History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

9 nuclear inventions the Atomic Age nearly unleashed

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Oct 29, 2025, 11:31
by Marlin

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

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Jun 11, 2024, 09:07
by Marlin

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

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Apr 10, 2025, 10:42
by Marlin

History

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Oct 04, 2005, 10:35
by Marlin

Nuclear-powered concept cars from the Atomic Age

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Jul 20, 2014, 10:08
by SloGlo

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

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Mar 28, 2024, 12:23
by Marlin

Power and Promise: Early Atomic Power in Film!

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Dec 19, 2024, 11:29
by Marlin

PROJECT PLUTO: THE CRAZIEST NUCLEAR WEAPON IN HISTORY

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Nov 16, 2020, 08:16
by RDTroja

Accelerator disabled

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Jan 29, 2007, 01:00
by Marlin

Humans Are Worse for Wildlife Than Nuclear Radiation

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Jan 21, 2020, 05:59
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 2,807

Mar 07, 2021, 12:00
by Marlin

WE CHOOSE TO NUKE THE MOON

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Sep 14, 2021, 06:47
by GLW

Organic Cooled Reactors: Five Fast Facts!

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Views: 1,663

Apr 17, 2025, 09:29
by Marlin

Physicists re-create forgotten experiment observing fusion

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Views: 1,148

Jun 27, 2025, 05:51
by Marlin

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

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Oct 27, 2017, 12:10
by Marlin

Romance of Radium (1937)

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Aug 20, 2014, 10:33
by Marlin

The SNAP-10A reactor power system

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Views: 561

Apr 15, 2026, 12:26
by Mounder

The Hanford B Reactor

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Feb 17, 2023, 10:27
by Marlin

Alvin Weinberg Papers Archive Project

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Views: 2,633

Aug 23, 2018, 11:33
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,425

Apr 06, 2020, 10:13
by Marlin

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Views: 2,018

Sep 05, 2024, 10:23
by Marlin

Admiral Rickover's Gamble

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Views: 4,123

Oct 10, 2014, 04:08
by Marlin

Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?

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Views: 3,842

Feb 02, 2020, 12:37
by Marlin

Remembering the Savannah River Plant

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Views: 1,865

Dec 18, 2024, 10:55
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,780

Jan 05, 2026, 07:49
by Marlin

MOVED: Edward Snowden

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Views: 3,418

Aug 10, 2013, 09:05
by Marlin

Throwback Thursday: The legend of SCRAM

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Views: 2,007

Dec 05, 2024, 10:51
by Marlin

Nukemap

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Views: 6,775

Jan 13, 2018, 11:31
by Rennhack

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

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Views: 2,464

Mar 03, 2021, 11:43
by Marlin

Hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear blast videos

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Views: 3,089

Jul 07, 2018, 11:15
by Marlin

Image

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Apr 02, 2020, 10:00
by peteshonkwiler

The Blue Peacock: The Chicken-Heated Nuclear Land Mine

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Views: 2,649

Oct 01, 2021, 01:47
by Marlin

Death on Mars

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Views: 2,411

Jan 21, 2020, 02:17
by Marlin

There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl

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Views: 2,318

Mar 05, 2023, 02:25
by Marlin

A witness to atomic history

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Dec 02, 2017, 09:30
by Marlin

Nuclear Test in Totskoye in 1954

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Sep 13, 2019, 11:12
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,499

Jan 30, 2026, 09:00
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,488

Apr 03, 2020, 12:38
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,435

Dec 02, 2022, 10:29
by Marlin

Kryptonite

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

Nuclear Energy for Puerto Rico

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Views: 2,163

Sep 19, 2024, 10:55
by Marlin

John Hendrix: The Prophet of Oak Ridge

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Views: 3,161

Oct 18, 2021, 09:56
by Marlin

Banana dose equivalents of radiation

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Views: 4,486

Oct 26, 2015, 07:37
by RDTroja

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

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Views: 3,158

May 11, 2020, 10:56
by peteshonkwiler

Scientists/Discoveries

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Views: 18,757

Oct 18, 2014, 07:26
by sderyke2002

The Most Toxic Tourist Attraction in the World

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Views: 2,388

Mar 12, 2023, 07:14
by Marlin

Bacteria: radioactive elements replace essential rare earth metals

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Views: 2,394

May 17, 2023, 03:18
by Marlin

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers

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Views: 1,564

Sep 29, 2025, 07:04
by Marlin

The origins of The Reactor Safety Study

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Sep 24, 2024, 10:34
by Marlin

The last days of Hallam

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Views: 1,820

Oct 24, 2025, 09:46
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,987

Mar 07, 2019, 10:39
by Bonds 25

Radiation control pratices

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Oct 06, 2006, 12:48
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 6,187

