Aug 04 2011
Swedish Man Builds Nuclear Reactor in His Kitchen
The man contacted Sweden's nuclear authority and asked if it was permitted for an individual to build a nuclear reactor.
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Aug 04 2011
Hot Spots of Radiation Raise Risk in Fukushima
Lethal radiation levels of more than 10,000 millisieverts per hour raise the need for caution to even greater extremes that workers at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant must take.
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Jul 19 2011
Japan Bans Fukushima Beef Shipments Over Radiation
Japan on Tuesday suspended cattle shipments from the wagyu-producing Fukushima prefecture on fears of radiation-tainted beef in the country's meat distribution chain.
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Jul 06 2011
Japan Soil Found Radioactive Outside Evacuation Zone
Soil radiation outside the nuclear evacuation zone is above levels that prompted resettlement after the Chernobyl disaster, citizens' groups said Tuesday.
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Jun 27 2011
Fire and Flood Threaten Research Center and Nuclear Plant
In New Mexico, fire and smoke has shut down the Los Alamos National Lab, and in Nebraska, floodwaters are closing in on the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant.
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Jun 10 2011
Two New Elements Join Periodic Table
But they don't yet have names. What would you call them?
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Jun 07 2011
Japan Doubles Nuclear Radiation Leak Estimate
The Fukushima nuclear plant still hasn't recovered following the devastating tsunami on March 11 that crippled it.
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Jun 07 2011
How Nuclear Radiation Affects Future Generations
Women may be more likely to give birth to boys than girls following a nuclear radiation event.
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Jun 06 2011
Record Smashed: Antimatter Trapped for 16 Minutes
Super-chilled antihydrogen atoms have been collected and stored 5,000 times longer than any previous attempt.
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Jun 02 2011
Sooner, Not Later: Interstellar Voyages a Reality?
Guest commentator and co-founder of Project Icarus, Richard Obousy explores some "disruptive technologies" that might push us to the stars sooner than we think.
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