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nuclear accident

Chernobyl

Technology

Nuclear reactions at Chernobyl are spiking in an inaccessible chamber

Subreactor room 305/2, which has been inaccessible since the Chernobyl meltdown 35 years ago, is emitting neutrons that point to a growing nuclear fission reaction

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Neutron star

Physics

Physicists have measured an atom's 'neutron skin' for the first time

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Uranium atoms

Physics

Physicists have created a new and extremely rare kind of uranium

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Inside of fusion reactor

Technology

UK nuclear fusion firms make progress towards providing clean power

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Fukushima 10 years on: Life inside the exclusion zone

Video

Fukushima 10 years on: Life inside the exclusion zone

Video

2020 in review: Nuclear fusion power is slowly getting closer

Technology

2020 in review: Nuclear fusion power is slowly getting closer

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Fusion power plant

Technology

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

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Satellite picture

Technology

Google Earth reveals suspected nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan

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The UK's nuclear waste could be buried underground in Cumbria

Environment

The UK's nuclear waste could be buried underground in Cumbria

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Plasma in the original MAST tokamak

Physics

UK's spherical nuclear fusion reactor tests new heat-reducing exhaust

Researchers have successfully tested a new £55 million nuclear fusion machine in the UK which could help tackle problems caused by the super high temperatures involved in fusion reactions

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Environment

Should Japan dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean?

Analysis

Technology

Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Features

Physics

Taming nuclear fusion is hard, but there are new reasons for optimism

Leader

Physics

Why cracking nuclear fusion will depend on artificial intelligence

Features

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