TOTEM & ORE explores the effects of Nuclear bombs and weapons testing across the globe, from the Manhattan Project's first Atomic bomb test in the desert of Nevada, to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs in 1945, and the first British thermonuclear test at Christmas Island in the Gilbert Island chain in the North Pacific in 1963. In Australia, uranium mining and British atomic testing ran from 1952 on the Montebello Islands off Western Australia, and from 1953 to 1963 at Emu Field and Maralinga in

In the Marshall Islands, unanswered questions about nuclear testing still linger. Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs across the Pacific Island nation. At the request of the Marshallese government, Greenpeace scientists are conducting independent radiation testing—to ensure history never repeats - on the Marshall Islands or anywhere. This work is part of a broader fight for justice—for communities who have lived too long in uncertainty, without accountability. Tru

The devastating effects of a nuclear bomb explosion. We met up with British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like to experience a nuclear bomb explosion up close. | VICE

Between 1951 and 1957, the Nevada Proving Grounds became the primary site for U.S. nuclear bomb tests, marking a pivotal era in Cold War weapons development. The tests aimed to study bomb effects and refine America’s nuclear arsenal in a controlled desert environment. During the Desert Rock exercises, thousands of U.S. soldiers were stationed nearby to observe detonations and practice combat maneuvers under simulated nuclear battlefield conditions. These experiments sought to assess troop readin