Len Ackland

University of Colorado at Boulder

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Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he is a veteran nuclear reporter and author of Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West; former Editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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In 1945, the US became the first nation to use a nuclear weapon when it dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since then, no other country has followed suit.

Barack Obama's nuclear legacy

In 1945, the US became the first nation to use a nuclear weapon when it dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since then, no other country has followed suit.

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