‘Richland’ delves into Hanford’s lasting legacy: an overwhelming radioactive cleanup challenge. by Glen Milner The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) — dedicated to nuclear issues worldwide — runs from Friday, April 12, to Sunday, April 14, at the Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) at 1515 12th Ave. The festival’s 2024 U.S. tour began on March 7 in Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo (Diné) Nation, with respect for the Native American Peoples who are suffering most from the consequences of uranium mining and nuclear testing. The IUFF is showing films in over 10 U.S. cities and in Vancouver, B.C. The selection […]
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Blue Angels: ‘Adrenaline-Pumping’ for Some, Health Issues for Others
by Glen Milner, Originally published by SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD ON AUGUST 4, 2023 The Blue Angels’ F/A-18E/F Super Hornets are returning to Seattle for a second year in this weekend’s Seafair air show over Lake Washington. Air show promoters are touting the newer jets as “heart-stopping,” “adrenaline-pumping,” and “the ultimate thrill-seeker’s dream come true.” The Super Hornets are 25% larger than the legacy Hornets they replaced, and they unleash a more powerful pressure wave than its predecessor. Records released through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show the potentially destructive force of the new Blue Angel jets. On Jan. 21, […]
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Remembering The Man Who Saved the World (from a Nuclear War)
By Glen Milner & Leonard Eiger The man who saved the world from thermonuclear annihilation in 1962 was born on January 30, 1926. At a time when the probability of nuclear war is as nearly as high as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis, it is crucial that we recall the story of Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet submarine officer who prevented a Soviet nuclear strike against U.S. surface warships during that very crisis in 1962. An attack by a single Soviet submarine using just one nuclear-armed weapon would have caused a major global thermonuclear response. In the fall […]
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Navy’s attempt to narrow public’s right to know
Editor’s Note: This guest column by Ground Zero Center’s Glen Milner originally appeared in the Kitsap Sun newspaper on Sunday, July 19, 2021. The purpose of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is to ensure the public’s right to know what their government is doing and how its actions affect them. The law is based upon the principle that an informed citizenry is essential for a democratic society. However, for the seventh year in a row, the Department of Defense (DOD) is attempting to insert regulations in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would create unnecessary and overbroad secrecy […]
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Military secrecy undermines pandemic response
Opinion by Glen Milner, originally published in the Kitsap Sun on April 6, 2020, https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/opinion/columnists/2020/04/06/your-turn-military-secrecy-undermines-pandemic-response/2955559001 In the midst of a pandemic, the Department of Defense continues to keep local communities in the dark about threats to the public. Only now the threat is not a potential risk, but involves the ongoing spread of the coronavirus on military bases and in military communities. On March 27, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper ordered commanders at all DOD installations worldwide to stop publicly announcing new coronavirus cases among their personnel. Defense Department leaders stated that secrecy during the pandemic was necessary because adversaries […]
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