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In this aerial picture taken on October 23, 2020, smoke rises from the fields as farmers burn straw stubble on the outskirts of Fatehgarh Sahib, in the northern Indian state of Punjab

Technology

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

The after-effects of nuclear war would be catastrophic for agriculture. Simulations show billions of people could starve depending on the size of the conflict

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T806G0 LLNL, National Ignition Facility Preamplifiers, 2012

Physics

Ignition confirmed in a nuclear fusion experiment for the first time

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Technology

Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'

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Fusion power plant - credit UKAEA

Technology

Design work starts on European commercial fusion power station

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NuScale Power Plant Design

Technology

Mini nuclear power stations may produce more waste than large ones

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R1GHPD Nuclear power station cooling tower low poly. 3d render ecology pollution save planet environment concept triangle polygonal. Radioactive nuclear reactor electricity vector illustration

Environment

Nuclear power can help us reach net zero, but what is its true cost?

Leader

Do we need nuclear power in the energy mix to stop climate change?

Environment

Do we need nuclear power in the energy mix to stop climate change?

Features

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Technology

Plan for microbes to eat Chernobyl's nuclear waste may be ruined

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP/Shutterstock (12883323k) View of the shelter construction covers the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine Russia War, Chernobyl, Ukraine - 05 Apr 2022

Physics

Chernobyl radiation spike may have just been electrical interference

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Nuclear fusion breakthrough achieved with new projectile technique

Video

Nuclear fusion breakthrough achieved with new projectile technique

In a world first, First Light Fusion, a UK based start-up, has achieved fusion with a projectile approach

Video

Health

Ukraine reclaims Chernobyl nuclear plant as Russian forces withdraw

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Technology

Could nuclear material stolen from Chernobyl be used in a dirty bomb?

Analysis

Physics

Nuclear safety regulators urge Russia to grant access to Chernobyl

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Physics

Chernobyl power cut sparks fears of potential for radiation leaks

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