History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future 1979

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Replies: 4
Views: 3,764

Mar 31, 2019, 02:22
by Bonds 25

Nukeworker magic eye

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Replies: 1
Views: 3,431

Oct 12, 2016, 05:19
by Rennhack

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

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Views: 2,163

Jul 15, 2024, 11:43
by Marlin

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

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Replies: 1
Views: 2,410

Oct 11, 2022, 08:53
by SloGlo

Russia Has a Fatally Wounded Nuclear Submarine

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Views: 4,029

Nov 23, 2016, 07:14
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,881

Nov 04, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

Reactor cores/piles/design

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Replies: 10
Views: 15,003

Jan 09, 2011, 06:27
by co60slr

Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster

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Views: 8,912

Aug 14, 2019, 06:04
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,559

Sep 14, 2018, 07:24
by Marlin

High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Views: 5,819

Jul 27, 2019, 10:19
by Marlin

Earth's History of Unexplained 'Radiation Storms'

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Views: 2,323

Oct 26, 2022, 03:10
by Marlin

The huge nuclear disaster hidden by the Soviets

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Views: 2,365

Jan 28, 2021, 02:40
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,315

Sep 23, 2022, 10:11
by Marlin

Demon core video

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Views: 2,966

Oct 06, 2019, 12:00
by Marlin

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers

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Views: 1,532

Sep 29, 2025, 07:04
by Marlin

48 Hours (November 17, 1988) Fernald

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Replies: 3
Views: 2,900

Dec 06, 2022, 07:26
by Mounder

Startling Facts About the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski

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Replies: 3
Views: 3,513

Aug 08, 2019, 06:57
by RDTroja

How the Olympics put a spotlight on HEU in research reactors

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Replies: 0
Views: 1,951

Jun 27, 2024, 09:38
by Marlin

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

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,301

Dec 06, 2023, 01:39
by Marlin

Exposure/dose

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Replies: 15
Views: 17,896

Aug 15, 2007, 11:26
by Chimera

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,828

Mar 20, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

The SLAM Missile Was a Flying Chernobyl

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Views: 4,241

Sep 10, 2014, 12:00
by Marlin

Fast burst reactors: A historical primer

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Views: 2,003

Jul 15, 2024, 10:04
by Marlin

N.S. Savannah and the American Nuclear Society

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Views: 2,038

Sep 13, 2024, 11:35
by Marlin

Argonne National Laboratory’s thermal reactor program in Idaho

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Views: 1,958

Jul 02, 2024, 11:05
by Marlin

9 nuclear inventions the Atomic Age nearly unleashed

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Views: 2,685

Oct 29, 2025, 11:31
by Marlin

Scientists/Discoveries

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Replies: 12
Views: 18,619

Oct 18, 2014, 07:26
by sderyke2002

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

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Views: 1,489

Apr 10, 2025, 10:42
by Marlin

Power and Promise: Early Atomic Power in Film!

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Views: 2,426

Dec 19, 2024, 11:29
by Marlin

Inside the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

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Views: 3,321

Aug 23, 2025, 10:31
by Marlin

When Televisions Were Radioactive

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,659

Sep 24, 2018, 10:42
by Marlin

Nuclear-powered concept cars from the Atomic Age

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Replies: 4
Views: 4,772

Jul 20, 2014, 10:08
by SloGlo

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

Started by Marlin

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Views: 4,575

Mar 28, 2024, 12:23
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,766

Mar 07, 2021, 12:00
by Marlin

WE CHOOSE TO NUKE THE MOON

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,517

Sep 14, 2021, 06:47
by GLW

Organic Cooled Reactors: Five Fast Facts!

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Replies: 0
Views: 1,634

Apr 17, 2025, 09:29
by Marlin

Accelerator disabled

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Replies: 1
Views: 5,412

Jan 29, 2007, 01:00
by Marlin

General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project

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Views: 1,491

Apr 03, 2025, 10:20
by Marlin

Romance of Radium (1937)

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Views: 3,768

Aug 20, 2014, 10:33
by Marlin

The SNAP-10A reactor power system

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Replies: 1
Views: 318

Apr 15, 2026, 12:26
by Mounder

Did you know?

