Polluted nuclear weapons site to become tourist destination
The nation's most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 20, 2015
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New national park marks development of nuclear bomb
More than 70 years ago scientists working in secret created the atomic bomb that ended World War II and ushered the world into the nuclear age.
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Nov 10, 2015
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Radiation in the postwar American mind—from wonder to worry
Seventy years ago at a remote site in New Mexico, the first test of a nuclear bomb was detonated, producing a massive explosion. The test, which presaged the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan in August ...
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Jul 16, 2015
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After the deal: Partnerships with Iran could reduce long-term nuclear risks
Within the next two weeks, or soon after, the United States and five world powers hope to finalize a nuclear deal with Iran to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for a relaxing of international economic and financial ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2015
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Chinese H-bomb physicist gets top award
A Chinese nuclear physicist whose research was key to the country's development of the hydrogen bomb and whose identity was a state secret for decades was awarded its top science prize Friday, state media reported.
General Physics
Jan 9, 2015
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Changes ordered at Los Alamos over nuke waste leak
(AP)—Federal officials say four Los Alamos National Laboratory workers have been reassigned, and the Department of Energy is pulling nuclear waste cleanup operations from the contractor that runs the lab.
Environment
Sep 26, 2014
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Engineering nuclear nonproliferation
University of Virginia engineering professor Houston Wood's career is a testament to the essential role that engineers can play, not only in preserving a free and open society, but also in making the world a safer place.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2014
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Mathematician drafts urban nuclear shelter guide
A scientist published a guide Wednesday to help authorities limit deaths from fallout after a city is hit by a nuclear bomb.
Mathematics
Jan 15, 2014
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Study cites 'dangerous weak link' in nuke security
The number of countries possessing the makings of a nuclear bomb has dropped by almost one-quarter over the past two years, but there remain "dangerous weak links" in nuclear materials security that could be exploited by ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 8, 2014
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Debunking myths on nuclear power
It is the received wisdom that nuclear weapons and nuclear power are inseparable. Consequently, any country that builds a civilian nuclear power station is able to build an atomic bomb within a couple of years.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 31, 2013
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