Sep 11, 2019, 11:24
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,057

Jun 07, 2024, 06:24
by Marlin

The Curious History of Neutrinos and Nuclear Reactors

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Views: 2,239

Oct 03, 2024, 10:32
by Marlin

Startling Facts About the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski

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Views: 3,553

Aug 08, 2019, 06:57
by RDTroja

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

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Views: 3,035

Aug 15, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

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

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Apr 28, 2026, 10:24
by Marlin

N.S. Savannah and the American Nuclear Society

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Sep 13, 2024, 11:35
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,334

Oct 01, 2025, 10:27
by Mounder

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

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Views: 2,486

Nov 02, 2022, 10:39
by Marlin

What Ten Radioactive Elements Have the Longest Half-Lives?

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Views: 7,713

Jan 18, 2016, 10:51
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 326

Apr 04, 2026, 09:16
by Marlin

Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” at 70

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Views: 2,404

Dec 08, 2023, 10:18
by Marlin

Why X-Rays Can’t Push Interstellar Sails

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Views: 2,037

Jun 08, 2024, 02:23
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,253

Oct 09, 2025, 11:04
by Marlin

Nuking the Aleutians

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Views: 4,161

Oct 06, 2014, 03:36
by HydroDave63

The Real Father of the Nuclear Age

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Views: 2,236

Mar 11, 2024, 12:38
by Marlin

Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

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Views: 2,732

Mar 21, 2019, 04:46
by Marlin

Nuclear Outboard Motor

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Views: 4,304

Aug 10, 2013, 07:57
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 2,302

Oct 04, 2023, 12:34
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,522

Apr 15, 2024, 11:00
by Marlin

Argonne National Laboratory’s thermal reactor program in Idaho

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Views: 1,946

Jun 27, 2024, 09:34
by Marlin

The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor

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Views: 7,320

Feb 14, 2016, 09:43
by GLW

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

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Views: 8,207

Mar 31, 2016, 12:48
by GLW

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

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Views: 2,468

Nov 24, 2020, 11:58
by Marlin

We Are East Idaho: Arco

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Views: 2,626

Mar 25, 2019, 06:39
by Marlin

The huge nuclear disaster hidden by the Soviets

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Views: 2,396

Jan 28, 2021, 02:40
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,369

Nov 28, 2024, 12:57
by Marlin

Creatures of the dawn: How radioactivity unlocked deep time

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Views: 2,707

Sep 30, 2021, 12:02
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,340

Dec 06, 2023, 01:39
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,593

Jun 11, 2018, 02:12
by shehane

Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator

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Views: 3,119

Apr 03, 2019, 12:31
by GLW

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

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Views: 2,272

Oct 22, 2023, 09:15
by Marlin

The SLAM Missile Was a Flying Chernobyl

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Views: 4,274

Sep 10, 2014, 12:00
by Marlin

How to Nuke a Submarine

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Views: 3,488

Jul 21, 2017, 10:16
by Marlin

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

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Views: 2,506

Dec 10, 2021, 02:11
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,616

Mar 10, 2019, 04:27
by GLW

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

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Views: 2,484

Dec 10, 2020, 10:54
by Marlin

The SNAP-10A reactor power system

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Views: 2,427

Apr 15, 2024, 07:29
by Mounder

How Kodak Exposed The Atomic Bomb

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Views: 2,492

Aug 08, 2021, 01:14
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,441

Oct 29, 2023, 05:51
by Marlin

Argonne National Laboratory’s thermal reactor program in Idaho

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Views: 1,989

Jul 02, 2024, 11:05
by Marlin

Film examines France's nuclear history in Algeria

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Views: 2,292

Sep 29, 2023, 07:56
by Marlin

The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Views: 2,073

Dec 10, 2024, 10:24
by Marlin

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

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Views: 3,026

Jan 05, 2021, 09:35
by SloGlo

Secret Atomic Role of WW II–Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

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Views: 2,305

May 15, 2023, 01:52
by Marlin

Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use

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Views: 4,030

Aug 17, 2017, 12:34
by Marlin

The design and legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-II

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Views: 2,234

Nov 22, 2023, 09:46
by Marlin

How Radiocarbon Dating Unlocks Ancient History

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Views: 2,023

Oct 01, 2024, 05:49
by Marlin

Nukeworker magic eye

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Views: 3,465

Oct 12, 2016, 05:19
by Rennhack

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

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Views: 3,622

Aug 10, 2018, 05:16
by hamsamich

Manhattan Project Park: Walk through Wheat

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Views: 2,096

Jul 05, 2024, 04:12
by Marlin

High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Views: 5,850

Jul 27, 2019, 10:19
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,437

Dec 12, 2023, 05:53
by Marlin

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

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Views: 281

Mar 13, 2026, 07:17
by Marlin

The Aircraft Reactor Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Views: 2,123

