9 May 2008
The Atomic Bomb - originally broadcast 17.7.95
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The invention of the atomic bomb had a devastating impact on its victims and affected the future of humanity in many ways. On the 50th anniversary of the testing of the world's first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, we reassess those events.
Guests
The Late Joseph Rotblat
Nobel Peace Laureate and one of the original members of Robert Oppenheimer's "Manhattan Project" which created the Atomic bomb; former President and Secretary General of th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
Dr Frank Barnaby
Nuclear Physicist who worked on Britain's atomic bomb during the 50s and 60s; former Director of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute
Arjun Makhijani
Nuclear Engineer and President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Publications
Title: End of War: The Force of Reason
Author: Joseph Rotblat
Publisher: St Martins Press 1999
Title: Nuclear Wastelands
Author: Arjun Makhijani
Publisher: MIT Press
Title: The Nuclear Power Deception
Author: Arjun Makhijani
Publisher: Apex Press 1999
Story Researcher and Producer
Gail Boserio
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