Iminyaka eyi-70 yamaBom i-Atomic: Ngaba Singazihlaziya?

YiRivera Sun

Iintsuku ezimbini. Iibhombu ezimbini. Ngaphezulu kwama-200,000 amadoda, abafazi, kunye nabantwana batshisiwe kwaye banetyhefu. Sele kuyiminyaka engama-70 okoko umkhosi wase-United States wawisa iibhombu zeathom eHiroshima naseNagasaki. Lo ka-Agasti 6 kunye no-9 wabemi kwihlabathi liphela baya kudibana ukuze bakhumbule-kunye nokuhlaziya iinzame zabo ekusebenzeni izixhobo zenyukliya.

KuLela Alamos (ukulala kombhobho), abemi baya kubuthana ukujonga imihla ngemihla yokuthula, imiboniso, iintetho zomntu ezivela kubasebenzi abaqashiweyo belizwe, kunye nokuqeqesha ngokungabikho kobugwenxa. Iphulo lokungahloneli, elinye lamaqela aququzelelayo, uya zihlala iintsuku ezine iintshukumo kuwo wonke umntu, kubandakanywa ukusasazwa eJapan.

I-Los Alamos yidolophu ekhoyo kuphela ukuphanda nokuphuhlisa izixhobo zenukliya. Izigulane zokuthula kunye nokukhubazeka ziya kwenzeka kwindawo ngqo apho iibhokhwe zangaphambili zakhiwa khona. Kwi-1945, isethi sezakhiwo zijikeleze i-laboratory eyimfihlo. Namhlanje, i-Ashley Pond iphendulwe ipaki kawonkewonke. Lebhu ishukunywe ngaphesheya kwe-canyon ejulile, ekhuselwe ngamatshini okuhlola, kunye nabahamba ngeenyawo abavunyelwe ukuwela i bhulorho. ILebhu yeSizwe yaseLos Alamos idla iibhilidi ezimbini ezihlawula irhafu ngonyaka. I-county iyona yesine-ecebileyo kuhlanga. Itholakala kwinxalenye esemantla ye lizwe lihlwempuzekileyo, ENew Mexico.

Xa ama-activist anti-nyukliya adibanisa kunye namakhulu avela kulo lonke ilizwe, amele into yokuba uhlala kwisithunzi somonakalo onqabileyo wezixhobo zenukliya. Ilizwe lithathwe kwiintlanga ezintathu ezizungezile ngaphandle kwemithetho okanye inkqubo efanele. Inkunkuma ye-radioactive yayiphoswa rhoqo kwaye yangcwatywa kwiinkonyane, ihamba i-miles-long ipromium plume engcolisa omnye wamanzi eSanta Fe emva kweemvula ezinkulu. Ixhama kunye neelk ezizingelwa zizizwe ziqulathe amathumba kunye nokukhula. Xa kwaqhekeka umlilo ehlathini kwiikhilomitha ezimbalwa zebhubhoratri ngo-2011, umlilo wajika waya kwilizwe laseSanta Clara Pueblo. Amashumi amathandathu amawaka eehektare aseSanta Clara Pueblo atshise emlilweni, uninzi lwayo kwindawo yokugalela amanzi epueblo.

ILebhu yeSizwe yaseLos Alamos isebenzisa ubutyebi bobudlelwane boluntu kwixabiso eligqithise uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwezixeko ezininzi ezikufutshane. Impembelelo yengeniso kunye nobutyebi ukungalingani kubumba isimo seNew Mexico kwezopolitiko, ngokwemveli nakwezoqoqosho.

Kwi-2014, i-dollar eyi-billion dollar inkunkuma yokugcina inkunkuma (WIPP) kubanjwe umlilo ukusuka eLela Alamos ukunganakwa kunye neengxaki eziqhubekayo zatshatyalaliswa ngabasebenzi abathile. Isixhobo asinakusetyenziswa ngoku. Nguyena kuphela woluhlobo lwawo kulwesizwe. Ukuthengwa kwezinto ezinokutsha kwee-radioactive zakha kwiimeko ezingaphephile kwii-laboratories, kumaziko, nakwiindawo zomkhosi kulo lonke ilizwe.

Okwangoku, iSebe lezaMandla (phesheya kolwandle inkqubo yezixhobo zenyukliya) lilungiselela ukwanda kwezixhobo zenyukliya, nangona ibinzana elinika iswekile "kukuhlaziya" kunye "nokuphucula okwangoku." Imibutho yeWatchdog ithi Ulawulo luka-Obama lwenza isigidigidi seedola kule minyaka ingama-30 izayo ukugcina nokukhulisa inkqubo yezixhobo zenyukliya. Okwangoku, abemi baqhankqalaza izixhobo zenyukliya kuba zichasene ngazo zonke iindlela onokucinga ngazo.