Started by Marlin

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Replies: 29
Views: 56,428

Apr 02, 2011, 06:18
by HydroDave63

Physicists re-create forgotten experiment observing fusion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,111

Jun 27, 2025, 05:51
by Marlin

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

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,437

Nov 24, 2020, 11:58
by Marlin

Manmade elements

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Replies: 2
Views: 5,807

Mar 20, 2009, 10:20
by Marlin

Physicists’ Early Dreams of Nuclear Powered Spaceflight

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,635

Jul 19, 2021, 02:21
by Marlin

Admiral Rickover's Gamble

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Replies: 0
Views: 4,088

Oct 10, 2014, 04:08
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,236

Oct 22, 2023, 09:15
by Marlin

Alvin Weinberg Papers Archive Project

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,591

Aug 23, 2018, 11:33
by Marlin

MOVED: Edward Snowden

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,390

Aug 10, 2013, 09:05
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,572

Mar 10, 2019, 04:27
by GLW

Nukemap

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Replies: 6
Views: 6,694

Jan 13, 2018, 11:31
by Rennhack

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

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,291

May 08, 2023, 12:56
by Marlin

Image

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Replies: 2
Views: 2,871

Apr 02, 2020, 10:00
by peteshonkwiler

Elk River - Rural America's First Atomic Power Plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,484

Sep 27, 2024, 07:58
by peteshonkwiler

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,442

Mar 03, 2021, 11:43
by Marlin

How Kodak Exposed The Atomic Bomb

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,458

Aug 08, 2021, 01:14
by Marlin

A witness to atomic history

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,299

Dec 02, 2017, 09:30
by Marlin

Nuclear Test in Totskoye in 1954

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,773

Sep 13, 2019, 11:12
by Marlin

PROJECT PLUTO: THE CRAZIEST NUCLEAR WEAPON IN HISTORY

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,726

Nov 16, 2020, 08:16
by RDTroja

Blue Peacock

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 6,675

Jan 26, 2007, 02:07
by SloGlo

There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,282

Mar 05, 2023, 02:25
by Marlin

Humans Are Worse for Wildlife Than Nuclear Radiation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,642

Jan 21, 2020, 05:59
by SloGlo

“Nuclear geyser” may be origin of life

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,226

Apr 18, 2018, 04:49
by atomicarcheologist

Nuclear Energy for Puerto Rico

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,121

Sep 19, 2024, 10:55
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,451

Apr 03, 2020, 12:38
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,400

Dec 02, 2022, 10:29
by Marlin

The Most Toxic Tourist Attraction in the World

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,349

Mar 12, 2023, 07:14
by Marlin

John Hendrix: The Prophet of Oak Ridge

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,125

Oct 18, 2021, 09:56
by Marlin

The Hanford B Reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,250

Feb 17, 2023, 10:27
by Marlin

The Only Full Scale Test of a Nuclear Missile Was 57 Years Ago

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,110

May 11, 2020, 10:56
by peteshonkwiler

Fritz Strassmann: the principled chemist who discovered nuclear fission

Started by Marlin

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Views: 292

Mar 17, 2026, 10:44
by Marlin

Katie the Calutron Girl visits A.K. Bissel Park

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,304

Mar 30, 2024, 10:39
by Marlin

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Replies: 0
Views: 1,984

Sep 05, 2024, 10:23
by Marlin

Bacteria: radioactive elements replace essential rare earth metals

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,360

May 17, 2023, 03:18
by Marlin

ReActor House

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,343

Oct 28, 2016, 10:56
by SloGlo

The origins of The Reactor Safety Study

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,986

Sep 24, 2024, 10:34
by Marlin

The Curious History of Neutrinos and Nuclear Reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,211

Oct 03, 2024, 10:32
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,233

Feb 25, 2023, 11:16
by Marlin

Radiation control pratices

Started by Marlin

Replies: 6
Views: 13,531

Oct 06, 2006, 12:48
by SloGlo

Fusion Energy Week begins today

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,976

May 06, 2025, 12:53
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,297

Oct 01, 2025, 10:27
by Mounder

Three Mile Island -- Failure Of Science Or Spin?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,366

Mar 28, 2019, 11:00
by Bonds 25

62 years ago today: The USS Nautilus passes under the North Pole

Started by Marlin

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Views: 72

Apr 28, 2026, 10:24
by Marlin

First Fifty Years of HP

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 8,173

Apr 05, 2012, 02:45
by Rennhack

History

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 6,479

Oct 04, 2005, 10:35
by Marlin

Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” at 70

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,357

Dec 08, 2023, 10:18
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 239

Mar 13, 2026, 07:17
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,410

Dec 16, 2022, 12:32
by Marlin

What Ten Radioactive Elements Have the Longest Half-Lives?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 7,633

Jan 18, 2016, 10:51
by SloGlo

Nuking the Aleutians

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 4,110

Oct 06, 2014, 03:36
by HydroDave63

Kryptonite

Started by Marlin

Replies: 12
Views: 13,661

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

Why is Jimmy Carter trending on Twitter?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,470

Dec 17, 2021, 01:36
by Marlin

Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,704

Mar 21, 2019, 04:46
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,217

Oct 09, 2025, 11:04
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,480

Apr 15, 2024, 11:00
by Marlin

Argonne National Laboratory’s thermal reactor program in Idaho

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,912

Jun 27, 2024, 09:34
by Marlin

The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 7,256

Feb 14, 2016, 09:43
by GLW

Nuclear Outboard Motor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 4,267

Aug 10, 2013, 07:57
by SloGlo

Banana dose equivalents of radiation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 4,449

Oct 26, 2015, 07:37
by RDTroja

We Are East Idaho: Arco

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,595

Mar 25, 2019, 06:39
by Marlin

10 everyday products that were radioactive

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,449

Feb 14, 2018, 12:05
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,945

Mar 07, 2019, 10:39
by Bonds 25

You (and Almost Everyone You Know) Owe Your Life to This Man.

