History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

Nuclear History/Trivia

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Aug 12, 2005, 10:41
by Melrose

The SNAP-10A reactor power system

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Apr 15, 2026, 12:26
by Mounder

Eerie Cosmic-Ray 'Cavity' Found Lurking in Earth-Moon Space

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Apr 04, 2026, 09:16
by Marlin

The first homes on Mars may be alive

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Apr 03, 2026, 02:12
by Rennhack

Fritz Strassmann: the principled chemist who discovered nuclear fission

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Mar 17, 2026, 10:44
by Marlin

‘My God what have we done’: Enola Gay pilot’s combat notebook is for sale

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Mar 13, 2026, 07:17
by Marlin

The spark of the Super: Teller–Ulam and the birth of the H-bomb—rivalry, credit,

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Jan 30, 2026, 09:00
by Marlin

The Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring: A 1947 Kix Cereal Sensation

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Jan 05, 2026, 07:49
by Marlin

Celebrating INL’s legacy of innovation

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Dec 23, 2025, 11:35
by Marlin

How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas?

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Dec 18, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

Squeeze inside a fusion reactor with a Nat Geo photographer

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Dec 07, 2025, 06:24
by Marlin

Scientists may have finally 'seen' dark matter for the 1st time

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Nov 26, 2025, 10:49
by Marlin

Energy Information Administration

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Nov 25, 2025, 10:13
by Marlin

Oak Ridge: X-10 Graphite Reactor Virtual Tour

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Views: 2,417

Nov 23, 2025, 09:32
by Marlin

Is microwave cooking nuking all the nutrients?

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Views: 2,438

Nov 05, 2025, 06:29
by Marlin

Piqua organic-cooled reactor in photo and film

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Nov 05, 2025, 09:57
by Mounder

Nukes Couldn’t Kill Her: Wreck of Battleship USS Nevada Discovered on Ocean Floo

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Nov 04, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

9 nuclear inventions the Atomic Age nearly unleashed

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Oct 29, 2025, 11:31
by Marlin

The last days of Hallam

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Oct 24, 2025, 09:46
by Marlin

The Peculiar Story Of Anatoli Bugorski, The Man Who Stuck His Head In A Proton A

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Oct 09, 2025, 11:04
by Marlin

NASA’s U-2 spy plane found gamma rays in 90% of lightning storms

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Oct 01, 2025, 10:27
by Mounder

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers

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Views: 1,512

Sep 29, 2025, 07:04
by Marlin

Inside the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

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Aug 23, 2025, 10:31
by Marlin

When the U.S. almost nuked Alaska—on purpose

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Aug 15, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

How the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms

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Aug 10, 2025, 01:14
by Marlin

Paul Newman, the Pacific and the bomb that changed the world

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Aug 10, 2025, 12:25
by Marlin

Radium transport back in the day

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Jul 25, 2025, 09:21
by peteshonkwiler

The secret orders for a courier transporting Uranium 235 from Y-12 to Chicago du

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Views: 2,382

Jul 24, 2025, 03:29
by Marlin

The legacy of the National Reactor Testing Station, today’s Idaho National Labor

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Jul 24, 2025, 11:59
by Mounder

Trinity Test at 80: American Nuclear Society CEO Craig Piercy reflects on the Ma

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Views: 1,236

Jul 16, 2025, 10:07
by Marlin

How To Use Fusion To Get To Proxima Centauri's Potentially Habitable Exoplanet

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Views: 1,712

Jul 07, 2025, 07:06
by Marlin

Physicists Found the Ghost Haunting the World’s Most Famous Particle Accelerator

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Jul 05, 2025, 05:53
by Marlin

Physicists re-create forgotten experiment observing fusion

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Jun 27, 2025, 05:51
by Marlin

Harold Agnew Carrying the Plutonium Core of the Nagasaki Fat Man Bomb, 1945

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Jun 04, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

Fusion Energy Week begins today

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May 06, 2025, 12:53
by Marlin

Organic Cooled Reactors: Five Fast Facts!