Dec 12, 2024, 11:43
by Marlin

Radioactive Boyscout

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Views: 9,512

Jan 06, 2007, 12:59
by thenuttyneutron

Manmade elements

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Views: 5,841

Mar 20, 2009, 10:20
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,352

Sep 23, 2022, 10:11
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,739

Jan 22, 2025, 04:00
by Marlin

ReActor House

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Views: 3,372

Oct 28, 2016, 10:56
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 2,332

May 08, 2023, 12:56
by Marlin

Instrumentation

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Views: 7,057

Sep 15, 2006, 11:58
by SloGlo

Nuclear Football

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Replies: 3
Views: 7,454

Jan 24, 2007, 07:47
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 2,270

Feb 25, 2023, 11:16
by Marlin

Fritz Strassmann: the principled chemist who discovered nuclear fission

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Views: 335

Mar 17, 2026, 10:44
by Marlin

10 everyday products that were radioactive

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Views: 3,475

Feb 14, 2018, 12:05
by Marlin

First Fifty Years of HP

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Views: 8,203

Apr 05, 2012, 02:45
by Rennhack

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

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Views: 3,526

Nov 22, 2016, 05:47
by Marlin

Elk River - Rural America's First Atomic Power Plant

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Views: 2,518

Sep 27, 2024, 07:58
by peteshonkwiler

Tree-rings reveal secret clocks

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Replies: 13
Views: 8,964

Aug 18, 2016, 12:33
by Marlin

Did Chernobyl Create Mutant Animals?

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Replies: 2
Views: 3,398

Aug 13, 2019, 06:27
by Bonds 25

The first homes on Mars may be alive

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Views: 329

Apr 03, 2026, 02:12
by Rennhack

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

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Views: 4,240

Jun 04, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

Exposure/dose

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Replies: 15
Views: 18,013

Aug 15, 2007, 11:26
by Chimera

Russia Has a Fatally Wounded Nuclear Submarine

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Views: 4,066

Nov 23, 2016, 07:14
by Marlin

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

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Replies: 4
Views: 3,829

Mar 31, 2019, 02:22
by Bonds 25

Inside the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

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Views: 3,361

Aug 23, 2025, 10:31
by Marlin

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

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Views: 2,441

Oct 11, 2022, 08:53
by SloGlo

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

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Views: 2,594

Sep 14, 2018, 07:24
by Marlin

General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project

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Views: 1,517

Apr 03, 2025, 10:20
by Marlin

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

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Views: 1,912

Nov 04, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

Reactor cores/piles/design

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Replies: 10
Views: 15,090

Jan 09, 2011, 06:27
by co60slr

Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster

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Views: 8,944

Aug 14, 2019, 06:04
by Marlin

Demon core video

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Views: 2,997

Oct 06, 2019, 12:00
by Marlin

Atomic-Powered Aircraft

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Views: 2,222

Mar 12, 2024, 07:20
by Marlin

Earth's History of Unexplained 'Radiation Storms'

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Views: 2,354

Oct 26, 2022, 03:10
by Marlin

Katie the Calutron Girl visits A.K. Bissel Park

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Views: 2,349

Mar 30, 2024, 10:39
by Marlin

Did you know?

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Views: 56,595

Apr 02, 2011, 06:18
by HydroDave63

How the Olympics put a spotlight on HEU in research reactors

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Views: 1,982

Jun 27, 2024, 09:38
by Marlin

Fusion Energy Week begins today

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Views: 2,016

May 06, 2025, 12:53
by Marlin

Physicists’ Early Dreams of Nuclear Powered Spaceflight

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Views: 2,662

Jul 19, 2021, 02:21
by Marlin

48 Hours (November 17, 1988) Fernald

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Views: 2,963

Dec 06, 2022, 07:26
by Mounder

Project 81 - An Almost Forgotten Standard Nuclear Plant Project

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Views: 1,586

Apr 03, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

Three Mile Island -- Failure Of Science Or Spin?

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Views: 3,412

Mar 28, 2019, 11:00
by Bonds 25

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

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Views: 2,221

Feb 29, 2024, 04:42
by Marlin

Fast burst reactors: A historical primer

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Views: 2,048

Jul 15, 2024, 10:04
by Marlin

PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST RADIATION DETECTOR YOU ALREADY OWN

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Views: 2,503

Sep 30, 2022, 10:07
by SloGlo

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

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Views: 2,870

Mar 20, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin