History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

Showdown at Shoreham

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Sep 03, 2024, 10:13
by Marlin

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

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Dec 12, 2019, 02:22
by Marlin

ReActor House

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Views: 3,366

Oct 28, 2016, 10:56
by SloGlo

Honoring Dennis Wilkinson on the 106th anniversary of his birth

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Views: 2,098

Aug 07, 2024, 09:32
by Marlin

The Nuclear Canal

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Jun 14, 2016, 09:03
by Marlin

High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Jul 27, 2019, 10:19
by Marlin

Squeeze inside a fusion reactor with a Nat Geo photographer

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Views: 1,874

Dec 07, 2025, 06:24
by Marlin

The Moments After Chernobyl Blew

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Jun 01, 2019, 11:21
by hamsamich

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

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Jan 05, 2026, 07:49
by Marlin

Project Rover: The original nuclear-powered rocket program

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Views: 2,336

Jan 13, 2023, 09:25
by Marlin

How has a nuclear weapon never accidentally detonated?

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Aug 14, 2022, 02:18
by Marlin

Death on Mars

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Views: 2,408

Jan 21, 2020, 02:17
by Marlin

A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Radioactive Oatmeal Go Down

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Views: 2,257

Jul 31, 2022, 05:36
by Marlin

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

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Sep 23, 2022, 10:11
by Marlin

THE DEMON CORE AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF LOUIS SLOTIN

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May 24, 2016, 04:34
by Marlin

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

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Views: 5,661

Jun 06, 2019, 01:14
by GLW

Atomic-Powered Aircraft

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Views: 6,972

May 07, 2024, 07:14
by Marlin

Exposure/dose

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Views: 18,009

Aug 15, 2007, 11:26
by Chimera

800-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above Manhattan?

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Views: 4,468

Feb 26, 2015, 06:16
by mjd

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

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Views: 3,210

Dec 18, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

Inside the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

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Views: 3,347

Aug 23, 2025, 10:31
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,217

Aug 05, 2022, 03:32
by Marlin

A Brief History of Tiny Nuclear Reactors

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Views: 2,448

Dec 17, 2019, 01:30
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,422

Feb 12, 2019, 08:01
by atomicarcheologist

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

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May 31, 2019, 08:40
by scotoma

Argonne National Laboratory’s fast reactors in Idaho

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Views: 2,068

May 24, 2024, 11:20
by Marlin

Nuclear History In focus: The Three Mile Island special report

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Views: 1,523

Mar 27, 2025, 09:44
by Marlin

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

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Nov 26, 2025, 10:49
by Marlin

The Sodium Reactor Experiment

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Views: 2,344

Feb 23, 2024, 09:42
by Marlin

Understanding the accident of Fukushima Daiichi

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Views: 3,397

Mar 06, 2019, 12:43
by RRhoads

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

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Views: 3,541

May 02, 2016, 11:47
by Marlin

Atomic-Powered Aircraft

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Views: 2,216

Mar 12, 2024, 07:20
by Marlin

The Cold War's Missing Atom Bombs

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Feb 06, 2019, 01:05
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,047

Jun 07, 2024, 06:24
by Marlin

The Almost Nuclear Holocaust in North Carolina

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Jan 24, 2015, 11:00
by Marlin

General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project

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Apr 03, 2025, 10:20
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,218

May 15, 2024, 10:57
by Marlin

The US Army’s Nuclear Power Program in Film

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Views: 2,416

Feb 27, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

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

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Feb 10, 2024, 02:03
by Marlin

Rescuing the Atomic Dog

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Views: 3,778

Mar 10, 2014, 10:46
by UncaBuffalo

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

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Aug 15, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

Her Majesty’s Nuclear Seaplane

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Views: 9,380

Oct 23, 2013, 08:38
by Marlin

Did you know?

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Apr 02, 2011, 06:18
by HydroDave63

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

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Views: 1,881

Mar 18, 2025, 09:15
by Marlin

AN ALTERNATIVE REACTOR

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May 09, 2018, 12:14
by Marlin

Physicists’ Early Dreams of Nuclear Powered Spaceflight

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Views: 2,659

Jul 19, 2021, 02:21
by Marlin

Jimmy Carter: America’s first nuclear president

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Views: 1,943

Feb 05, 2025, 12:49
by Marlin

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

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May 23, 2024, 09:57
by Mounder