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Views: 1,617

Apr 17, 2025, 09:29
by Marlin

From terrestrial to celestial: NETS connects nuclear professionals with space mi

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Views: 1,478

Apr 10, 2025, 10:42
by Marlin

Project 81 - An Almost Forgotten Standard Nuclear Plant Project

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Views: 1,545

Apr 03, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project

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Apr 03, 2025, 10:20
by Marlin

Nuclear History In focus: The Three Mile Island special report

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Views: 1,491

Mar 27, 2025, 09:44
by Marlin

Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station: Not the reactor you may be thinking of

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Views: 1,855

Mar 18, 2025, 09:15
by Marlin

The US Army’s Nuclear Power Program in Film

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Views: 2,378

Feb 27, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

We Found an Unexpected Anomaly in the Pacific Ocean

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Views: 1,851

Feb 14, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

Jimmy Carter: America’s first nuclear president

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Views: 1,898

Feb 05, 2025, 12:49
by Marlin

Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex

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Views: 1,629

Feb 04, 2025, 09:09
by Marlin

The Navy Nearly Built A Nuclear Armed “Super Sidewinder” Air-To-Air Missile

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Views: 1,710

Feb 03, 2025, 03:55
by Marlin

Nuclear Bombs Fell on North Carolina 64 Years Ago. How Disaster Was Narrowly Ave

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Jan 27, 2025, 05:01
by Marlin

Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back T

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Views: 1,875

Jan 24, 2025, 05:12
by Marlin

New Zealand mayor goes nuclear after Trump claims US 'split the atom'

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Views: 1,692

Jan 22, 2025, 04:00
by Marlin

Power and Promise: Early Atomic Power in Film!

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Views: 2,413

Dec 19, 2024, 11:29
by Marlin

Remembering the Savannah River Plant

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Views: 1,820

Dec 18, 2024, 10:55
by Marlin

The Aircraft Reactor Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Views: 2,087

Dec 12, 2024, 11:43
by Marlin

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Views: 2,018

Dec 10, 2024, 10:24
by Marlin

Throwback Thursday: The legend of SCRAM

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Dec 05, 2024, 10:51
by Marlin

Camp Century: Look back at Cold war history frozen in time

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Views: 2,323

Nov 28, 2024, 12:57
by Marlin

Disney World should have gone nuclear

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Views: 2,462

Nov 25, 2024, 12:04
by Bonds 25

Restoration of the NRX Reactor: The First Meltdown (1959)

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Nov 24, 2024, 09:08
by Marlin

Visions of Nuclear-Powered Cars Captivated Cold War America, but the Technology

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Nov 14, 2024, 02:39
by Marlin

Nuclear Power Reactor Technology, 1950-1953 (Part III)

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Views: 1,855

Nov 07, 2024, 09:50
by Marlin

The Fulton Station project: Inflation kept this HTGR from seeing the light of da

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Views: 2,140

Oct 24, 2024, 02:27
by Mounder

TVA Prepares to Write Final Nuclear Chapters

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Views: 1,824

Oct 15, 2024, 10:38
by Marlin

October 11, 1954: The founding of ANS

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Views: 1,840

Oct 15, 2024, 10:35
by Marlin

Map reveals best places to live in the US if nuclear war breaks out

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Views: 1,974

Oct 14, 2024, 10:18
by Marlin

Quantum physicists discover 'negative time' in strange experiment

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Views: 1,985

Oct 07, 2024, 12:42
by Marlin

The Curious History of Neutrinos and Nuclear Reactors

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Views: 2,202

Oct 03, 2024, 10:32
by Marlin

How Radiocarbon Dating Unlocks Ancient History

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Views: 1,977

Oct 01, 2024, 05:49
by Marlin

Elk River - Rural America's First Atomic Power Plant

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Views: 2,471

Sep 27, 2024, 07:58
by peteshonkwiler

The origins of The Reactor Safety Study

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Views: 1,978

Sep 24, 2024, 10:34
by Marlin

Nuclear Energy for Puerto Rico

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Sep 19, 2024, 10:55
by Marlin

N.S. Savannah and the American Nuclear Society

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Views: 2,029

Sep 13, 2024, 11:35
by Marlin

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Views: 1,974

Sep 05, 2024, 10:23
by Marlin

Showdown at Shoreham

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Views: 1,921

Sep 03, 2024, 10:13
by Marlin

The Peach Bottom-1 HTGR

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Views: 2,426

Aug 15, 2024, 10:46
by Marlin

The Sodium Reactor Experiment

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Views: 2,327

Aug 08, 2024, 08:08
by Mounder

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The aftermath

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Views: 2,120

Aug 07, 2024, 12:52
by Marlin

Honoring Dennis Wilkinson on the 106th anniversary of his birth

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Views: 2,069

Aug 07, 2024, 09:32
by Marlin

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

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Views: 2,143

Jul 30, 2024, 09:46
by Marlin

Regulatory history of non-light-water reactors in the U.S.

