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From Wired Science: The long-distance scientific recordings of the blast wave from the first hydrogen bomb test have been rediscovered in a ...

Photo: Sellafield nuclear plant has the world's largest store of separated plutonium From The BBC: The UK's plan to cut its stockpi...

Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant is seen in Kashiwazaki, northeastern Japan, July 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Fro...

Marker for the first nuclear test at Los Alamos From Discover Magazine: Here’s one direct and obvious effect of the economic stimulus packag...

Judy Wall, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Missouri, is working with bacteria that convert toxic radioactive metal to inert...

Keeping Nuke Fuel Safe: Scientists report that adding the element Americium, a synthetic compound used in commercial smoke detectors and ind...