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Doomsday Clock forward minutes because of the danger of nuclear
On: Friday 1/13/2012 6:24
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advanced the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic hour express nuclear dangers faced by the world, one minute before midnight to signify the approach of danger, because of insufficient progress in the affairs of the environment and nuclear weapons.
The bulletin announced the Atomic Scientists (BAS) which is published in the United States for the scientific group that the making of this time is in 1947 about the movement of time minutes before to become the now five minutes before midnight.
The release said that the failure of many peoples to control the spread of nuclear weapons was cause for further concern.
and confirmed the scientific community that it was two years ago, she thought that the leaders of the world were trying to address matters relating to the risks the world.
The time has moved the last time minutes back in 2010 in reference to the existence of positive attempts at the time.
The group said in a statement her, in many cases, not this trend will continue or move it to the opposite direction.
The decision was made to change the nuclear clock after a symposium held by the scientific community for the Bulletin in Washington.
the point of no return
, said Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs earlier, that while the Russian-American relations in the nuclear field is making progress, left the other countries a lot of things that they need to find solutions.
She added that the world is still at risk from continued development of nuclear weapons, and accused the United States, China, Iran, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel failed to comply Ban Treaty Comprehensive Nuclear-Test.
Dhanapala also criticized North Korea's refusal to sign an agreement to stop the production of materials that can be used in the production of nuclear weapons. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists said that the possibility of using nuclear weapons in regional conflicts in the Middle East, and North East Asia, South Asia in particular, has become a concern.
said Allison Macfarlane, Board Member for security affairs, scientific prospectus that climate change was also of the things that they need to be addressed.
She told her: The world community may be approached from the point of no return in attempts to prevent a disaster caused by changes in the atmosphere of the planet.
and called Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to adopt a treaty on climate change to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to invest more in energy sources renewable.
The group said that the scientific disaster left by the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan, caused by the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March / March 2011 raised important questions about the design of nuclear reactors and control.
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