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Russia’s space weapon: Is it nuclear and does it pose a threat?

US officials have warned of a new international security threat – a mysterious Russian space weapon that may possess nuclear capabilities. Here’s what you need to know

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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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A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ‘not designed to withstand fighting’

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Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks ‘another Chernobyl’

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Mini nuclear power stations may produce more waste than large ones

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Chernobyl radiation spike probably from Russian tanks disturbing dust

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Risk of nuclear disaster is minimal as Russian forces reach Chernobyl

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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

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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 "Dark Cube" was part of Adolf Hilter's last attempt at a nuclear reactor and represented a threat that helped to propel the United States' secret Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic detonation Atomic Anniversary, Albuquerque, United States - 15 Jul 2020

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

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UK takes step towards world’s first nuclear fusion power station

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Should Japan dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean?

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