Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025

Posted: 15th July 2025

There is growing interest in nuclear arms, including among countries such as Germany and Japan that have never possessed them. Are we back in a dangerous nuclear arms race, asks Lawrence Wittner. And due to a technical glitch last week, we are re-sending our review of the compelling new book by Thomas Bass—Return To Fukushima.

Nuclear peril grows

Germany and Poland are pondering nuclear weapons or at least becoming nuclear “sharers”. Britain looks set to restore US nuclear weapons to UK bases. Japan could make a nuclear bomb within weeks. Meanwhile, the nuclear weapon states are all ramping up their arsenals, putting us in perpetually greater danger. Can the ban treaty prevent a new arms race or is it already here? READ MORE

A vivid ‘Return to Fukushima’

“Return to Fukushima is far more than a chronicle of disaster,” writes Cindy Folkers in her review. “It is a searing indictment of technological arrogance, a meditation on environmental justice, and a terrifying look into a future we can still largely avoid. With eloquence, empathy, and unflinching honesty, Thomas A. Bass confronts the radioactive legacy of our times.”(Photo of Yukio Shirahige at home with his radiation detector by Thomas Bass.) READ MORE

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