Wednesday, May 25, 2011

'Peace Clock' Is Reset Following Latest US Nuclear Tests

It is the 14th time the clock has been reset since it was created by a peace group Photo: REX

Hiroshima Resets 'Peace Clock' Following Latest US Nuclear Tests -- The Telegraph

Hiroshima's "peace clock", which counts the number of days since the last nuclear test has been reset following recent plutonium experiments by the United States.

The clock, which is located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, was reset to from 251 to 54, the number of days that have passed since the last US nuclear tests took place.

It is the 14th time the clock has been reset since it was created by a peace group and opened at the museum on August 6 2001, the 56th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing.

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My Comment: I suspect that with countries like Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan hell bent on developing their own nuclear weapons program .... this clock is going to be reset a lot.

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