History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

Hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear blast videos

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Jul 07, 2018, 11:15
by Marlin

A Short History of the People of Bikini Atoll

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Mar 02, 2014, 03:33
by retired nuke

The Unsuccessful WWII Plot to Fight the Japanese With Radioactive Foxes

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Oct 01, 2020, 12:01
by Marlin

Banana dose equivalents of radiation

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Oct 26, 2015, 07:37
by RDTroja

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

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Jul 24, 2025, 03:29
by Marlin

70th Anniversary of Atoms for Peace Speech

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Sep 29, 2023, 02:06
by Marlin

Understanding the accident of Fukushima Daiichi

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Views: 3,134

Mar 06, 2019, 12:43
by RRhoads

Jimmy Carter: America’s first nuclear president

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Feb 05, 2025, 12:49
by Marlin

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

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Nov 24, 2020, 11:58
by Marlin

What is a photon?

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Jun 30, 2021, 02:39
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,607

Jun 07, 2024, 06:24
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,816

Oct 22, 2023, 09:15
by Marlin

Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba'

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Views: 2,543

Sep 02, 2020, 10:39
by Marlin

Disney World should have gone nuclear

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Views: 2,024

Nov 25, 2024, 12:04
by Bonds 25

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab....... most deadliest toy ever made..

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Views: 3,318

Mar 10, 2019, 04:27
by GLW

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

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Views: 1,900

Aug 24, 2023, 12:43
by Marlin

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The aftermath

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Aug 07, 2024, 12:52
by Marlin

Tree-rings reveal secret clocks

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Views: 8,251

Aug 18, 2016, 12:33
by Marlin

Image

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Apr 02, 2020, 10:00
by peteshonkwiler

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

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Views: 2,820

Jun 21, 2017, 10:24
by Marlin

Strange Life Forms Are Growing in an Abandoned Uranium Mine

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Views: 1,851

Feb 04, 2023, 12:23
by Marlin

Physicists’ Early Dreams of Nuclear Powered Spaceflight

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Views: 2,383

Jul 19, 2021, 02:21
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,548

Jan 31, 2023, 12:39
by Marlin

The Peach Bottom-1 HTGR

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Views: 2,026

Aug 15, 2024, 10:46
by Marlin

The Real Father of the Nuclear Age

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Views: 1,757

Mar 11, 2024, 12:38
by Marlin

The Sodium Reactor Experiment

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Views: 1,899

Aug 08, 2024, 08:08
by Mounder

There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl

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Mar 05, 2023, 02:25
by Marlin

The fear of a nuclear fire that would consume Earth

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Sep 10, 2023, 01:25
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,824

Oct 04, 2023, 12:34
by Marlin

Astounding Science Fiction

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Views: 2,977

Jun 06, 2017, 08:03
by Marlin

N.S. Savannah and the American Nuclear Society

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Views: 1,629

Sep 13, 2024, 11:35
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,555

Nov 14, 2024, 02:39
by Marlin

Celebrating INL’s legacy of innovation

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Dec 23, 2025, 11:35
by Marlin

The Nuclear Canal

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Views: 3,539

Jun 14, 2016, 09:03
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,869

Nov 28, 2024, 12:57
by Marlin

Hiroshima buildings that survived atomic bomb to be demolished

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Views: 2,123

Dec 16, 2019, 10:07
by Marlin

Scientists/Discoveries

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Views: 18,162

Oct 18, 2014, 07:26
by sderyke2002

Honoring Dennis Wilkinson on the 106th anniversary of his birth

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Views: 1,654

Aug 07, 2024, 09:32
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,018

May 22, 2018, 08:53
by Marlin

ReActor House

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Views: 3,179

Oct 28, 2016, 10:56
by SloGlo

Squeeze inside a fusion reactor with a Nat Geo photographer

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Views: 918

Dec 07, 2025, 06:24
by Marlin

Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl

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Views: 5,326

Jun 06, 2019, 01:14
by GLW

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

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Views: 1,804

Feb 25, 2023, 11:16
by Marlin

THE DEMON CORE AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF LOUIS SLOTIN

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Views: 3,905

May 24, 2016, 04:34
by Marlin

Project A119

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Views: 4,198

Feb 12, 2019, 08:54
by RDTroja

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

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Views: 1,740

Feb 29, 2024, 04:42
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,857

Oct 01, 2025, 10:27
by Mounder

Health Physicists

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Views: 6,504

Aug 17, 2005, 08:59
by Marlin

Nuclear History In focus: The Three Mile Island special report

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Views: 1,115

Mar 27, 2025, 09:44
by Marlin

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Views: 1,571

Sep 05, 2024, 10:23
by Marlin

Castle Bravo

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Views: 5,296

Mar 02, 2015, 02:36
by Marlin

The U.S. Once Wanted To Use Nuclear Bombs as a Construction Tool

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Views: 3,173

Feb 12, 2019, 08:01
by atomicarcheologist

Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use

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Views: 3,800

Aug 17, 2017, 12:34
by Marlin

How Scientific Chance and a Little Luck Helped Usher in the Nuclear Age

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Views: 3,729

Jan 30, 2019, 12:52
by Chimera

What Ten Radioactive Elements Have the Longest Half-Lives?