Inye yoluntu intetho Iphulo lokungahloneli sasazwa nge-livestream Ngethuba le-70th yeziganeko zokubhiyozelwa nguYakobe Doyle, owayengusosayensi kwiLebhu yeSizwe yaseLos Alamos, owaxoshwa kwipapasho lakhe iphepha lobuncwane. Iingcamango zokunqandezela yinto ecacileyo yenkcitho ehlazo yerhafu yabahlawuli berhafu kwintlobo yezixhobo ezikhuselekileyo ukuba, ukuze kusindiswe ihlabathi, akufanele nanini isetyenziswe. U-Doyle uhluthe ubuxoki, ushiya kuphela inyaniso ecacileyo: izixhobo zenuzi ziyingqamaniso yokuba uluntu lwaseMerika lufanele lukhanye ngokupheleleyo ngokupheleleyo.

Izixhobo zenyukliya zihanjiswe kuluntu ngokukhawuleza kodwa ezimbi ziyimfuneko yokuqhubela ukhuseleko lwethu. Enyanisweni, ziyimpawu ezingapheliyo, eziqhekezayo zixhobo ezikhoyo kuphela ngenxa yokuba zixhamla kwiinkampani zenkampani yamajoni. I-Los Alamos iyaqhubeka isenza isikhundla sayo senhlonipho eNew Mexico kungekhona ngenxa yenkonzo yayo ekuzikhuseleni kuzwelonke, kodwa ngenxa yeerandi ezimbini zeebhiliyoni zingakwazi ukungena kwiindawo ezihluphekayo. Uphando lwesizwe, uphuhliso, ulondolozo, ukuvelisa, kunye nokuqhutyelwa kwemisebenzi yenkampani yee-nyukliya.

UHannah Arendt wasebenzisa eli binzana, ukungabikho kokubi, ukuchaza amaNazi. Abasebenzi baseNew Mexico baye baziwa ngokubabiza ngokuba yiLos Alamos, Los Auschwitz. Ngolunye usuku, i-H-bomb yachitha ii-100 ngamaxesha apho inkampu yokuxininisa yayinokufumana ixesha elifanayo. . . kwaye iibhomu ze-1945 azincinci zokuhlaselwa komlilo xa kuthelekiswa namawaka eemibhobho ezimileyo ngokulumkileyo ngokupheleleyo. Los Alamos, i-New Mexico yidolophini elithule ngokukhawuleza yokwakha ukubhujiswa komhlaba. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-bhoratri luhlawulela izitalato ezibethelelwe kakuhle, iipaki ezikarhulumente ezilungeleleneyo ezifana ne-Ashley Pond, imfundo ephezulu, iimyuziyam kunye nezakhiwo ezinkulu zeeofisi ze-ofisi. Kuyinto ebhaliweyo. Omnye kufuneka anqwenele ukubeka ubungqina obuvela eHiroshima naseNagasaki ukuba aqikelele ububi obubuhlungu.

Uloyiko lwezixhobo zenyukliya alunakudluliselwa ngamanqwanqwa aphakamileyo amafu amakhowa. Umntu kufuneka afunde inyani kumhlaba weHiroshima kunye neNagasaki. Imfumba yemizimba eshisiwe. Abasindileyo babalekela ngamandla ukuphosa imizimba yabo emlilweni. Iibhola zamehlo zanyanzeliswa ngaphandle kweziseko ngenxa yolu dubulo. Imayile yeebhloko zesixeko yajika yaba yingqushu. Ukuxakeka kwentsasa eqhelekileyo kubhujiswe ngephanyazo. Izikolo ezikwiseshoni, iibhanki zivula iingcango zazo, iifektri zivuselela imveliso, iivenkile ezilungisa iimpahla, iimoto zezitalato ezipakishwe ngabakhweli, izinja kunye neekati ezikhuthazayo ezindleleni - umzuzu omnye, isixeko besivuka; umzuzu olandelayo, isandi esivuthayo, ukukhanya okungaboniyo, kunye nokothuka kobushushu obungaphaya kokuchazwa.

Ngo-Agasti 6th kunye ne-9th, i-2015, zikhunjulwe ezi ntlekele ezibuhlungu kunye namawaka abantu abemi abaqokelela ukuvuselela umzamo wokulwa nezixhobo zenyukliya. Jonga i-Campaign Nonviolence investream kwaye ubone uLola Alamos ngamehlo akho. Bungqina kwixesha elidlulileyo. Yiba yinxalenye yexesha elizayo.

Rivera Sun, ehlanganiselwe ngu PeaceVoice, ngulo mbhali Uvuko lweDandelion, kunye nezinye iincwadi, kunye nomqambi we I-Network-In-Action Network.

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