Nuclear reactors

Reconstruction of the German reactor at Haigerloch, with cubes hanging above the experimental vessel

Uranium cubes reveal: Nazi Germany was far from an active nuclear reactor and atomic bomb

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Examinations of surviving cubes, archival documents and computer simulations show that the last experiment led by Werner Heisenberg required far more uranium and heavy water than were available for the German nuclear program.
A global map of the antineutrino particle flux from nuclear reactors. Source: LDRD.

Nuclear ghosts

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The first device in history to produce technetium 99mTc) 99m) for medical needs. Taken in 1958. Source: Brookhaven National Laboratory.

A shortage of a rare isotope is about to endanger the health of millions

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This rendering shows a possible configuration for an offshore power plant, based on design work by Giacomo Bongiorno and other researchers in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. Like an oil rig, the structure would include a living area and a helipad for transportation to and from the site. Rendering, Jack Jurewitz, MIT-NSE

In the wake of Fukushima: floating nuclear power plants, capable of withstanding tsunami waves

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Warning symbol for radioactive material. From Wikipedia

How nuclear radiation affects health

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Fukushima nuclear reactor, Japan, 2007. From Wikimedia Commons

What causes a nuclear reactor to go through a meltdown and how serious is the situation in Japan

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Map of the impact of the earthquake in Japan, March 11, 2011. From the US Geological Survey website

A nuclear emergency in Japan due to damage to a nuclear power plant as a result of the earthquake and tsunami

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Shay Blitzblau, CEO of Magellan Information Protection Technologies. Credit: People and Computers

The Iranian worm is not so new and has damaged the systems of other countries

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The nuclear reactor in Chernobyl, Ukraine, after the disaster. Photo: from Wikipedia

Will the ball survive?

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