapons development. National Atomic Museum -- Goal of the museum is to provide a repository of educational materials and information reflecting the Atomic Age. Extensive collection of unclassified nuclear technology. On Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nuclear Testing in India and Pakistan -- Statements, papers, research and analysis into a new arms race. Nuclear Weapons Frequently Asked Questions -- Discusses the physics of the various types of nuclear weapons and the effects of nuclear explosions. Includes a history and chronology of atomic and thermonuclear weapons testing. An excellent primer on these weapons. Soviet/Russian Nuclear Weapons and History -- Includes an illustrated history of Soviet nuclear weapons development, tables summarizing Soviet underground and atmospheric nuclear testing, and technical information on obsolete and contemporary Soviet/Russian nuclear armaments. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists-November/December 1999 -- Growth of the U.S. nuclear arsenal between 1945 and 1977, including the deployment of nuclear weapons in such sensitive places as Japan, Greenland,Iceland, and Taiwan. The Khariton Version of the Soviet Nuclear Program -- A history of the politics and policies of the Soviet atomic and thermonuclear weapons research by one of the USSR''s leading nuclear scientists. The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project -- The Brookings Institution studied the history of nuclear weapons development, production, and testing in the United States. Extensive information on weapons programs and their costs. Todd''s Atomic Homepage -- Information on almost everything nuclear such as companies, careers, reactors, testing, data, weapons, waste, fusion, government programs, health aspects. Trinity Atomic Web Site -- Discusses nuclear weapons technology, the effects of nuclear weapons, atmospheric testing, civil defence, and nuclear accidents. Includes an gallery of test photos and an annotated bibliography.
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