Radioactivity
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5 Things That Sound, Move, or Smell Like a Nuclear Explosion
The Licorne (“Unicorn”) thermonuclear test; Fangataufa, French Polynesia; 1970CTBTO Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . After most of the world’s nations signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, in 1996, they set up a new commission to watch out for clandestine explosions. Since then the commission (CTBTO) has wired the world […] -
What’s Worse: Unwanted Mutations or Unwanted Humans?
Three of the rare Przewalski’s horses that now roam the area near the Chernobyl nuclear plant.Sergey Gaschak Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . After a fatal series of errors and malfunctions in the early morning of April 26, 1986, the core of the Chernobyl nuclear facility melted down and […] -
Will Fusion Energy Ever Come Together?
It may well make more sense to improve an already proven technology—fission. -
Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot,” Is Still Lethal
This large black mass could be the most dangerous piece of waste in the world.