History & Trivia (Moderator: Marlin)

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 4,231

May 31, 2019, 08:40
by scotoma

The SLAM Missile Was a Flying Chernobyl

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,213

Sep 10, 2014, 12:00
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,162

Jun 04, 2025, 11:58
by Marlin

The Age of Radiance

Started by Wlrun3

Replies: 0
Views: 4,133

Jun 03, 2014, 05:24
by Wlrun3

THE DEMON CORE AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF LOUIS SLOTIN

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,078

May 24, 2016, 04:34
by Marlin

Nuking the Aleutians

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 4,069

Oct 06, 2014, 03:36
by HydroDave63

Admiral Rickover's Gamble

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,066

Oct 10, 2014, 04:08
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 4,019

Jan 30, 2019, 12:52
by Chimera

Russia Has a Fatally Wounded Nuclear Submarine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 4,002

Nov 23, 2016, 07:14
by Marlin

Tsar Bomba: the Bomb Too Big to Use

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,982

Aug 17, 2017, 12:34
by Marlin

Training EOOW

Started by Wighty44

Replies: 1
Views: 3,960

Dec 26, 2018, 11:27
by NoHorns

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,918

Apr 06, 2016, 10:33
by Marlin

First Reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,872

Apr 29, 2018, 01:03
by TVA

Operation Plumbbob And The Psychology Of A Nuclear Blast

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,821

Nov 10, 2014, 11:38
by RFaunt

Bizarre Particles Keep Flying Out of Antarctica's Ice

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,790

Oct 01, 2018, 08:07
by Mounder

Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,757

Feb 02, 2020, 12:37
by Marlin

USS TRITON 1ST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH UNDERWATER

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,755

Jun 19, 2017, 06:57
by bsdnuke

Romance of Radium (1937)

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,743

Aug 20, 2014, 10:33
by Marlin

A Short History of the People of Bikini Atoll

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,742

Mar 02, 2014, 03:33
by retired nuke

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 3,725

Mar 31, 2019, 02:22
by Bonds 25

Rescuing the Atomic Dog

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,713

Mar 10, 2014, 10:46
by UncaBuffalo

The Nuclear Canal

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,712

Jun 14, 2016, 09:03
by Marlin

MOVED: tutor

Started by Rennhack

Replies: 0
Views: 3,683

Oct 19, 2010, 07:22
by Rennhack

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,674

Aug 14, 2015, 10:35
by Marlin

The Strange Glass Born in Nuclear Explosions

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,643

Apr 19, 2016, 10:33
by Marlin

Under a fermium sky

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,618

Jun 28, 2017, 08:01
by Chimera

Celebrating INL’s legacy of innovation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,608

Dec 23, 2025, 11:35
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,561

Aug 10, 2018, 05:16
by hamsamich

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,532

Mar 10, 2019, 04:27
by GLW

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,525

Jun 11, 2018, 02:12
by shehane

How the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,505

Aug 10, 2025, 01:14
by Marlin

Radioactive Spark Plugs (ca. 1940s)

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,503

Jul 13, 2024, 06:10
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,489

May 02, 2016, 11:47
by Marlin

Startling Facts About the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,483

Aug 08, 2019, 06:57
by RDTroja

WE CHOOSE TO NUKE THE MOON

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,481

Sep 14, 2021, 06:47
by GLW

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,469

Nov 22, 2016, 05:47
by Marlin

How to Nuke a Submarine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,440

Jul 21, 2017, 10:16
by Marlin

10 everyday products that were radioactive

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,429

Feb 14, 2018, 12:05
by Marlin

worst job inna whirled, atomic bomb disarmament

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 3
Views: 3,417

Sep 18, 2018, 02:24
by SloGlo

What It's Like to Actually See an Atomic Explosion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,416

Apr 18, 2016, 09:54
by Marlin

Nukeworker magic eye

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,407

Oct 12, 2016, 05:19
by Rennhack

Old Videos

Started by ddickey

Replies: 0
Views: 3,392

Oct 09, 2015, 06:48
by ddickey

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,363

Feb 12, 2019, 08:01
by atomicarcheologist

MOVED: Edward Snowden

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,362

Aug 10, 2013, 09:05
by Marlin

Three Mile Island -- Failure Of Science Or Spin?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,339

Mar 28, 2019, 11:00
by Bonds 25

Did Chernobyl Create Mutant Animals?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,332

