History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

Nuclear History/Trivia

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Aug 12, 2005, 10:41
by Melrose

A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Radioactive Oatmeal Go Down

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Views: 2,017

Jul 31, 2022, 05:36
by Marlin

How a Refrigerator Led to Einstein’s Pleas for Atomic Bomb Research

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Views: 2,841

Jun 21, 2017, 10:24
by Marlin

Direct diesel drive

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Views: 4,301

Nov 01, 2009, 01:17
by matthew.b

The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find

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Views: 1,991

Jan 17, 2023, 02:52
by Marlin

Earth's History of Unexplained 'Radiation Storms'

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Views: 1,931

Oct 26, 2022, 03:10
by Marlin

The U.S. Military and Russia Both Tried to Make a Nuclear-Powered Plane

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Views: 2,254

Nov 24, 2020, 11:58
by Marlin

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

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Views: 2,238

Dec 10, 2021, 02:11
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,849

Feb 25, 2023, 11:16
by Marlin

Physicists’ Early Dreams of Nuclear Powered Spaceflight

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Views: 2,423

Jul 19, 2021, 02:21
by Marlin

70th Anniversary of Atoms for Peace Speech

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Views: 1,782

Sep 29, 2023, 02:06
by Marlin

What It's Like to Actually See an Atomic Explosion

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Views: 3,284

Apr 18, 2016, 09:54
by Marlin

Death on Mars

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Views: 2,218

Jan 21, 2020, 02:17
by Marlin

Bacteria: radioactive elements replace essential rare earth metals

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Views: 1,950

May 17, 2023, 03:18
by Marlin

Alvin Weinberg Papers Archive Project

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Views: 2,423

Aug 23, 2018, 11:33
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,855

Feb 10, 2024, 02:03
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,922

Dec 06, 2023, 01:39
by Marlin

When Televisions Were Radioactive

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Views: 2,508

Sep 24, 2018, 10:42
by Marlin

Today in History - December 2 Nuclear Fission

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Views: 2,264

Dec 02, 2019, 01:45
by Marlin

There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl

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Views: 1,883

Mar 05, 2023, 02:25
by Marlin

Inside the Impossible Dream of the Nuclear-Powered 1958 Ford Nucleon

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Views: 2,317

Jul 06, 2021, 11:46
by Marlin

Her Majesty’s Nuclear Seaplane

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Views: 9,176

Oct 23, 2013, 08:38
by Marlin

Chicago Pile 1, 72 years ago

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Views: 4,986

Dec 03, 2014, 08:01
by Marlin

Film examines France's nuclear history in Algeria

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Views: 1,842

Sep 29, 2023, 07:56
by Marlin

How to Nuke a Submarine

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Views: 3,318

Jul 21, 2017, 10:16
by Marlin

Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba'

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Views: 2,573

Sep 02, 2020, 10:39
by Marlin

Health Physicists

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Views: 6,530

Aug 17, 2005, 08:59
by Marlin

AUTOGRAPHED PLACEMAT EVOKES ASTRONAUTS’ 1969 VISIT TO IDAHO

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Views: 2,293

May 29, 2020, 11:51
by Marlin

MOVED: tutor

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Views: 3,561

Oct 19, 2010, 07:22
by Rennhack

Matter of Risk (Chapter 5 excerpt about Chernobyl)

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Views: 2,539

Apr 25, 2018, 11:59
by Marlin

7 Moments in December that Changed Nuclear Energy History

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Views: 1,927

Dec 20, 2023, 03:50
by Marlin

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

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Views: 3,006

Oct 27, 2017, 12:10
by Marlin

Niels Bohr Announces the Discovery of Fission

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Views: 1,840

Jan 26, 2024, 02:17
by Marlin

'Nuclear battlefield' revealed as scientists map Bikini Atoll test craters

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Views: 2,140

Dec 12, 2019, 02:22
by Marlin

Beach Sands Near Hiroshima Are Still Packed With 1945 Nuclear Fallout Debris

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Views: 2,505

May 14, 2019, 11:15
by Marlin

A Nuclear Tank?! In the 1950s, It Almost Happened

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Views: 2,269

Dec 10, 2020, 10:54
by Marlin

Do you know how a Navy test range became the world’s premier nuclear lab?

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Views: 2,390

Sep 14, 2018, 07:24
by Marlin

A Dark Matter Detector Just Recorded One of The Rarest Events Known to Science

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Views: 2,451

Apr 27, 2019, 04:27
by Marlin

Secret Atomic Role of WWII-Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

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Views: 3,101

May 02, 2016, 11:35
by Marlin

Did your computer crash? It might have been a cosmic ray

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Views: 1,875

Sep 01, 2022, 05:26
by Marlin

These atomic-powered airships never made it off the drawing board

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Views: 2,494

Apr 28, 2019, 10:55
by Marlin

Sept. 30, 1954 USS Nautilus commissioned

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Views: 5,879

Sep 30, 2013, 01:56
by Ksheed

Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds

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Views: 2,445

May 25, 2021, 03:12
by Marlin

The design and legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-II

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Views: 1,814

Nov 22, 2023, 09:46
by Marlin

Manhattan Project sites may become national parks by 2013

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Views: 8,251

Sep 01, 2012, 02:04
by Rennhack

The Sodium Reactor Experiment

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,891

Feb 23, 2024, 09:42
by Marlin

The legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-I

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Views: 1,817

Feb 03, 2023, 12:11
by Marlin

History

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Views: 6,304

Oct 04, 2005, 10:35
by Marlin

A witness to atomic history

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Views: 3,152

Dec 02, 2017, 09:30
by Marlin

What is a photon?

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,291

Jun 30, 2021, 02:39
by Marlin

Project Rover: The original nuclear-powered rocket program

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Views: 1,949

Jan 13, 2023, 09:25
by Marlin

The Almost Nuclear Holocaust in North Carolina

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Views: 4,159

Jan 24, 2015, 11:00
by Marlin

Creatures of the dawn: How radioactivity unlocked deep time

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Views: 2,430

Sep 30, 2021, 12:02
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,957

Aug 05, 2023, 10:00
by Marlin

The SLAM Missile Was a Flying Chernobyl

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Views: 4,058

Sep 10, 2014, 12:00
by Marlin

How Kodak Exposed The Atomic Bomb

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Views: 2,259

Aug 08, 2021, 01:14
by Marlin

Five fascinating facts about DUNE

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Views: 2,700

May 18, 2018, 10:05
by Marlin

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb

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Views: 2,486

Aug 05, 2020, 11:35
by Marlin

Balloon in cooling tower

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Views: 1,797

Jun 22, 2023, 12:44
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,013

Dec 12, 2023, 05:53
by Marlin

The fear of a nuclear fire that would consume Earth

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Views: 1,833

Sep 10, 2023, 01:25
by Marlin

John Hendrix: The Prophet of Oak Ridge

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Views: 2,931

Oct 18, 2021, 09:56
by Marlin

Tracking the journey of a uranium cube

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,337

May 03, 2019, 10:17
by Marlin

Secret Atomic Role of WW II–Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,866

May 15, 2023, 01:52
by Marlin

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war

Started by Marlin

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Views: 3,538

Aug 14, 2015, 10:35
by Marlin

Nuclear Weapons Trivia

Started by Mike McFarlin

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Views: 7,142

Apr 05, 2011, 06:01
by Mike McFarlin

The Dragon Bites Twice: “Tickling the Tail of the Dragon”

Started by Marlin

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Views: 3,041

May 22, 2018, 08:53
by Marlin

THE DEMON CORE AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF LOUIS SLOTIN

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Views: 3,937

May 24, 2016, 04:34
by Marlin

World’s First Nuclear Bomb Test Created Rare, Otherworldly Crystal

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Views: 2,303

Jul 13, 2021, 04:37
by Marlin

Demon core video

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Views: 2,774

Oct 06, 2019, 12:00
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,873

Oct 22, 2023, 09:15
by Marlin

Meet Project Orion: The Crazy Plan to Use Nuclear Bombs as Explosive Fuel

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Views: 2,247

Mar 03, 2021, 11:43
by Marlin

MOVED: Edward Snowden

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Views: 3,239

Aug 10, 2013, 09:05
by Marlin

10 Intriguing Facts About the World's First Nuclear Chain Reaction

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Views: 2,419

Dec 18, 2019, 04:49
by Marlin

Atoms For Peace - 1950's Atomic Energy Studies / Educational Documentary

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Views: 3,780

Apr 06, 2016, 10:33
by Marlin

Nuclear clocks could outdo atomic clocks as the most precise timepieces

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Views: 2,372

Jun 07, 2021, 12:23
by Marlin

Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

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Views: 2,544

Mar 21, 2019, 04:46
by Marlin

Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use

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Views: 3,838

Aug 17, 2017, 12:34
by Marlin

Top 4 candidates in our solar system for terraforming

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,531

Nov 08, 2019, 04:03
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,151

Dec 22, 2022, 02:17
by Marlin

The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project

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Views: 2,309

May 18, 2021, 12:05
by Marlin

The Cold War's Missing Atom Bombs

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Views: 2,643

Feb 06, 2019, 01:05
by Marlin

Admiral Rickover's Gamble

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Views: 3,915

Oct 10, 2014, 04:08
by Marlin

How has a nuclear weapon never accidentally detonated?

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,024

Aug 14, 2022, 02:18
by Marlin

The world watched as Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the U.K.’s Atomic Age

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Views: 1,909

Sep 23, 2022, 10:11
by Marlin

The Age of Radiance

Started by Wlrun3

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Views: 3,996

Jun 03, 2014, 05:24
by Wlrun3

The Unsuccessful WWII Plot to Fight the Japanese With Radioactive Foxes

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Views: 2,446

Oct 01, 2020, 12:01
by Marlin

The Disastrous Tale of the First Underwater Nuclear Test in U.S. History

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Views: 3,337

Nov 22, 2016, 05:47
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,874

Jul 31, 2023, 12:58
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,952

Aug 24, 2023, 12:43
by Marlin

We Are East Idaho: Arco

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Views: 2,430

Mar 25, 2019, 06:39
by Marlin

Nuclear Explosions since 1945

Started by Rennhack

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Views: 4,853

Dec 08, 2009, 12:26
by Rennhack

How Are Universal Ionizing Radiation Symbols Used Around the World?

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,061

Dec 22, 2023, 02:21
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,951

Feb 13, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

The Most Toxic Tourist Attraction in the World

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Views: 1,946

Mar 12, 2023, 07:14
by Marlin

The Nuclear Canal

Started by Marlin

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Views: 3,563

Jun 14, 2016, 09:03
by Marlin

Meet the Only Man to Witness All 3 WWII Atomic Bomb Blasts

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Views: 2,461

Aug 07, 2020, 02:58
by Marlin

The Radiation Dose from a "Reference Banana."

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Views: 14,637

Jan 12, 2008, 11:13
by Cathy

The Strange Glass Born in Nuclear Explosions

Started by Marlin

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Views: 3,494

Apr 19, 2016, 10:33
by Marlin

Cold War Nuclear Testing May Have Caused Extra Rain Around the World

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,262

May 14, 2020, 11:55
by Marlin

The Mysterious Case of the Radioactive Toothpaste

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,844

May 06, 2017, 05:19
by Marlin

Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion

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Views: 4,487

Sep 19, 2013, 12:43
by Ksheed

Raising the Kursk

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Views: 8,547

Jul 21, 2019, 10:46
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,891

Oct 04, 2023, 12:34
by Marlin

Kodak ... had a nuclear reactor ...

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Views: 4,746

May 14, 2012, 08:36
by Captain America

The huge nuclear disaster hidden by the Soviets

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,179

Jan 28, 2021, 02:40
by Marlin

Physicists Propose That the Universe Is Filled With Tiny, Natural Atomic Bombs

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Views: 2,582

Mar 07, 2021, 12:00
by Marlin

50 years ago a nuclear bomb was detonated under the Western Slope

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Views: 5,954

Sep 11, 2019, 11:24
by Marlin

Astounding Science Fiction

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Views: 2,996

Jun 06, 2017, 08:03
by Marlin

THE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

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Views: 2,938

May 17, 2018, 09:56
by Marlin

The Largest Nuclear Test in Outer Space Had Startling Effects on Hawaii

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,189

Jan 14, 2020, 03:15
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,007

Dec 02, 2022, 10:29
by Marlin

Nuclear Test in Totskoye in 1954

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Views: 2,573

Sep 13, 2019, 11:12
by Marlin

Romance of Radium (1937)

