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screen grab of TV report on Fukushima disaster

Health

Fukushima accident gave everyone an X-ray’s worth of radiation

After the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan was hit by a tsunami in 2011, everyone was exposed to extra radiation, but for most people the dose was small

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radioactive waste drums

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week

Health

A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week

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Diamond anvils being used to put pressure on hydrogen sample

Physics

Metallic hydrogen finally made in lab at mind-boggling pressure

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Inside of fusion reactor JET, showing a purple plasma on the right

Technology

Brexit puts Europe's nuclear fusion future in doubt

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nuclear train ad

Health

Old 51¶¯Âþ: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

Regulars

The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

Technology

The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

Features

Controversial India-Japan nuclear deal to be signed this week

Technology

Controversial India-Japan nuclear deal to be signed this week

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chemical flask

Technology

The reaction that would give us clean fossil fuels forever

Crack natural gas into its constituent atoms and you can burn it without producing CO2 – giving us green energy without all the pain of renewables

Features

Earth

UK approves controversial Hinkley C nuclear power plant

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Physics

Cold fusion is better left out in the cold

Leader

Physics

Cold fusion: Science's most controversial technology is back

Features

Earth

Why Hinkley Point is a nuclear folly of Titanic proportions

Analysis

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