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2026 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2026

21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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Special Session - Nuclear Weapons Threat Reduction | Session extraordinaire - Réduction de la menace des armes nucléaires

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22 Jun 2026, 12:00
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3

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  1. 1068. The Increasing Peril of Nuclear Weapons
    Stewart Prager
    22/06/2026, 12:00
    Other Sessions or Meetings / Autres séances ou réunions
    Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

    The distribution of about 12,000 nuclear weapons possessed by nine nations around the globe subject people of all nations to great danger. At all times, about 2,000 weapons are on alert status, capable of delivering civilization-ending physical power within minutes of receiving an order from a national leader. Beyond direct effects of a nuclear detonation, such as the blast wave, indirect...

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  2. 1065. Physicists and Nuclear Weapons: How We Can Help Reduce the Threat
    Talia Weiss
    22/06/2026, 12:15
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    Canadian physicists have a stake in nuclear threat reduction. Canadian scientists supplied uranium and researched plutonium production for the Manhattan Project. Hundreds of US nuclear weapons were stationed in Canada from 1950 to 1984. Today, Canada remains embedded in the US nuclear alliance through NORAD and NATO, and would suffer severe consequences in a nuclear exchange. At the same time,...

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