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Space fuel crisis: NASA confronts the plutonium pinch

Space

Space fuel crisis: NASA confronts the plutonium pinch

The cold war plutonium reserves that fuel NASA's deep space probes are running low. How will we power our way to the outer solar system in future?

Features

Manhattan project sites may become national parks

Earth

Manhattan project sites may become national parks

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Earth

Human error blamed for Fukushima meltdown

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Nuclear fuel rods removed from Japan's Fukushima plant

Earth

Nuclear fuel rods removed from Japan's Fukushima plant

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Fukushima nuclear accident down to human factors

Earth

Fukushima nuclear accident down to human factors

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Protests greet reboot of Japanese nuclear reactor

Earth

Protests greet reboot of Japanese nuclear reactor

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Japan prepares to switch nuclear reactors back on

Earth

Japan prepares to switch nuclear reactors back on

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Violent anti-science anarchists vow to strike again

Earth

Violent anti-science anarchists vow to strike again

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Fukushima-exposed children and workers 'OK for now'

Technology

Fukushima-exposed children and workers 'OK for now'

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Nuclear alchemy: Thorium promises power from waste

Earth

Nuclear alchemy: Thorium promises power from waste

Reactors driven by particle accelerators could eat nuclear waste – and generate power at the same time. Does this mean thorium's time has come at last?

Features

Technology

Plutonium signature captured after 50 years of trying

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Earth

Fukushima birds may cope with radiation

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Earth

There's more to nuclear fusion than ITER

Opinion

Technology

How to build an artificial star on Earth

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