Pripyat was once a thriving Soviet “atom city,” built for the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Then disaster struck — ...
The World Association of Nuclear Operators has launched its Enhanced Performance Monitoring system for all 400+ of its member nuclear energy units, providing continuous monitoring of plant performance ...
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Chernobyl guardians are passing radiation mutations on to their children
The story of Chernobyl has long carried a chilling epilogue: that the people who rushed in to contain the disaster doomed not ...
Under the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station in Japan, something strange has been observed. The waters here are highly radioactive and so not suitable for any form of life. But scientists have observed ...
There’s a nationwide push for more nuclear power, driven by an AI data center boom, but plants require huge investments and raise safety and environmental concerns.
There are still many barriers to SMR’s viability, especially because nuclear technology itself is already a very touchy subject. But if it can serve as part of a reliable energy system in the future, ...
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Cold weather countries stay warm without fossil fuels. Here’s why it’s hard for us to do the same.
Canada and Scandinavian countries rely on extraordinary amounts of hydroelectric power, along with some wind and nuclear. The U.S. doesn’t have the natural water souces they do.
When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for centuries. The accident released large amounts of radioactive material into ...
In response to the climate crisis and their major role in greenhouse gas emissions the fossil fuel industry and governments ...
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