Nuclear Scientists Continue to Search for Undiscovered Isotopes
Nuclear researchers suspect that there are nearly 4,000 undiscovered nuclei that may help lead us to new machines and practices that benefit human life.
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Making Sense of North and South Korea’s Diplomatic Summit
A foreign policy expert weighs in on the promises made between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un, and where the world goes from here.
Radioactive Fish and Militarized Honeybees: The U.S. Nuclear Program’s Unknown Impact on Ecosystems
For decades, the U.S. government has used animals — and, at times, people — to study the effects of nuclear radiation. So…
Is Our Fear of Nuclear Energy Overblown?
One researcher argues that the dangers are exaggerated, but the nuclear industry has much bigger problems than our…
At Chernobyl It Was All Under Control
Valery N. Bliznyuk was a young physicist in Kiev 25 years ago during the Chernobyl disaster. His recollections of the slow spread of accurate information about what was really happening suggest parallels with the current nuclear crisis in Japan.
An Iodine Chaser
In the capricious world of nuclear waste, a scientist focuses on promising technologies for the capture and storage of the maddeningly elusive iodine-129.
The Salt Mine Solution
In the Salado salt formation a half-mile below the New Mexico desert, WIPP has room to store all the radioactive waste an expanded nuclear power program could produce. Emphasis on the word could.
Stewing Over Nuclear Weapon Leftovers
In Part One of a three-part series, the author of America's Nuclear Wasteland analyzes what it will take to clean up the mess left by the nuclear arms race.