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Chernobyl and the Collapse of Soviet Societ

The three books reviewed here thus offer a key insight to the baffling mystery of why Soviet society collapsed so quickly after 1986, with a suddenness that completely upset the world's geo-political balance, leaving even the CIA bereft of its raison d'etre. It is the sad fate of the Soviet people to have made great sacrifices in stemming the German Fascist tide in World War 2, and comparable sacrifices in warning us now of the dangers of future Chernobyls of our own. The US and the UK have already experienced similar nuclear disasters in 1957 (Windscale in England), in 1970 (a meltdown at the Savannah River Nuclear Weapons plant, first revealed by Sen. Glenn in 1988) and in 1979 (Three Mile Island).[13] Chernousenko's book should prepare us for the nuclear horrors that may come with another such catastrophe, if we do not heed Sakharov's warning and put an end to all forms of nuclear emissions released into the environment.
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Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

The threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons didn't disappear with the end of the Cold War. In some ways, these threats have become more dangerous. The terrorists who planned and carried out the attacks on September 11th showed a willingness to take innocent lives, limited only by the capacity of the weapons available to them. The world's security may depend on who moves faster - those trying to get weapons material and know-how or those trying to secure them.
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United States I: Administration Plans to Develop Nuclear Arsenal, NGO Says

Bush’s Intentions Questioned

The report calls into question U.S. President George W. Bush’s claim to significantly reduce the number of U.S. nuclear warheads (see GSN, Feb. 15). The Bush administration plans to keep many more nuclear warheads ready for deployment than some government statements have suggested, the report says.

“The Bush administration is actually planning to retain the potential to deploy not 1,700 to 2,200 nuclear weapons, but as many as 15,000,” the report says.

“Not since the resurgence of the Cold War in [former U.S. President] Ronald Reagan’s first term has there been such an emphasis on nuclear weapons in U.S. defense strategy,” the report states (Natural Resources Defense Council report, Feb. 13).
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GENETICS
Cold War Weapons Testing Increased Human DNA Mutation Rate