PROJECT PLUTO: THE CRAZIEST NUCLEAR WEAPON IN HISTORY

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Views: 2,761

Nov 16, 2020, 08:16
by RDTroja

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

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Views: 2,181

Oct 24, 2024, 02:27
by Mounder

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

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Views: 2,377

Feb 13, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

High level burial

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Views: 18,008

Feb 26, 2007, 02:35
by Marlin

Deinococcus radiodurans

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Views: 18,246

Jan 04, 2008, 07:55
by Marlin

Five fascinating facts about DUNE

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Views: 2,884

May 18, 2018, 10:05
by Marlin

Humans Are Worse for Wildlife Than Nuclear Radiation

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Views: 2,668

Jan 21, 2020, 05:59
by SloGlo

Nuclear clocks could outdo atomic clocks as the most precise timepieces

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Views: 2,586

Jun 07, 2021, 12:23
by Marlin

Under a fermium sky

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Views: 3,676

Jun 28, 2017, 08:01
by Chimera

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

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Nov 24, 2024, 09:08
by Marlin

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

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

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Oct 27, 2017, 12:10
by Marlin

Uranium abundence

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Feb 20, 2007, 08:01
by MrHazmat

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

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Views: 3,231

May 22, 2018, 08:53
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,823

Jul 31, 2023, 07:09
by Marlin

Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?

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Views: 3,835

Feb 02, 2020, 12:37
by Marlin

THE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

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Views: 3,095

May 17, 2018, 09:56
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,645

Dec 18, 2019, 04:49
by Marlin

The Hanford B Reactor

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Views: 2,271

Feb 17, 2023, 10:27
by Marlin

USS TRITON 1ST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH UNDERWATER

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Views: 3,813

Jun 19, 2017, 06:57
by bsdnuke

Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese wall

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Views: 2,369

Jan 31, 2023, 02:52
by Marlin

How to Nuke a Submarine

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Views: 3,488

Jul 21, 2017, 10:16
by Marlin

TVA Prepares to Write Final Nuclear Chapters

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Views: 1,876

Oct 15, 2024, 10:38
by Marlin

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The aftermath

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Views: 2,153

Aug 07, 2024, 12:52
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,387

Jan 14, 2020, 03:15
by Marlin

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

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Views: 2,181

Jul 30, 2024, 09:46
by Marlin

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Views: 2,011

Sep 05, 2024, 10:23
by Marlin

Hiroshima buildings that survived atomic bomb to be demolished

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Views: 2,370

Dec 16, 2019, 10:07
by Marlin

The legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-I

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Views: 2,234

Feb 03, 2023, 12:11
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,483

Jan 30, 2026, 09:00
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,750

May 22, 2019, 01:40
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,041

Jun 21, 2017, 10:24
by Marlin

Kryptonite

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Views: 13,746

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

The Sodium Reactor Experiment

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Views: 2,364

Aug 08, 2024, 08:08
by Mounder

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

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Views: 2,370

Aug 24, 2023, 12:43
by Marlin

]How powerful of a nuclear bomb could we make?

