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in 1945 in the newe mexico desert scientist conducted "trinity" the first nuclear weapon test.
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operation crossroads was a series of nuclear weapons testing conducted by the USA at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1946
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radio active fallout from nuclear weapons testing was first drawn to oublic attention i 1954 when a hydrogen bomb test in the ocean contaminated the crew of a japanese ship called the lucky dragon.
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linus pauling and his wife presented the U.N with the petition signed by more than 11,000 scientist calling for an end to nuclear weapon testing.
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the little boy device was detonated on the japanese city of Horoshima
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at the height of the cold war about 50,000 women brought together by Women Strike For Peace marched through more than 60 cities.
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on June 12, 1982, 1 million people held a anti-nuclear protest and end to cold war arms race.
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after the 1986 reyjavik summit between the U.S president Ronald Reagon & the new soviet General secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, the USA and the soviet union concluded 2 important nuclear arms reduction treaties; the INF treaty & the START1
