Call for Submissions: The Inaugural William Burr Prize in Nuclear History

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), in partnership with McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP), is pleased to announce the launch of the William Burr Prize.

For full eligibility requirements, submission deadlines, and nomination procedures, please visit the official announcement on the SHAFR website.

#nuclearHistory #envhist #internationalRelations

https://www.shafr.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2025&month=12&day=20&id=392%253Acall-for-submissions-the-william-burr-prize-in-nuclear-history

Call for Submissions: The William Burr Prize in Nuclear History

Hersey's Hiroshima: 6 survivors. 1 bomb. Still the most powerful argument against nuclear war ever written. Essential reading for every generation. #HistoryClass #NuclearHistory #EduTwitter

http://bfwclassroom.com/2026/02/25/bookreview-hiroshima/

War, More War, and War Without End

This month marks the 4 year anniversary of the Russia invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the 16 year anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Donbas Region. It made me think of when I r…

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So, thank the gods for the @internetarchive ! When the #HistoricIpswich website recently went defunct, they had snapshots of most of the pages and historic photographs! Creating PDFs of some of the materials that I thought were gone forever, like this gem!

Yes, they wanted to build a #NuclearMissile silo AND a #NuclearPowerPlant in #IpswichMA! (They built the #NuclearPlant in #SeabrookNH instead)!

https://web.archive.org/web/20210917224630/https://historicipswich.org/2020/01/16/nuclear-ipswich/

#NoNukes #NuclearHistory #MassachusettsHistory #IpswichMassachusetts #NorthShoreHistory

Nuclear Ipswich, 1967-1970

In 1967, Ipswich was proposed as a site for an anti-ballistic missile base, and in 1970 opponents prevented construction of a nuclear power plant on Town Farm Road that eventually was built in Seab…

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📆 This Day in History: Sept 19, 1957
The U.S. conducted its first contained underground nuclear test — Operation Rainier, Nevada.

And with that…
America became death.

#OperationRainier #NuclearHistory #ThisDayInHistory #ICameToDestroyWorlds

The Thousands of Atomic Bombs Exploded on Earth

From Orbital Mechanics, a visualization of the 2153 nuclear weapons exploded on Earth since 1945. 2153! I had no idea there had

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💣 Today in History – July 16, 1945

They called it Trinity.

The first successful nuclear test — and the day science gave humanity the power to destroy itself.

#Brewminate #TrinityTest #AtomicAge #NuclearHistory #TodayInHistory

2,056 Nuclear Explosions 💣 Nuclear Testing Era 😱

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2,056 Nuclear Explosions 💣 Nuclear Testing Era 😱

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250 Nuclear Bombs 💣 USSR’s Canal Plan Gone Wrong 💥 Nuclear Lake ☢️

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250 Nuclear Bombs 💣 USSR’s Canal Plan Gone Wrong 💥 Nuclear Lake ☢️

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📚 Ever seen inside the IAEA archives?

From handwritten notes to rare nuclear diplomacy photos — it's a powerful reminder of how global science policy is made.

🎥 Watch the walk-through → https://youtu.be/et-HCafVMCc?si=iSpF10hHg27mn9QK

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