A brief history of missing US nuclear weapons
Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...
Oklo Joins Energy Department Program to Kickstart Nuclear Powerhouse Development
Oklo, the clean energy start-up, said it was taking part in a Department of Energy initiative that will help it accelerate ...
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Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex
which induced and controlled a nuclear chain reaction, causing uranium atoms to continually split. These, and the earlier efforts of Rutherford, laid the groundwork for the creation of atomic ...
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Korean government permits restart of Saewool Unit 1 nuclear power plant
The Nuclear Safety And Security Commission noted on the 24th that it would allow the restart of the Saewool Unit 1 nuclear ...
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Shifting alliances: The implications of incoming German Chancellor Merz’s nuclear deterrent proposal on European security
Europe has been rattled by hostile remarks by US Vice-President JD Vance and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and threats that Europe could no longer count on US military support if attacked.
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Critical mass in truck technology choices
Critical mass is a physics term describing the point at which there is sufficient density to attain a sustained nuclear chain reaction. It gets adapted to describing any situation where sufficient ...
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How to read the Doomsday Clock
After the first successful controlled nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942, the team of scientists working on the Manhattan Project dispersed, with many moving to Los Alamos ...
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How the U.S. determines whether its nuclear weapons still work properly
The United States maintains an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons, but it hasn't tested one in decades. Instead, the U.S. is using simulations and experiments to see if the nukes still work.