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Fukushima Monkeys Have Fewer Blood Cells Than Monkeys Elsewhere, Study Finds

But, as with many nuclear-disaster health studies, the findings, and what they mean, are controversial. …

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The Perpetual Potential Of Nuclear

In May 1947, Popular Science looked back on 75 years of scientific progress. Though fewer than two years had passed since the world witnessed the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists foresaw...

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Lockheed's Fusion Promise: What We Know So Far

Researchers at Lockheed Martin made headlines this week with the announcement that they are on the fast track to building a nuclear fusion reactor. But experts responded…

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Take A Drone Tour Of Canada’s Largest Nuclear Site [Video]

Covering over three and a half square miles, Bruce nuclear generation facility on the Eastern shore of Lake Huron houses eight nuclear reactors. It’s also home to a…

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Building A Safer, Cleaner Nuclear Reactor

One day in 2009, Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie were rummaging through old articles in an MIT library. There, they found two things the nuclear industry had abandoned a half…

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A California Company Thinks The Secret To Fusion Is A Long Tube

Tri Alpha Fusion Reactor TubeScreenshot by author, from YouTubeFor the blink of an eye, nuclear fusion appears possible. Nuclear reactors today are fission reactors, where decaying nuclear material...

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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz Explains The Science Of The Iran Deal

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz delivers statement at IAEA on September 16, 2013Dean Calma/IAEA/Flickr/CC-by-2.0In July, the U.S. and other nations drew up an agreement with Iran to limit the...

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The Evacuated Chernobyl Is Now Teeming With Wildlife

On April 26, 1986, reactor four of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, was destroyed by an unexpected surge of power during testing. The explosion was followed by a violent fire that spewed...

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Peter Thiel Goes Nuclear

Oak Ridge National LaboratoryMolten salt reactorOak Ridge National Laboratory, Circa 1960sJust as climate talks kicked off in Paris last week, billionaire tech mogul Peter Thiel lobbed a nuclear...

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What You Need To Know About Indian Point Nuclear Plant's Groundwater Alert

Tony FischerCC by 2.0Indian PointIndian Point Energy Center, a nuclear power plant located north of New York City.Indian Point Energy Center, an aging nuclear power plant located just 25 miles away...

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