Opinion Today: Nuclear testing’s dark past is still with us

Let’s not make it the future, too. 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More than 2,000 such weapons were tested during the 20th century, leaving behind generational fallout that affects human beings, public health and the environment. The American government has not finished cleaning up the consequences of testing that ended decades ago, and the possibility of restarting today is real. As W.J. Hennigan [details in his latest](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL251Y2xlYXItd2VhcG9ucy10ZXN0aW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) for Times Opinion’s “[At the Brink](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wNS8yMi9vcGluaW9uL251Y2xlYXItd2VhcG9ucy1ueXRpbWVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD)” series, the United States, Russia and China are all modernizing their testing facilities. None of the nations have conducted an underground nuclear test since they all signed the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. But the United States and China never ratified the document into force, and Russia rescinded its ratification in November, a step backward for international arms control. Now, commercial satellite imagery provided by Planet Labs PBC shows that all three pre-eminent nuclear powers are modernizing and expanding their testing infrastructure, adding new buildings, cutting new roads and boring new tunnels in recent years. The photos, analyzed by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, are not proof a test is imminent, but they do indicate preparations are being made if political leaders ever decide to give the go-ahead. Planet Labs PBC The United States says it’s being transparent about its expansion in Nevada, where it previously conducted 928 nuclear tests. It’s building a state-of-the-art underground lab that conducts subcritical tests, or experiments that use explosives on components of a weapon but fall short of triggering a nuclear chain reaction. The surrounding support facilities, the National Nuclear Security [Administration says](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly9ubnNzLmdvdi9uZXdzL2FydGljbGUvbm5zcy1tYXJrcy1uZXh0LW1pbGVzdG9uZS1vZi1wdWxzZS1pbmZyYXN0cnVjdHVyZS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), are for “security, food, housing, and administrative needs” for on-site personnel. The Russian Novaya Zemlya test site is on an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. New construction is seen at several tunnel entrances drilled into the side of the mountain range there, near where many tests took place from 1955 to 1990. Construction was recently completed on the largest facility on the base, alongside support facilities and new roads. Planet Labs PBC The sprawling Lop Nur site in northwest China has perhaps undergone the most sweeping changes. The New York Times published an [investigation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMy8xMi8yMC9zY2llbmNlL2NoaW5hLW51Y2xlYXItdGVzdHMtbG9wLW51ci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwNjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNjcxNCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzAwNjkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZsVBp0ZneTONBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) in December detailing what experts have learned. More than 30 buildings have been added or renovated at the main support base alone, since 2017. The Chinese have also drilled new vertical shafts capable of hosting larger nuclear tests than the older horizontal tunnel network. Before the world goes down this path again, it is vital to see and understand how testing continues to affect the planet and its peoples today. To facilitate that, Hennigan takes us through the history of testing. 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Immigrants from the Marshall Islands who settled in the area, as well as their descendants, are estimated to represent about 2 percent of the population; those residents account for 38 percent of the deaths there during the coronavirus pandemic’s first four months. Hennigan traveled there to tell their story. The United States has yet to issue a formal apology for the widespread contamination that has shaped the lives of all Marshallese, and instead paid out a “full and final” settlement years before the true costs were known. The Marshallese, like the Americans sickened by the effects of aboveground tests in New Mexico and Nevada that took place between 1945 and 1962, [deserve justice](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8yMi9vcGluaW9uL251Y2xlYXItdGVzdGluZy12aWN0aW1zLXJlY2EtY29uZ3Jlc3MuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDYyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjY3MTQmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwMDY5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmbFQadGZ3kzjQUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). Instead, Congress allowed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to expire earlier this month, leaving thousands of uranium miners, atomic veterans and test victims without federal support. It marked the first time in 34 years that the government turned its back on Americans sickened because of their exposure to radiation during U.S. nuclear weapons mining and testing during the Cold War. More politicians should back the bill cosponsored by Senators Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Ben Ray Lujan (D-New Mexico) and others to expand and extend this lifesaving aid. Claiming ignorance isn't an option. 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[Read more here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL251Y2xlYXItd2VhcG9ucy10ZXN0aW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD): ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL251Y2xlYXItd2VhcG9ucy10ZXN0aW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD Ike Edeani for The New York Times The Human Toll of Nuclear Testing The U.S. bombings that ended World War II didn’t mark the close of atomic warfare. They were just the beginning. By W.J. 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One person waves a huge flag with Vladimir Putin’s face on it.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL3B1dGluLXJ1c3NpYS1jdWx0dXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD)[Serge Schmemann Putin Has Tainted Russian Greatness Russian émigrés have always had complicated feelings about their homeland. The war in Ukraine adds shame to the mix. By Serge Schmemann](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL3B1dGluLXJ1c3NpYS1jdWx0dXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [A hand holds a protest placard with an anti-protest message — a red “X” over a hand holding a protest placard.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL3Byb3Rlc3RzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD)[Pamela Paul Confessions of an Anti-Protester I don’t like operating in unison and I’ve never been much of a tribalist or a joiner. By Pamela Paul](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL3Byb3Rlc3RzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [An illustration of a person with a bullhorn, holding a sign that reads “Change now.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL2FjdGl2aXN0cy1jb25ncmVzcy1sYXdzLXBvbGl0aWNzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD)[Guest Essay Why Activists Keep Failing the Causes That Fire Them Up They need to stop accepting short-term victories. By Sarah Isgur](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL2FjdGl2aXN0cy1jb25ncmVzcy1sYXdzLXBvbGl0aWNzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [A scene of a group of people at a demonstration. A woman holds a placard and a baby is given a sip of water from a bottle.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoVp9UP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yMC9vcGluaW9uL2JpZGVuLWV4ZWN1dGl2ZS1vcmRlci1pbW1pZ3JhbnRzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2NzE0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDA2OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZmxUGnRmd5M40FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD)[Guest Essay Even With Biden’s Executive Orders, Immigrants Must Save Ourselves The administration should have a consistent vision on immigration instead of ping-ponging between border harshness and beneficial half-measures for some of the undocumented. 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