Aug 13, 2019, 06:27
by Bonds 25

Understanding the accident of Fukushima Daiichi

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,328

Mar 06, 2019, 12:43
by RRhoads

ReActor House

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,318

Oct 28, 2016, 10:56
by SloGlo

The Moments After Chernobyl Blew

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,297

Jun 01, 2019, 11:21
by hamsamich

A witness to atomic history

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,282

Dec 02, 2017, 09:30
by Marlin

Inside the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,260

Aug 23, 2025, 10:31
by Marlin

Secret Atomic Role of WWII-Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,232

May 02, 2016, 11:35
by Marlin

Air Force Debates Replacing Depleted Uranium Rounds for A-10

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,201

May 15, 2018, 10:10
by atomicarcheologist

“Nuclear geyser” may be origin of life

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,198

Apr 18, 2018, 04:49
by atomicarcheologist

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,167

Oct 27, 2017, 12:10
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,163

May 22, 2018, 08:53
by Marlin

Astounding Science Fiction

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,156

Jun 06, 2017, 08:03
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,134

Dec 18, 2025, 10:58
by Marlin

showdown at shoreham

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 2
Views: 3,126

May 18, 2018, 09:21
by scotoma

John Hendrix: The Prophet of Oak Ridge

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,098

Oct 18, 2021, 09:56
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,080

May 11, 2020, 10:56
by peteshonkwiler

Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,064

Apr 03, 2019, 12:31
by GLW

AN ALTERNATIVE REACTOR

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,056

May 09, 2018, 12:14
by Marlin

THE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,050

May 17, 2018, 09:56
by Marlin

Hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear blast videos

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 3,033

Jul 07, 2018, 11:15
by Marlin

The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,996

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: 2,994

Jun 21, 2017, 10:24
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,993

Jan 31, 2023, 12:39
by Marlin

The Mysterious Case of the Radioactive Toothpaste

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,981

May 06, 2017, 05:19
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,954

Aug 15, 2025, 09:31
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,954

Jan 05, 2021, 09:35
by SloGlo

Demon core video

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,945

Oct 06, 2019, 12:00
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,917

Mar 07, 2019, 10:39
by Bonds 25

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,895

May 14, 2021, 02:19
by Mounder

The Cold War's Missing Atom Bombs

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,842

Feb 06, 2019, 01:05
by Marlin

Image

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,834

Apr 02, 2020, 10:00
by peteshonkwiler

Mass extinction via isotopic analysis

Started by peteshonkwiler

Replies: 1
Views: 2,832

Oct 20, 2020, 09:24
by GLW

Five fascinating facts about DUNE

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,827

May 18, 2018, 10:05
by Marlin

48 Hours (November 17, 1988) Fernald

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,826

Dec 06, 2022, 07:26
by Mounder

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,794

Mar 20, 2024, 12:31
by Marlin

Nuclear Test in Totskoye in 1954

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,753

Sep 13, 2019, 11:12
by Marlin

Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba'

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,747

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: 2,731

Mar 07, 2021, 12:00
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,727

Jul 31, 2023, 07:09
by Marlin

why dosimeters where in vented

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 1
Views: 2,699

Sep 13, 2018, 09:23
by Chimera

Top 4 candidates in our solar system for terraforming

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,697

Nov 08, 2019, 04:03
by Marlin

PROJECT PLUTO: THE CRAZIEST NUCLEAR WEAPON IN HISTORY

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,693

Nov 16, 2020, 08:16
by RDTroja

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,691

May 22, 2019, 01:40
by Marlin

Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,675

Mar 21, 2019, 04:46
by Marlin

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,672

Aug 05, 2020, 11:35
by Marlin

Matter of Risk (Chapter 5 excerpt about Chernobyl)

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,667

Apr 25, 2018, 11:59
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,663

May 14, 2019, 11:15
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,662

Jan 05, 2026, 07:49
by Marlin

9 nuclear inventions the Atomic Age nearly unleashed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,645

Oct 29, 2025, 11:31
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,644

Apr 28, 2019, 10:55
by Marlin

When Televisions Were Radioactive

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,637

Sep 24, 2018, 10:42
by Marlin

Creatures of the dawn: How radioactivity unlocked deep time

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,636

Sep 30, 2021, 12:02
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,629

Aug 07, 2020, 02:58
by Marlin

Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,625

May 25, 2021, 03:12
by Marlin

Physicists’ Early Dreams of Nuclear Powered Spaceflight

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,615

Jul 19, 2021, 02:21
by Marlin

Humans Are Worse for Wildlife Than Nuclear Radiation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,613

