nuclear
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Here’s Why You Don’t See Many Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships
Atomic power may allow us to ply the oceans, but there are drawbacks.
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90 Seconds to Midnight: What Does the Doomsday Clock Actually Mean?
What does the Doomsday Clock actually signifiy? What does it mean to be 90 seconds from midnight? Let’s dive into it.
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Apocalypse Whenever: New York City Sends Quirky Nuclear War PSA
Sometimes it feels like we’re closer than even than to the end of the world, and apparently New York City Emergency Management feels the same way, as the city department released a nuclear attack survival guide.
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Fukushima’s Contaminated Wastewater Could Be Too Risky to Dump in the Ocean
Almost a decade ago, the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami triggered an explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing the most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl and releasing an unprecedented amount of radioactive contamination in the ocean. In the years since, there’s been a drawn out cleanup process, and water radiation levels around the…