History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

The SLAM Missile Was a Flying Chernobyl

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,184

Sep 10, 2014, 12:00
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 4,171

May 31, 2019, 08:40
by scotoma

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,118

Jun 04, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

The Age of Radiance

Started by Wlrun3

Replies: 0
Views: 4,113

Jun 03, 2014, 05:24
by Wlrun3

THE DEMON CORE AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF LOUIS SLOTIN

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,056

May 24, 2016, 04:34
by Marlin

Admiral Rickover's Gamble

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,042

Oct 10, 2014, 04:08
by Marlin

Nuking the Aleutians

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 4,023

Oct 06, 2014, 03:36
by HydroDave63

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 3,985

Jan 30, 2019, 12:52
by Chimera

Russia Has a Fatally Wounded Nuclear Submarine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,977

Nov 23, 2016, 07:14
by Marlin

Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,942

Aug 17, 2017, 12:34
by Marlin

Training EOOW

Started by Wighty44

Replies: 1
Views: 3,925

Dec 26, 2018, 11:27
by NoHorns

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,893

Apr 06, 2016, 10:33
by Marlin

First Reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,846

Apr 29, 2018, 01:03
by TVA

Operation Plumbbob And The Psychology Of A Nuclear Blast

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,794

Nov 10, 2014, 11:38
by RFaunt

Bizarre Particles Keep Flying Out of Antarctica's Ice

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,765

Oct 01, 2018, 08:07
by Mounder

USS TRITON 1ST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH UNDERWATER

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,732

Jun 19, 2017, 06:57
by bsdnuke

Romance of Radium (1937)

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,721

Aug 20, 2014, 10:33
by Marlin

A Short History of the People of Bikini Atoll

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,717

Mar 02, 2014, 03:33
by retired nuke

Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,708

Feb 02, 2020, 12:37
by Marlin

The Nuclear Canal

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,691

Jun 14, 2016, 09:03
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 3,689

Mar 31, 2019, 02:22
by Bonds 25

Rescuing the Atomic Dog

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,678

Mar 10, 2014, 10:46
by UncaBuffalo

MOVED: tutor

Started by Rennhack

Replies: 0
Views: 3,670

Oct 19, 2010, 07:22
by Rennhack

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,649

Aug 14, 2015, 10:35
by Marlin

The Strange Glass Born in Nuclear Explosions

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,615

Apr 19, 2016, 10:33
by Marlin

Under a fermium sky

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,596

Jun 28, 2017, 08:01
by Chimera

Celebrating INL’s legacy of innovation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,576

Dec 23, 2025, 11:35
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,530

Aug 10, 2018, 05:16
by hamsamich

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,501

Jun 11, 2018, 02:12
by shehane

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,485

Mar 10, 2019, 04:27
by GLW

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,469

May 02, 2016, 11:47
by Marlin

How the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,467

Aug 10, 2025, 01:14
by Marlin

Radioactive Spark Plugs (ca. 1940s)

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,454

Jul 13, 2024, 06:10
by Marlin

Startling Facts About the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,450

Aug 08, 2019, 06:57
by RDTroja

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,444

Nov 22, 2016, 05:47
by Marlin

WE CHOOSE TO NUKE THE MOON

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,442

Sep 14, 2021, 06:47
by GLW

How to Nuke a Submarine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,414

Jul 21, 2017, 10:16
by Marlin

10 everyday products that were radioactive

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,406

Feb 14, 2018, 12:05
by Marlin

What It's Like to Actually See an Atomic Explosion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,389

Apr 18, 2016, 09:54
by Marlin

Nukeworker magic eye

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,386

Oct 12, 2016, 05:19
by Rennhack

worst job inna whirled, atomic bomb disarmament

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 3
Views: 3,381

Sep 18, 2018, 02:24
by SloGlo

Old Videos

Started by ddickey

Replies: 0
Views: 3,373

Oct 09, 2015, 06:48
by ddickey

MOVED: Edward Snowden

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,339

Aug 10, 2013, 09:05
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,336

Feb 12, 2019, 08:01
by atomicarcheologist

Three Mile Island -- Failure Of Science Or Spin?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,310

Mar 28, 2019, 11:00
by Bonds 25

ReActor House

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,297

Oct 28, 2016, 10:56
by SloGlo

Did Chernobyl Create Mutant Animals?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,294

