Nuclear War: The Facts on Our Survival and Energy/War: Breaking the Nuclear Link: A Prescription for Nonproliferationdoi:10.1063/1.2914978Safety and immunogenicity of an experimental combined vaccine comprising attenuated strains of Peste des Petits ruminants virus (PPRV) and goat poxvirus (GTPV) was...
U.S. military leaders began planning additional nuclear weapons tests. The first location that they picked to stage a blast was a remote place that probably few Americans even knew existed. Bikini Atoll, a tiny ring of small coral islands...
We conclude therefore, that ideas about near-future commercial fission breeder reactors are nothing but wishful thinking. We further conclude that, no matter how far into the future we may look, nuclear fusion as an energy source is even less probable than large-scale breeder reactors, for the...
This is a model cannon I made in shop class in highschool (Which is a bit odd since I went to a very academic type of high school. I'm unclear why they even had a shop class, let alone one with a lathe big enough to make this thing.) Anyway, I was very pleased with myself ...
Testing the Nuclear Domino Theory in the Middle East In November 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a muchanticipated report on the Iranian nuclear program,1 highlighting the fact that Iran has made significant progress on research and development toward a possibl... R ...
About 50 US nuclear weapons are held in storage there under a NATO agreement from the 1960s. Under the deal, the United States “shares” nuclear weapons with a number of NATO partners who store them while others maintain aircraft capable of delivering the weapons. US-owned nukes are also ...
This shift was particularly dramatic when polls asked about local construction, a different topic than general support for nuclear energy. By 1976, Gallup and Harris polls indicated a majority of US respondents opposed siting nuclear plants “within five miles” of their locale, with opposition ...
Knowing this number makes it possible to model how uranium dioxide will act at these high temperatures, Parise said. The next step is to add more complexity. Nuclear cores aren't just uranium dioxide, he said. They also include materials like zirconium and whatever is used to shield the insi...
Here’s another one, from CNN:Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say. Of course they did. I’m just exhausted. RFK the Lesser was confirmed as health secretary. I’d wring my hands about it, but even if somehow he had...
So what would be your worst nightmare about large, hastily announced job cuts? Maybe firing the people responsible for keeping our nuclear weapons secure? Sure enough, on Thursday night, according toCNN’s reporting, Trump officials fired more than 300 staffers at the National Nuclear Security Ad...