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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 13. januar 2007 / Time Line January 13, 2007
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01/13/2007
Simultaneous Announcement to be Made from Washington, D.C. and
London; Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to Underscore
"Most Perilous Period Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
NEWS ADVISORY//January 17, 2006///The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
(BAS) will move the minute hand of the "Doomsday Clock" on January
17, 2007, the first such change to the Clock since February 2002.
The major new step reflects growing concerns about a "Second
Nuclear Age" marked by grave threats, including: nuclear ambitions
in Iran and North Korea, unsecured nuclear materials in Russia and
elsewhere, the continuing "launch-ready" status of 2,000 of the
25,000 nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and Russia, escalating
terrorism, and new pressure from climate change for expanded
civilian nuclear power that could increase proliferation risks.
The BAS news event will take place simultaneously on January 17th
at 9:30 a.m. ET at the American Association for the Advancement of
Science in Washington, D.C., and at 2:30 p.m. GMT in London at The
Royal Society.
News event speakers will include:
- Stephen Hawking, professor of mathematics at the University of
Cambridge, and a fellow of The Royal Society;
- Kennette Benedict, executive director, Bulletin of Atomic
Scientists;
- Sir Martin Rees, president of The Royal Society, and professor of
cosmology and astrophysics and master of Trinity College at the
University of Cambridge;
- Lawrence M. Krauss, professor of physics and astronomy at Case
Western Reserve University; and
- Ambassador Thomas Pickering, a BAS director and co-chair of the
International Crisis Group.
A live, two-way satellite feed (with full Q&A) will connect the
Washington, D.C., and London news events.
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