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Views: 1,997

Jul 25, 2024, 10:38
by Marlin

America’s Atomic Veterans, hidden by secrets, were forgotten for 50 years

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Views: 2,134

Jul 19, 2024, 10:58
by Marlin

NASA’s flagship mission to Europa has a problem: Vulnerability to radiation

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Views: 2,156

Jul 15, 2024, 11:43
by Marlin

Fast burst reactors: A historical primer

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Views: 1,997

Jul 15, 2024, 10:04
by Marlin

Radioactive Spark Plugs (ca. 1940s)

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Views: 3,542

Jul 13, 2024, 06:10
by Marlin

Manhattan Project Park: Walk through Wheat

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Views: 2,061

Jul 05, 2024, 04:12
by Marlin

Argonne National Laboratory’s thermal reactor program in Idaho

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Views: 1,950

Jul 02, 2024, 11:05
by Marlin

How the Olympics put a spotlight on HEU in research reactors

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Views: 1,943

Jun 27, 2024, 09:38
by Marlin

Argonne National Laboratory’s thermal reactor program in Idaho

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Views: 1,907

Jun 27, 2024, 09:34
by Marlin

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

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Views: 2,273

Jun 11, 2024, 09:07
by Marlin

Why X-Rays Can’t Push Interstellar Sails

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Views: 1,993

Jun 08, 2024, 02:23
by Marlin

This Soviet Submarine Narrowly Avoided Nuclear Disaster: Here's What Went Wrong

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Views: 2,012

Jun 07, 2024, 06:24
by Marlin

Argonne National Laboratory’s fast reactors in Idaho

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Views: 2,037

May 24, 2024, 11:20
by Marlin

Was there really a nuclear explosion in Rhode Island? Here's the story of Wood R

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Views: 2,135

May 23, 2024, 09:57
by Mounder

Aurora colors: What causes them and why do they vary?

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Views: 2,187

May 15, 2024, 10:57
by Marlin

Water Boiler Reactor

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Views: 2,085

May 09, 2024, 01:42
by Marlin

Atomic-Powered Aircraft

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Views: 6,939

May 07, 2024, 07:14
by Marlin

Vaping Regularly May Expose Teens to More Toxic Lead, Uranium, Study Says

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Views: 2,182

Apr 30, 2024, 10:45
by Marlin

Cosmic rays streamed through Earth’s atmosphere 41,000 years ago

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Views: 2,425

Apr 22, 2024, 12:50
by Marlin

How the OJ Simpson Verdict Overshadowed a Watershed Moment for Atomic Veterans

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Views: 2,470

Apr 15, 2024, 11:00
by Marlin

The SNAP-10A reactor power system

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Views: 2,389

Apr 15, 2024, 07:29
by Mounder

Katie the Calutron Girl visits A.K. Bissel Park

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Views: 2,294

Mar 30, 2024, 10:39
by Marlin

Why did the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima leave shadows of people etched on s

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Views: 4,568

Mar 28, 2024, 12:23
by Marlin

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

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Views: 2,821

Mar 20, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

Atomic-Powered Aircraft

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Views: 2,179

Mar 12, 2024, 07:20
by Marlin

The Real Father of the Nuclear Age

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Views: 2,190

Mar 11, 2024, 12:38
by Marlin

Operation Gunnerside: The Daring Norwegian Commando Raid that Ended Nazi Atomic

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Views: 2,166

Feb 29, 2024, 04:42
by Marlin

The Sodium Reactor Experiment

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Views: 2,309

Feb 23, 2024, 09:42
by Marlin

World’s Most Dangerous Toy? Radioactive Atomic Energy Lab Kit with Uranium (1950

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Views: 2,340

Feb 13, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

How a Nuclear Weapons Lab Helped Crack a Serial-Killer Case

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Views: 2,249

Feb 10, 2024, 02:03
by Marlin

The American reactor that was closed by fake news

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Views: 2,246

Jan 28, 2024, 01:18
by Marlin

Niels Bohr Announces the Discovery of Fission

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Views: 2,169

Jan 26, 2024, 02:17
by Marlin

How Are Universal Ionizing Radiation Symbols Used Around the World?

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Views: 2,454

Dec 22, 2023, 02:21
by Marlin

The Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor

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Views: 2,360

Dec 22, 2023, 09:30
by Marlin

7 Moments in December that Changed Nuclear Energy History

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Views: 2,309

Dec 20, 2023, 03:50
by Marlin

Cosmic nuclear fission seen for 1st time in 'incredibly profound' discovery

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Views: 2,390

Dec 12, 2023, 05:53
by Marlin

Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” at 70

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Views: 2,348

Dec 08, 2023, 10:18
by Marlin

Why didn’t gamma radiation prevent life on Earth from starting?