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Views: 7,278

Jan 18, 2016, 10:51
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 14,298

Aug 10, 2025, 12:25
by Marlin

Nukeworker magic eye

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Views: 3,260

Oct 12, 2016, 05:19
by Rennhack

Water Boiler Reactor

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Views: 1,668

May 09, 2024, 01:42
by Marlin

Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

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Views: 2,523

Mar 21, 2019, 04:46
by Marlin

The Moments After Chernobyl Blew

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Views: 3,117

Jun 01, 2019, 11:21
by hamsamich

Argonne National Laboratory’s fast reactors in Idaho

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Views: 1,599

May 24, 2024, 11:20
by Marlin

How Kodak Exposed The Atomic Bomb

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Views: 2,223

Aug 08, 2021, 01:14
by Marlin

The Cold War's Missing Atom Bombs

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Views: 2,613

Feb 06, 2019, 01:05
by Marlin

The Sodium Reactor Experiment

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Views: 1,829

Feb 23, 2024, 09:42
by Marlin

High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Views: 5,616

Jul 27, 2019, 10:19
by Marlin

Living nuclear component.

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Views: 16,043

Feb 07, 2009, 10:42
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,451

Mar 18, 2025, 09:15
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,817

Sep 01, 2022, 05:26
by Marlin

Atomic-Powered Aircraft

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Views: 1,739

Mar 12, 2024, 07:20
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,727

May 15, 2024, 10:57
by Marlin

Instrumentation

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Views: 6,765

Sep 15, 2006, 11:58
by SloGlo

Project 81 - An Almost Forgotten Standard Nuclear Plant Project

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Views: 1,132

Apr 03, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,804

Feb 10, 2024, 02:03
by Marlin

High level burial

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Views: 17,306

Feb 26, 2007, 02:35
by Marlin

That time the US dropped an atomic bomb on a fleet of 95 ships

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Views: 2,733

Mar 07, 2019, 10:39
by Bonds 25

We Found an Unexpected Anomaly in the Pacific Ocean

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Views: 1,461

Feb 14, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,235

Dec 10, 2020, 10:54
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,287

Jul 06, 2021, 11:46
by Marlin

Death on Mars

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Views: 2,184

Jan 21, 2020, 02:17
by Marlin

THE UNITED STATES NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION PROGRAM 2020

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Views: 4,346

Sep 17, 2020, 09:33
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,592

Nov 24, 2024, 09:08
by Marlin

Why X-Rays Can’t Push Interstellar Sails

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Views: 1,574

Jun 08, 2024, 02:23
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,439

Nov 07, 2024, 09:50
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,983

Oct 29, 2023, 05:51
by Marlin

Inside the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

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Views: 2,896

Aug 23, 2025, 10:31
by Marlin

Air Force Debates Replacing Depleted Uranium Rounds for A-10

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Views: 3,041

May 15, 2018, 10:10
by atomicarcheologist

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Views: 1,546

Dec 10, 2024, 10:24
by Marlin

The US Army’s Nuclear Power Program in Film

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Views: 1,939

Feb 27, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

Five fascinating facts about DUNE

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Views: 2,677

May 18, 2018, 10:05
by Marlin

First Fifty Years of HP

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Views: 7,921

Apr 05, 2012, 02:45
by Rennhack

Rescuing the Atomic Dog

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Views: 3,515

Mar 10, 2014, 10:46
by UncaBuffalo

Under a fermium sky

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Views: 3,453

Jun 28, 2017, 08:01
by Chimera

General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project

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Views: 1,078

Apr 03, 2025, 10:20
by Marlin

The American reactor that was closed by fake news

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Views: 1,816

Jan 28, 2024, 01:18
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,160

Jan 14, 2020, 03:15
by Marlin

Did you know?

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Views: 54,775

Apr 02, 2011, 06:18
by HydroDave63

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

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Views: 1,900

Aug 05, 2023, 10:00
by Marlin

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

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Views: 2,977

Oct 27, 2017, 12:10
by Marlin

THE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

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Views: 2,910

May 17, 2018, 09:56
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,393

Jul 15, 2021, 11:15
by Marlin

Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?