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Views: 2,482

Aug 22, 2022, 12:06
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,115

Jan 31, 2023, 12:39
by Marlin

Japan's Atomic Bomb

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Views: 18,193

Mar 08, 2006, 12:54
by LaFeet

Raising the Kursk

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Views: 8,754

Jul 21, 2019, 10:46
by Marlin

Astounding Science Fiction

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Views: 3,214

Jun 06, 2017, 08:03
by Marlin

Scientists/Discoveries

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Views: 18,738

Oct 18, 2014, 07:26
by sderyke2002

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

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Views: 2,282

Sep 01, 2022, 05:26
by Marlin

Secret Atomic Role of WWII-Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

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Views: 3,281

May 02, 2016, 11:35
by Marlin

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers

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Views: 1,559

Sep 29, 2025, 07:04
by Marlin

The Original Target For The Second Nuclear Bomb

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Views: 2,362

Aug 09, 2022, 04:27
by Marlin

How the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms

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Views: 3,594

Aug 10, 2025, 01:14
by Marlin

Banana dose equivalents of radiation

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Views: 4,477

Oct 26, 2015, 07:37
by RDTroja

Reactor containments

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Views: 28,125

Apr 17, 2007, 09:56
by HydroDave63

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

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Views: 11,639

Apr 08, 2015, 07:22
by thenuttyneutron

Instrumentation

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Views: 7,052

Sep 15, 2006, 11:58
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 2,721

May 14, 2019, 11:15
by Marlin

Project A119

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Views: 4,480

Feb 12, 2019, 08:54
by RDTroja

Tree-rings reveal secret clocks

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Views: 8,947

Aug 18, 2016, 12:33
by Marlin

Why There Are No Nuclear Airplanes

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Views: 29,648

Jan 28, 2019, 06:43
by GLW

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

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Views: 2,975

Mar 07, 2019, 10:39
by Bonds 25

Nuclear bomb fallout

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Views: 9,485

Feb 09, 2009, 10:50
by Marlin

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war

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Views: 3,724

Aug 14, 2015, 10:35
by Marlin

5 Incredible Facts About the Atom Bomb

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Views: 2,437

May 31, 2021, 07:23
by Marlin

Why X-Rays Can’t Push Interstellar Sails

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Views: 2,029

Jun 08, 2024, 02:23
by Marlin

Thorium welding rod exposure

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Views: 13,458

Feb 15, 2008, 06:08
by atomicarcheologist

Health Physicists

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Views: 6,706

Aug 17, 2005, 08:59
by Marlin

The Real Father of the Nuclear Age

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Views: 2,229

Mar 11, 2024, 12:38
by Marlin

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

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Views: 4,106

Jan 30, 2019, 12:52
by Chimera

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

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Views: 14,718

Aug 10, 2025, 12:25
by Marlin

The Lithium Blues

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Views: 5,552

Mar 18, 2014, 10:52
by BetaAnt

Castle Bravo

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Views: 5,509

Mar 02, 2015, 02:36
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,500

Jul 13, 2021, 04:37
by Marlin

Film examines France's nuclear history in Algeria

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Views: 2,273

Sep 29, 2023, 07:56
by Marlin

Water Boiler Reactor

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Views: 2,116

May 09, 2024, 01:42
by Marlin

The Unsuccessful WWII Plot to Fight the Japanese With Radioactive Foxes

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Views: 2,646

Oct 01, 2020, 12:01
by Marlin

Nuclear Rocket

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Views: 7,042

Mar 02, 2007, 06:15
by Trinian23

Living nuclear component.

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Views: 16,732

Feb 07, 2009, 10:42
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,460

Nov 24, 2020, 11:58
by Marlin

A Short History of the People of Bikini Atoll

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Views: 3,801

Mar 02, 2014, 03:33
by retired nuke

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

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Views: 2,642

Jul 15, 2021, 11:15
by Marlin

Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex

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Views: 1,671

Feb 04, 2025, 09:09
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,284

Oct 04, 2023, 12:34
by Marlin

What is a photon?

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Views: 2,500

Jun 30, 2021, 02:39
by Marlin

The fear of a nuclear fire that would consume Earth

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Views: 2,250

Sep 10, 2023, 01:25
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,360

Nov 28, 2024, 12:57
by Marlin

Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba'

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Views: 2,799

Sep 02, 2020, 10:39
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,041

Nov 14, 2024, 02:39
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,212

Feb 29, 2024, 04:42
by Marlin

"Fairy Ring"

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Views: 8,151

Feb 05, 2007, 03:14
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,537

Jul 06, 2021, 11:46
by Marlin

70th Anniversary of Atoms for Peace Speech

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Views: 2,186

Sep 29, 2023, 02:06
by Marlin

Rickover was a D.O.P.E. ?

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Views: 6,463

Jun 18, 2011, 09:34
by hamsamich

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

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Views: 3,580

Jun 11, 2018, 02:12
by shehane

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

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Views: 2,361

Aug 05, 2023, 10:00
by Marlin

Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use

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Views: 4,028

Aug 17, 2017, 12:34
by Marlin

The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find

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Views: 2,422

Jan 17, 2023, 02:52
by Marlin

THE UNITED STATES NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION PROGRAM 2020

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Views: 4,704

Sep 17, 2020, 09:33
by Marlin

Disney World should have gone nuclear

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Views: 2,497

Nov 25, 2024, 12:04
by Bonds 25

We Found an Unexpected Anomaly in the Pacific Ocean

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Views: 1,889

Feb 14, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

The Peach Bottom-1 HTGR

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Views: 2,463

Aug 15, 2024, 10:46
by Marlin

Nukeworker magic eye

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Views: 3,464

Oct 12, 2016, 05:19
by Rennhack

Air Force Debates Replacing Depleted Uranium Rounds for A-10

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Views: 3,260

May 15, 2018, 10:10
by atomicarcheologist

Celebrating INL’s legacy of innovation

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Views: 3,678

Dec 23, 2025, 11:35
by Marlin

Strange Life Forms Are Growing in an Abandoned Uranium Mine

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Views: 2,296

Feb 04, 2023, 12:23
by Marlin

The American reactor that was closed by fake news

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Jan 28, 2024, 01:18
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

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

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Views: 1,892

Nov 07, 2024, 09:50
by Marlin