Jan 21, 2020, 05:59
by SloGlo

The Blue Peacock: The Chicken-Heated Nuclear Land Mine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,597

Oct 01, 2021, 01:47
by Marlin

The Unsuccessful WWII Plot to Fight the Japanese With Radioactive Foxes

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,595

Oct 01, 2020, 12:01
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,593

Jul 15, 2021, 11:15
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,591

Dec 18, 2019, 04:49
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,590

Apr 27, 2019, 04:27
by Marlin

How the Olympics put a spotlight on HEU in research reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,572

Feb 11, 2022, 11:19
by Marlin

We Are East Idaho: Arco

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,566

Mar 25, 2019, 06:39
by Marlin

Alvin Weinberg Papers Archive Project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,566

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: 2,538

Sep 14, 2018, 07:24
by Marlin

Nuclear clocks could outdo atomic clocks as the most precise timepieces

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,533

Jun 07, 2021, 12:23
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,524

Dec 22, 2022, 02:17
by Marlin

Taiwan Hunts for Radioactive Apartments

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,518

Jan 20, 2022, 01:22
by Marlin

Tracking the journey of a uranium cube

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,506

May 03, 2019, 10:17
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,482

Jul 06, 2021, 11:46
by Marlin

Disappearing dad

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,470

Dec 03, 2019, 05:13
by SloGlo

The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,463

May 18, 2021, 12:05
by Marlin

What happened to these missing nuclear weapons?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,455

Dec 20, 2022, 07:42
by Mounder

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,450

Jul 13, 2021, 04:37
by Marlin

AUTOGRAPHED PLACEMAT EVOKES ASTRONAUTS’ 1969 VISIT TO IDAHO

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,450

May 29, 2020, 11:51
by Marlin

Why is Jimmy Carter trending on Twitter?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,444

Dec 17, 2021, 01:36
by Marlin

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,442

Dec 10, 2021, 02:11
by Marlin

Elk River - Rural America's First Atomic Power Plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,441

Sep 27, 2024, 07:58
by peteshonkwiler

PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST RADIATION DETECTOR YOU ALREADY OWN

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,438

Sep 30, 2022, 10:07
by SloGlo

What is a photon?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,438

Jun 30, 2021, 02:39
by Marlin

Both History and Trivia

Started by mjd

Replies: 0
Views: 2,437

Apr 19, 2020, 10:52
by mjd

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,435

Apr 15, 2024, 11:00
by Marlin

How Kodak Exposed The Atomic Bomb

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,429

Aug 08, 2021, 01:14
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,426

Apr 03, 2020, 12:38
by Marlin

Disney World should have gone nuclear

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,425

Nov 25, 2024, 12:04
by Bonds 25

]How powerful of a nuclear bomb could we make?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,421

Aug 22, 2022, 12:06
by Marlin

How Are Universal Ionizing Radiation Symbols Used Around the World?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,420

Dec 22, 2023, 02:21
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,416

Dec 10, 2020, 10:54
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,410

Mar 03, 2021, 11:43
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,408

Nov 24, 2020, 11:58
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,408

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: 2,405

Nov 02, 2022, 10:39
by Marlin

Is microwave cooking nuking all the nutrients?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,404

Nov 05, 2025, 06:29
by Marlin

How has a nuclear weapon never accidentally detonated?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,399

Aug 14, 2022, 02:18
by Marlin

A Brief History of Tiny Nuclear Reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,397

Dec 17, 2019, 01:30
by Marlin

The Peach Bottom-1 HTGR

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,396

Aug 15, 2024, 10:46
by Marlin

Today in History - December 2 Nuclear Fission

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,396

Dec 02, 2019, 01:45
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,393

Apr 22, 2024, 12:50
by Marlin

Power and Promise: Early Atomic Power in Film!

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,382

Dec 19, 2024, 11:29
by Marlin

Oak Ridge: X-10 Graphite Reactor Virtual Tour

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,382

Nov 23, 2025, 09:32
by Marlin

Radium transport back in the day

Started by peteshonkwiler

Replies: 0
Views: 2,379

Jul 25, 2025, 09:21
by peteshonkwiler

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,375

Apr 06, 2020, 10:13
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,371

Nov 26, 2025, 10:49
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: 2,368

Dec 16, 2022, 12:32
by Marlin

Energy Information Administration

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,361

Nov 25, 2025, 10:13
by Marlin