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Dogs living near Chernobyl are genetically different to other groups

The genomes of dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine have been sequenced to investigate how they may have been affected by high levels of radiation

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Achieving nuclear fusion would be building on the shoulders of giants

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Achieving nuclear fusion would be building on the shoulders of giants

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Biggest science news stories of 2022 as chosen by 91av

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TOPSHOT - Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuers attend an exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, 2022, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant located near the city. - Ukraine remains deeply scarred by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, when a Soviet-era reactor exploded and streamed radiation into the atmosphere in the country's north. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was occupied in the early days of the war and it has remained in Russian hands ever since. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine started a new kind of nuclear war

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National Ignition Facility

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Nuclear fusion researchers have achieved historic energy milestone

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Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

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Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

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TOKA robot checking a missile silo

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Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plan

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Ukraine's nuclear plants face uncertain future after Russian attacks

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National Ignition Facility

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Nuclear fusion reactions create unexpectedly high-energy particles

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Does the UK need new nuclear plants like Sizewell C to reach net zero?

With the cost of renewables and batteries plummeting, some academics argue that the UK doesn't need to build new nuclear power stations to achieve its net zero goal

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Can a slew of nuclear fusion start-ups deliver unlimited clean energy?

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Nuclear Now review: Oliver Stone's paean to a nuclear future

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

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A large nuclear war could leave 5 billion people without enough to eat

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