US Conducts New Type of Nuclear Test Using Intense X-Ray Beams
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, 1 Oct 2012
Xinhua News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service
Nagasaki Protest
Japan’s southwestern city of Nagasaki expressed its outrage and protest against a new type of nuclear test conducted for the sixth time in August [2012] by the United States, local press reported on Tuesday [25 Sep 2012].
The report said that the United States conducted the nuclear test, which simulated a nuclear blast using intense X-ray beams and checked how plutonium would react, at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico on August 27 [2012].
The sixth test caused further condemnation by the city, following the last week’s protest against the fifth new type of nuclear test which was reportedly carried out between April and June this year.
According to the report, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue sent a letter of protest, dated September 24, to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying that the people of Nagasaki, who have been calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons, cannot retrain their resentment after encountering reports about a further test despite their protest.
“As a representative of an atomic-bombed city strongly protest again,” the mayor said.
The letter also urged that the United States to make sincere efforts to stop any nuclear tests, adding that the country should fulfill its leadership role in achieving a world without nuclear weapons.
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:
I, a former resident of Nagasaki city, hereby protest against the new type of the nuclear test, using intense X-ray beams, which the United States conducted in August and September 2012.
It is Nagasaki citizens’ aspiration that “if Hiroshima is the first atomic-bombed city in history, Nagasaki should be the last atomic-bombed city in history.” To that end, all nuclear weapon tests should be prohibited. The conduct of any nuclear test implies the possibility of the use of the nuclear weapon.
Peace cannot be made by violence (including the use of any weapons). Peace can be made by friendly relations and mutual understanding.
Act according to dignity and mutual respect. And be aware that we, humans, are all brothers and sisters so that there will be no room for war. If there will be no room for war, there will also be no room for weapons, including nuclear weapons.
Let’s appeal, with the endless patience and perseverance, the prohibition of any nuclear weapon tests. Let’s stop any nuclear weapons at Nagasaki. Nagasaki is the last stop of any nuclear weapons.
Peace begins with you. Peace begins with me. Peace begins with us, everyone of us, the whole humanity.