Aug 13, 2019, 06:27
by Bonds 25

Understanding the accident of Fukushima Daiichi

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,291

Mar 06, 2019, 12:43
by RRhoads

The Moments After Chernobyl Blew

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,272

Jun 01, 2019, 11:21
by hamsamich

A witness to atomic history

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,255

Dec 02, 2017, 09:30
by Marlin

Inside the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,219

Aug 23, 2025, 10:31
by Marlin

Secret Atomic Role of WWII-Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,209

May 02, 2016, 11:35
by Marlin

Air Force Debates Replacing Depleted Uranium Rounds for A-10

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,175

May 15, 2018, 10:10
by atomicarcheologist

“Nuclear geyser” may be origin of life

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,166

Apr 18, 2018, 04:49
by atomicarcheologist

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,141

May 22, 2018, 08:53
by Marlin

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,139

Oct 27, 2017, 12:10
by Marlin

Astounding Science Fiction

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,135

Jun 06, 2017, 08:03
by Marlin

showdown at shoreham

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 2
Views: 3,097

May 18, 2018, 09:21
by scotoma

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,095

Dec 18, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

John Hendrix: The Prophet of Oak Ridge

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,065

Oct 18, 2021, 09:56
by Marlin

AN ALTERNATIVE REACTOR

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,036

May 09, 2018, 12:14
by Marlin

Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,036

Apr 03, 2019, 12:31
by GLW

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,033

May 11, 2020, 10:56
by peteshonkwiler

THE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,028

May 17, 2018, 09:56
by Marlin

Hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear blast videos

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,013

Jul 07, 2018, 11:15
by Marlin

The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,978

Nov 27, 2018, 06:26
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,969

Jun 21, 2017, 10:24
by Marlin

The Mysterious Case of the Radioactive Toothpaste

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,959

May 06, 2017, 05:19
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,932

Jan 31, 2023, 12:39
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,926

Aug 15, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,926

Jan 05, 2021, 09:35
by SloGlo

Demon core video

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,908

Oct 06, 2019, 12:00
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,871

May 14, 2021, 02:19
by Mounder

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,866

Mar 07, 2019, 10:39
by Bonds 25

The Cold War's Missing Atom Bombs

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,817

Feb 06, 2019, 01:05
by Marlin

Five fascinating facts about DUNE

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,808

May 18, 2018, 10:05
by Marlin

Mass extinction via isotopic analysis

Started by peteshonkwiler

Replies: 1
Views: 2,804

Oct 20, 2020, 09:24
by GLW

Image

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,795

Apr 02, 2020, 10:00
by peteshonkwiler

48 Hours (November 17, 1988) Fernald

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,780

Dec 06, 2022, 07:26
by Mounder

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,756

Mar 20, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

Nuclear Test in Totskoye in 1954

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,726

Sep 13, 2019, 11:12
by Marlin

Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba'

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,717

Sep 02, 2020, 10:39
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,706

Mar 07, 2021, 12:00
by Marlin

why dosimeters where in vented

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 1
Views: 2,672

Sep 13, 2018, 09:23
by Chimera

PROJECT PLUTO: THE CRAZIEST NUCLEAR WEAPON IN HISTORY

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,667

Nov 16, 2020, 08:16
by RDTroja

Top 4 candidates in our solar system for terraforming

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,665

Nov 08, 2019, 04:03
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,663

May 22, 2019, 01:40
by Marlin

Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,655

Mar 21, 2019, 04:46
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,652

Jul 31, 2023, 07:09
by Marlin

Matter of Risk (Chapter 5 excerpt about Chernobyl)

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,645

Apr 25, 2018, 11:59
by Marlin

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,642

Aug 05, 2020, 11:35
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,639

May 14, 2019, 11:15
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,622

Jan 05, 2026, 07:49
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,614

Apr 28, 2019, 10:55
by Marlin

When Televisions Were Radioactive

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,614

Sep 24, 2018, 10:42
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,603

Aug 07, 2020, 02:58
by Marlin

9 nuclear inventions the Atomic Age nearly unleashed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,602

Oct 29, 2025, 11:31
by Marlin

Creatures of the dawn: How radioactivity unlocked deep time

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,600

Sep 30, 2021, 12:02
by Marlin

Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,593

May 25, 2021, 03:12
by Marlin

Physicists’ Early Dreams of Nuclear Powered Spaceflight

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,584

Jul 19, 2021, 02:21
by Marlin

Humans Are Worse for Wildlife Than Nuclear Radiation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,581