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Views: 3,613

Aug 20, 2014, 10:33
by Marlin

Hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear blast videos

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,907

Jul 07, 2018, 11:15
by Marlin

Taiwan Hunts for Radioactive Apartments

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,369

Jan 20, 2022, 01:22
by Marlin

The Hanford B Reactor

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Views: 1,868

Feb 17, 2023, 10:27
by Marlin

How the Olympics put a spotlight on HEU in research reactors

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Views: 2,392

Feb 11, 2022, 11:19
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,843

Jul 13, 2023, 11:09
by Marlin

Whale sharks: Atomic tests solve age puzzle of world's largest fish

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Views: 2,209

Apr 06, 2020, 10:13
by Marlin

The American reactor that was closed by fake news

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,876

Jan 28, 2024, 01:18
by Marlin

nrc nuclear concepts manual

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Views: 4,768

Nov 21, 2008, 02:09
by wlrun3@aol.com

Meet the Only Man to Witness All 3 WWII Atomic Bomb Blasts

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,973

Aug 05, 2022, 03:32
by Marlin

Old Videos

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Views: 3,284

Oct 09, 2015, 06:48
by ddickey

Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese wall

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,954

Jan 31, 2023, 02:52
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,898

May 08, 2023, 12:56
by Marlin

Miss Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Glitz of 1950s Las Vegas

Started by Marlin

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Views: 3,340

May 02, 2016, 11:47
by Marlin

The Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,943

Dec 22, 2023, 09:30
by Marlin

Russia Has a Fatally Wounded Nuclear Submarine

Started by Marlin

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Views: 3,847

Nov 23, 2016, 07:14
by Marlin

Hiroshima buildings that survived atomic bomb to be demolished

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Views: 2,157

Dec 16, 2019, 10:07
by Marlin

High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Views: 5,652

Jul 27, 2019, 10:19
by Marlin

The Original Target For The Second Nuclear Bomb

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,029

Aug 09, 2022, 04:27
by Marlin

Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” at 70

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,923

Dec 08, 2023, 10:18
by Marlin

AN ALTERNATIVE REACTOR

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,917

May 09, 2018, 12:14
by Marlin

Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster

Started by Marlin

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Views: 8,705

Aug 14, 2019, 06:04
by Marlin

A Brief History of Tiny Nuclear Reactors

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,227

Dec 17, 2019, 01:30
by Marlin

5 Incredible Facts About the Atom Bomb

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,206

May 31, 2021, 07:23
by Marlin

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Views: 19,198

Sep 24, 2007, 11:33
by wlrun3@aol.com

The Blue Peacock: The Chicken-Heated Nuclear Land Mine

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,468

Oct 01, 2021, 01:47
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,977

Dec 16, 2022, 12:32
by Marlin

10 everyday products that were radioactive

Started by Marlin

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Views: 3,290

Feb 14, 2018, 12:05
by Marlin

Both History and Trivia

Started by mjd

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Views: 2,260

Apr 19, 2020, 10:52
by mjd

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

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,050

Nov 02, 2022, 10:39
by Marlin

Strange Life Forms Are Growing in an Abandoned Uranium Mine

Started by Marlin

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Views: 1,896

Feb 04, 2023, 12:23
by Marlin

391-Year-Old Bonsai Tree Survived Hiroshima Bombings and Keeps Growing

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,527

May 22, 2019, 01:40
by Marlin

Tour the first nuclear reactor to produce electricity using atomic power in Arco

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,424

Jul 15, 2021, 11:15
by Marlin

Why is Jimmy Carter trending on Twitter?

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,281

Dec 17, 2021, 01:36
by Marlin

The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,865

Nov 27, 2018, 06:26
by Marlin

Carbon-14 Spiked Worldwide Over 1200 Years Ago, And The Sun Is To Blame

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,274

Apr 03, 2020, 12:38
by Marlin