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Isotopes from weapons and the Chernobyl disaster were found in the Caucasus mountains

Environment

Glaciers contain radioactive isotopes from nuclear tests and accidents

Traces of nuclear weapons testing and accidents like Chernobyl have been found in glaciers around the world. It is unknown if they pose a risk to health

News

The Palo Verde nuclear power plant near Phoenix, Arizona

Comment

Liberals who want a Green New Deal must include nuclear power

Comment

What do you do with the world's most powerful laser?

Video

What do you do with the world's most powerful laser?

Video

nuclear power station near the Vienne river in France

Comment

Environmentalists must embrace nuclear power to stem climate change

Comment

Melanie Windridge: Nuclear fusion - the sun's power on Earth

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Melanie Windridge: Nuclear fusion - the sun's power on Earth

Video

Technology

President Trump says the US will pull out of a nuclear treaty

News

Reagan and Gorbachev

Technology

Trump pulling the US out of a nuclear treaty is anything but smart

Leader

Melanie looking at us through one of those plasma balls people buy in shops

Physics

Recreating star fusion on Earth could solve our energy crisis

Features

power plants

Technology

Floating nuclear plants could herald a new era of cheap, safe energy

Features

Nuclear waste

Physics

Ancient natural nuclear reactors show how to store radioactive waste

Billions of years ago, uranium in the Earth’s crust underwent nuclear reactions on its own, and the remnants demonstrate a way to keep nuclear waste under control

News

Physics

The uranium hunters: Inside the school that trains nuclear inspectors

News

Technology

Is North Korea really scrapping its nuclear weapons programme?

News

Physics

Trump's meeting with Putin may have had a surprise nuclear twist

Analysis

Technology

Old ��ý: Glancing at ads from the past

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