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Replies: 3
Views: 3,534

Feb 02, 2020, 12:37
by Marlin

USS TRITON 1ST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH UNDERWATER

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Replies: 1
Views: 3,590

Jun 19, 2017, 06:57
by bsdnuke

The legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-I

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Views: 1,769

Feb 03, 2023, 12:11
by Marlin

Throwback Thursday: The legend of SCRAM

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Views: 1,512

Dec 05, 2024, 10:51
by Marlin

A Brief History of Tiny Nuclear Reactors

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Views: 2,197

Dec 17, 2019, 01:30
by Marlin

How has a nuclear weapon never accidentally detonated?

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Views: 1,972

Aug 14, 2022, 02:18
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,602

Aug 15, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,304

Nov 22, 2016, 05:47
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,128

Dec 18, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

Raising the Kursk

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Views: 8,514

Jul 21, 2019, 10:46
by Marlin

Shipyard, Naval Undersea Museum partner to preserve piece of historic submarine

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Views: 3,365

Jun 11, 2018, 02:12
by shehane

This E-4's grave is the most dangerous gravesite in the world

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Views: 3,958

May 31, 2019, 08:40
by scotoma

]How powerful of a nuclear bomb could we make?

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Views: 2,027

Aug 22, 2022, 12:06
by Marlin

PROJECT PLUTO: THE CRAZIEST NUCLEAR WEAPON IN HISTORY

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Replies: 1
Views: 2,515

Nov 16, 2020, 08:16
by RDTroja

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

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Views: 1,929

Aug 05, 2022, 03:32
by Marlin

Did Chernobyl Create Mutant Animals?

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Replies: 2
Views: 3,106

Aug 13, 2019, 06:27
by Bonds 25

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

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Views: 2,395

Dec 18, 2019, 04:49
by Marlin

Humans Are Worse for Wildlife Than Nuclear Radiation

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Replies: 1
Views: 2,449

Jan 21, 2020, 05:59
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 1,301

Nov 26, 2025, 10:49
by Marlin

PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST RADIATION DETECTOR YOU ALREADY OWN

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Replies: 1
Views: 2,059

Sep 30, 2022, 10:07
by SloGlo

Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese wall

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Views: 1,910

Jan 31, 2023, 02:52
by Marlin

Japan's Atomic Bomb

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Views: 17,792

Mar 08, 2006, 12:54
by LaFeet

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

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Views: 1,857

Jun 11, 2024, 09:07
by Marlin

The Original Target For The Second Nuclear Bomb

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Views: 1,977

Aug 09, 2022, 04:27
by Marlin

How the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms

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Views: 3,126

Aug 10, 2025, 01:14
by Marlin

The Hanford B Reactor

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Views: 1,819

Feb 17, 2023, 10:27
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,307

May 02, 2016, 11:47
by Marlin

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war

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Views: 3,511

Aug 14, 2015, 10:35
by Marlin

Showdown at Shoreham

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Views: 1,538

Sep 03, 2024, 10:13
by Marlin

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers

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Views: 1,098

Sep 29, 2025, 07:04
by Marlin

Reactor containments

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Views: 27,042

Apr 17, 2007, 09:56
by HydroDave63

Startling Facts About the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski

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Replies: 3
Views: 3,275

Aug 08, 2019, 06:57
by RDTroja

Nuclear bomb fallout

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Replies: 9
Views: 8,886

Feb 09, 2009, 10:50
by Marlin

The Lithium Blues

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Replies: 1
Views: 5,341

Mar 18, 2014, 10:52
by BetaAnt

How to Nuke a Submarine

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Views: 3,294

Jul 21, 2017, 10:16
by Marlin

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

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Views: 2,417

Mar 20, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,713

May 23, 2024, 09:57
by Mounder

Film examines France's nuclear history in Algeria

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Views: 1,791

Sep 29, 2023, 07:56
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,857

Sep 23, 2022, 10:11
by Marlin

Deinococcus radiodurans

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Replies: 8
Views: 17,559

Jan 04, 2008, 07:55
by Marlin

Nuclear Rocket

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Replies: 4
Views: 6,750

Mar 02, 2007, 06:15
by Trinian23

Exposure/dose

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Replies: 15
Views: 17,434

Aug 15, 2007, 11:26
by Chimera

Uranium abundence

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Replies: 18
Views: 17,295

Feb 20, 2007, 08:01
by MrHazmat

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

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Views: 1,091

Apr 10, 2025, 10:42
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,900

Feb 13, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

Kryptonite

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Replies: 12
Views: 13,146

Mar 13, 2009, 09:47
by wlrun3@aol.com

Nuclear clocks could outdo atomic clocks as the most precise timepieces

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Views: 2,342

Jun 07, 2021, 12:23
by Marlin

Nuclear-powered concept cars from the Atomic Age

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Replies: 4
Views: 4,523

Jul 20, 2014, 10:08
by SloGlo

The Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn't This Happen

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Replies: 3
Views: 11,299

Apr 08, 2015, 07:22
by thenuttyneutron

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

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Views: 2,264

Jul 13, 2021, 04:37
by Marlin