Key Takeaways Through a process of elimination, we can move through the periodic table to find out why most elements were never suited to hold value.Gases, reactive or radioactive elements, and metals ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

A major cleanup breakthrough at one of the United Kingdom's most challenging nuclear sites is offering fresh optimism for the effort to tackle legacy radioactive waste. At Sellafield in Cumbria, ...

According to the Michigan Advance, "Zombies Against Palisades" saw protesters donned in Halloween costumes and armed with poignant signage. The protest was mainly about the Palisades nuclear plant ...

Should branches act like logs and prevent leaves from breaking? (current implementation) Which could lead to very annoying searches for branches in leaves. Or we let them decay too. Or only leafy ...

Among the many science toys that have fallen out of fashion since we started getting nervous around things like mercury, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and radiation is the spinthariscope, which let people ...

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, an isotope of the chemical element technetium (Tc). Electron capture decay ...

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After the referendum on restarting nuclear power failed, official and civil nuclear watchers are raising awareness about existing issues of where and how to store highly radioactive spent fuel rods.

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Jim Bickford is leading the Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) project to develop a system for propelling a craft through space faster and farther than ever before. This technology has ...