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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

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Will Russia's attack on a Ukrainian nuclear plant cause a meltdown?

Shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has injured two people and caused a fire, but it is unlikely to release radiation unless the situation gets significantly worse

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Vladimir Putin

Humans

Would Vladimir Putin really use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

Analysis

Radiation map

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Chernobyl radiation spike probably from Russian tanks disturbing dust

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Ukrainian soldiers

Technology

Risk of nuclear disaster is minimal as Russian forces reach Chernobyl

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2AK7R1N Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk, UK

Environment

Cost of new UK underground nuclear waste facility jumps to £53 billion

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Description: Camera image of a plasma inside the TCV tokamak, regions of different colors correspond to different temperatures of the hot plasma. The center of the plasma is so hot that it does not emit visible light. Credit: Curdin W?thrich / SPC/EPFL

Technology

DeepMind uses AI to control plasma inside tokamak fusion reactor

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JET

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Nuclear fusion energy record points way to harnessing power of the sun

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Joint European Torus

Technology

Fusion energy record suggests we really could build artificial suns

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Uranium, a chemical element with a U symbol and an atomic mass equal to 238 u, has an atomic number 92

Technology

Material inspired by blood vessels can extract uranium from seawater

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan/AP/Shutterstock (10714089d) Cube of uranium is displayed, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, N.M. The

Physics

Investigation of Nazi uranium could help stop modern nuclear smuggling

Cubes of uranium salvaged from Nazi Germany's atomic bomb programme during the second world war are being analysed to confirm their origin, and the method could help law enforcement investigate illegal trafficking of nuclear material

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Physics

Huge lasers make conditions at the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion

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Physics

World's most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor

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Technology

How serious is the nuclear power plant radiation leak in China?

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Technology

Nuclear reactions at Chernobyl are spiking in an inaccessible chamber

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