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Views: 2,292

Dec 06, 2023, 01:39
by Marlin

The design and legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-II

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Views: 2,184

Nov 22, 2023, 09:46
by Marlin

Why Scientists Haven't Solved The Mystery Of The Oh-My-God Particle

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Views: 2,393

Oct 29, 2023, 05:51
by Marlin

Visitors tour New Mexico atomic site in likely record attendance fueled by 'Oppe

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Views: 2,222

Oct 22, 2023, 09:15
by Marlin

Atomic Veterans: The Troops America Used As Nuclear Guinea Pigs Following World

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Views: 2,253

Oct 04, 2023, 12:34
by Marlin

Film examines France's nuclear history in Algeria

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Views: 2,246

Sep 29, 2023, 07:56
by Marlin

70th Anniversary of Atoms for Peace Speech

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Sep 29, 2023, 02:06
by Marlin

The fear of a nuclear fire that would consume Earth

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Views: 2,214

Sep 10, 2023, 01:25
by Marlin

Wyoming History: Sundance Had First Portable Nuclear Reactor In The United State

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Views: 2,334

Aug 24, 2023, 12:43
by Marlin

No ‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare for those caught in first atomic bomb’s fallout

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Views: 2,331

Aug 05, 2023, 10:00
by Marlin

Does Oak Ridge make the region a juicy target for a nuclear attack?

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Views: 2,775

Jul 31, 2023, 07:09
by Marlin

The US Military Once Detonated a Nuclear Bomb Directly Above the Heads of 5 Offi

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Views: 2,263

Jul 31, 2023, 12:58
by Marlin

Idaho is home to many great nuclear achievements — and a deadly disaster during

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Views: 2,212

Jul 13, 2023, 11:09
by Marlin

Balloon in cooling tower

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Views: 2,160

Jun 22, 2023, 12:44
by Marlin

Bacteria: radioactive elements replace essential rare earth metals

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Views: 2,350

May 17, 2023, 03:18
by Marlin

Secret Atomic Role of WW II–Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

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Views: 2,253

May 15, 2023, 01:52
by Marlin

2 killed when vehicle hits West End guard shack in Oak Ridge

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Views: 2,283

May 08, 2023, 12:56
by Marlin

The Most Toxic Tourist Attraction in the World

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Views: 2,342

Mar 12, 2023, 07:14
by Marlin

There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl

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Views: 2,273

Mar 05, 2023, 02:25
by Marlin

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

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Views: 2,223

Feb 25, 2023, 11:16
by Marlin

The Hanford B Reactor

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Views: 2,239

Feb 17, 2023, 10:27
by Marlin

Strange Life Forms Are Growing in an Abandoned Uranium Mine

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Views: 2,268

Feb 04, 2023, 12:23
by Marlin

The legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-I

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Views: 2,199

Feb 03, 2023, 12:11
by Marlin

Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese wall

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Views: 2,333

Jan 31, 2023, 02:52
by Marlin

An obituary for the man who saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster

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Views: 3,054

Jan 31, 2023, 12:39
by Marlin

The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find

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Views: 2,384

Jan 17, 2023, 02:52
by Marlin

Project Rover: The original nuclear-powered rocket program

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Views: 2,305

Jan 13, 2023, 09:25
by Marlin

After 70 years, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s legacy is being rewritten

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Views: 2,559

Dec 22, 2022, 02:17
by Marlin

What happened to these missing nuclear weapons?

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Views: 2,497

Dec 20, 2022, 07:42
by Mounder

CP-1 at 80: The legacy of CP-1—and the scientist who created its neutron activit

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Views: 2,403

Dec 16, 2022, 12:32
by Marlin

48 Hours (November 17, 1988) Fernald

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Views: 2,887

Dec 06, 2022, 07:26
by Mounder

CP-1 at 80: The events of December 2, 1942

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Views: 2,391

Dec 02, 2022, 10:29
by Marlin

Piggy Back Beta

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Views: 20,425

Nov 16, 2022, 11:42
by McCahillg

How The Russian Navy Disposed Of 100 Nuclear Submarines | The End Of Red October

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Views: 2,442

Nov 02, 2022, 10:39
by Marlin

Earth's History of Unexplained 'Radiation Storms'

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Views: 2,315

Oct 26, 2022, 03:10
by Marlin

101-year-old atomic bomb worker returns to Oak Ridge, where she helped make hist

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Views: 2,398

Oct 11, 2022, 08:53
by SloGlo