Jan 21, 2020, 05:59
by SloGlo

The Unsuccessful WWII Plot to Fight the Japanese With Radioactive Foxes

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,572

Oct 01, 2020, 12:01
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,568

Apr 27, 2019, 04:27
by Marlin

The Blue Peacock: The Chicken-Heated Nuclear Land Mine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,566

Oct 01, 2021, 01:47
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,563

Dec 18, 2019, 04:49
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,555

Jul 15, 2021, 11:15
by Marlin

How the Olympics put a spotlight on HEU in research reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,547

Feb 11, 2022, 11:19
by Marlin

We Are East Idaho: Arco

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,540

Mar 25, 2019, 06:39
by Marlin

Alvin Weinberg Papers Archive Project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,536

Aug 23, 2018, 11:33
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,515

Sep 14, 2018, 07:24
by Marlin

Nuclear clocks could outdo atomic clocks as the most precise timepieces

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,513

Jun 07, 2021, 12:23
by Marlin

Taiwan Hunts for Radioactive Apartments

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,491

Jan 20, 2022, 01:22
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,468

Dec 22, 2022, 02:17
by Marlin

Tracking the journey of a uranium cube

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,459

May 03, 2019, 10:17
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,458

Jul 06, 2021, 11:46
by Marlin

Disappearing dad

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,436

Dec 03, 2019, 05:13
by SloGlo

The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,435

May 18, 2021, 12:05
by Marlin

What happened to these missing nuclear weapons?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,430

Dec 20, 2022, 07:42
by Mounder

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,428

Jul 13, 2021, 04:37
by Marlin

AUTOGRAPHED PLACEMAT EVOKES ASTRONAUTS’ 1969 VISIT TO IDAHO

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,420

May 29, 2020, 11:51
by Marlin

Why is Jimmy Carter trending on Twitter?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,419

Dec 17, 2021, 01:36
by Marlin

What is a photon?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,413

Jun 30, 2021, 02:39
by Marlin

Both History and Trivia

Started by mjd

Replies: 0
Views: 2,412

Apr 19, 2020, 10:52
by mjd

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,411

Dec 10, 2021, 02:11
by Marlin

Elk River - Rural America's First Atomic Power Plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,407

Sep 27, 2024, 07:58
by peteshonkwiler

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,404

Apr 15, 2024, 11:00
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,401

Dec 10, 2020, 10:54
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,398

Apr 03, 2020, 12:38
by Marlin

How Kodak Exposed The Atomic Bomb

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,397

Aug 08, 2021, 01:14
by Marlin

]How powerful of a nuclear bomb could we make?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,392

Aug 22, 2022, 12:06
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,390

Nov 24, 2020, 11:58
by Marlin

PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST RADIATION DETECTOR YOU ALREADY OWN

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,389

Sep 30, 2022, 10:07
by SloGlo

Disney World should have gone nuclear

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,384

Nov 25, 2024, 12:04
by Bonds 25

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,377

Mar 03, 2021, 11:43
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,375

May 14, 2020, 11:55
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,373

Nov 02, 2022, 10:39
by Marlin

Today in History - December 2 Nuclear Fission

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,371

Dec 02, 2019, 01:45
by Marlin

How Are Universal Ionizing Radiation Symbols Used Around the World?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,371

Dec 22, 2023, 02:21
by Marlin

A Brief History of Tiny Nuclear Reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,367

Dec 17, 2019, 01:30
by Marlin

How has a nuclear weapon never accidentally detonated?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,367

Aug 14, 2022, 02:18
by Marlin

Is microwave cooking nuking all the nutrients?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,366

Nov 05, 2025, 06:29
by Marlin

The Peach Bottom-1 HTGR

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,361

Aug 15, 2024, 10:46
by Marlin

Cosmic rays streamed through Earth’s atmosphere 41,000 years ago

Started by Marlin

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Views: 2,358

Apr 22, 2024, 12:50
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,346

Apr 06, 2020, 10:13
by Marlin

Oak Ridge: X-10 Graphite Reactor Virtual Tour

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,346

Nov 23, 2025, 09:32
by Marlin

Power and Promise: Early Atomic Power in Film!

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,340

Dec 19, 2024, 11:29
by Marlin

Radium transport back in the day

Started by peteshonkwiler

Replies: 0
Views: 2,337

Jul 25, 2025, 09:21
by peteshonkwiler

5 Incredible Facts About the Atom Bomb

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,332

May 31, 2021, 07:23
by Marlin

Energy Information Administration

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,328

Nov 25, 2025, 10:13
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,327

Nov 26, 2025, 10:49
by Marlin