Started by Marlin

Replies: 6
Views: 8,139

Mar 31, 2016, 12:48
by GLW

Atomic-Powered Aircraft

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,188

Mar 12, 2024, 07:20
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,396

Apr 06, 2020, 10:13
by Marlin

Why X-Rays Can’t Push Interstellar Sails

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,000

Jun 08, 2024, 02:23
by Marlin

Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,083

Apr 03, 2019, 12:31
by GLW

Project 81 - An Almost Forgotten Standard Nuclear Plant Project

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Replies: 0
Views: 1,556

Apr 03, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

Creatures of the dawn: How radioactivity unlocked deep time

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,673

Sep 30, 2021, 12:02
by Marlin

PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST RADIATION DETECTOR YOU ALREADY OWN

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,478

Sep 30, 2022, 10:07
by SloGlo

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,450

Dec 10, 2020, 10:54
by Marlin

Remembering the Savannah River Plant

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Replies: 0
Views: 1,829

Dec 18, 2024, 10:55
by Marlin

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,468

Dec 10, 2021, 02:11
by Marlin

The Blue Peacock: The Chicken-Heated Nuclear Land Mine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,620

Oct 01, 2021, 01:47
by Marlin

The SNAP-10A reactor power system

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,397

Apr 15, 2024, 07:29
by Mounder

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,278

Jun 11, 2024, 09:07
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,400

Oct 29, 2023, 05:51
by Marlin

Secret Atomic Role of WW II–Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,261

May 15, 2023, 01:52
by Marlin

The Real Father of the Nuclear Age

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,202

Mar 11, 2024, 12:38
by Marlin

Nuclear fracking

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Replies: 15
Views: 17,749

Aug 28, 2013, 03:49
by retired nuke

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,030

Dec 10, 2024, 10:24
by Marlin

First Man-made Object in Space – A Manhole Cover?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,991

Jan 05, 2021, 09:35
by SloGlo

NB-36 CRUSADER: AMERICA’S MASSIVE NUCLEAR-POWERED BOMBER

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,927

May 14, 2021, 02:19
by Mounder

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,591

Aug 10, 2018, 05:16
by hamsamich

The design and legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-II

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,194

Nov 22, 2023, 09:46
by Marlin

How Radiocarbon Dating Unlocks Ancient History

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,991

Oct 01, 2024, 05:49
by Marlin

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

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,262

Oct 04, 2023, 12:34
by Marlin

The Aircraft Reactor Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Replies: 0
Views: 2,093

Dec 12, 2024, 11:43
by Marlin

Manhattan Project Park: Walk through Wheat

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,066

Jul 05, 2024, 04:12
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,332

Nov 28, 2024, 12:57
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,396

Dec 12, 2023, 05:53
by Marlin

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,185

Oct 27, 2017, 12:10
by Marlin

The last days of Hallam

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,779

Oct 24, 2025, 09:46
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,557

Jun 11, 2018, 02:12
by shehane

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,701

Jan 22, 2025, 04:00
by Marlin

Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,796

Feb 02, 2020, 12:37
by Marlin

Radioactive Boyscout

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 9,464

Jan 06, 2007, 12:59
by thenuttyneutron

Nuclear Football

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 7,422

Jan 24, 2007, 07:47
by SloGlo

Throwback Thursday: The legend of SCRAM

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,974

Dec 05, 2024, 10:51
by Marlin

The first homes on Mars may be alive

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 227

Apr 03, 2026, 02:12
by Rennhack

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 6,155

Sep 11, 2019, 11:24
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,496

Nov 22, 2016, 05:47
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,453

Nov 02, 2022, 10:39
by Marlin

Crisis at Three Mile Island

Started by Marlin

Replies: 19
Views: 9,238

Apr 01, 2018, 01:43
by TVA

Hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear blast videos

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,060

Jul 07, 2018, 11:15
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 228

Apr 04, 2026, 09:16
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,201

Jun 04, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,002

Aug 17, 2017, 12:34
by Marlin

Quantum physicists discover 'negative time' in strange experiment

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,995

Oct 07, 2024, 12:42
by Marlin

Did Chernobyl Create Mutant Animals?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,362

Aug 13, 2019, 06:27
by Bonds 25