International Day against Nuclear Tests in 2024

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2024 Date	29 August 2024
2025 Date	29 August 2025

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International Day against Nuclear Tests in

Thursday, 29 Aug

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is honoured to be in Kazakhstan to commemorate the International Day Against Nuclear Tests including for Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons #TPNW meetings & the opportunity to meet communities affected by Show more
— DisarmamentNZ (@disarmamentNZ) August 29, 2024

Nuclear testing has had tragic consequences for people and planet. Efforts to stop nuclear tests can and must succeed. More on Thursday's International Day against Show more
— United Nations (@UN) August 29, 2024

This is an actual photograph of a 782-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded June 8, 1962 on Kiritimati island (aka Christmas Island) in the Pacific. Hiroshima was 15 kilotons. This one, code-named Dominic Alma, was a weapons test. A test for a nuclear war. Nuclear war is insane. Nuclear… Show more
— Annie Jacobsen (@AnnieJacobsen) August 28, 2024

Replying to @Cmdr_Hadfield and @NASAJuno And yet, the radiation level on Callisto (~0.1mSv/day) is positively balmy for outer space.
— Troy (is entirely forgettable) (@Lusavitch) August 28, 2024

Today,29 Aug, marks the International Day against Nuclear Tests. Initiated by Kazakhstan in 2009, it commemorates the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in 1991 and raises awareness of the harmful effects of nuclear testing. Let's unite for a safer, nuclear-free world Show more
— Kazakhstan Embassy to South Africa (@KazEmb_Pretoria) August 29, 2024

What time is it? It’s Daily Fella time. Read about potential goings on in Belgorod, Ukraine developing & testing their own ballistic missile & Lavrov waggles the russian nuclear sabre. #DailyFella Show more
— DAILY FELLA (@DailyFellaNews) August 27, 2024

Today is the International Day against nuclear Tests. As @nuclearban 's recent report notes, children are 3-5 times more sensitive to the cancer-causing effects of ionising radiation than adults, and have experienced the greatest harm from nuclear testing. Show more
— Tim Wright (@TimMilesWright) August 29, 2024

On the 28th Aug, in the lead-up to the International Day Against Nuclear Tests #IDANT on the 29th, we co-organized with @cisp_astana a screening of “I Want to Live On: Untold Stories of the Polygon.” Show more youtube.com I Want To Live On: The Untold Stories of the Polygon. Documentary...
— SGI Office for UN Affairs (@SGI_OUNA) August 29, 2024

Honored to open together with @_RobFloyd & Ms Jovin of @unodavienna the CTBTO Youth Group Exhibition in commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests. Our gratitude to representatives of CTBTO Youth Group for presenting their artistic views on this important topic. Show more
— Mukhtar B. Tileuberdi (@MBTileuberdi) August 29, 2024

UNICORN!! The über rare, brand spanking new US National Nuclear Security Agusta 139, N2314 was doing base-map readings & calibration missions over the LA area today.The “Nuke Sniffer” flys around 500ft of the grnd for readings #AvGeek 08-28-24
— Matt Hartman (@ShorealoneFilms) August 29, 2024

International Day against Nuclear Tests in 2024

The International Day against Nuclear Tests seeks to raise awareness about the negative effects of nuclear weapons and the need to achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world. The day also serves to educate people everywhere about the need to ban nuclear weapon tests to ensure world safety.