July 1, 1968 - The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is signed at Washington, Moscow and London.
July 2, 1997 - The United States breaks a five year moratorium on nuclear testing by conducting an underground sub-critical nuclear weapons test.
July 8, 1996 - The International Court of Justice hands down an Advisory Opinion in which it found that the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law.
July 12, 1957 - The first commercial use of nuclear power occurs when a test reactor in Santa Susana, California transmits power to the Southern Californian grid.
July 13, 2003 - North Korea announces that it has produced enough plutonium to build approximately six nuclear bombs.
July 16, 1945 - The world’s first atomic detonation takes place at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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