Taking a page from the North Korean Handbook for Successful International Diplomacy, Iran has recently announced that it is inaugurating a new addition to its Ardakan Yellowcake Production Plant. The facility will handle the processing of the 60 some-odd tons of uranium excavated from the nearby Saghand uranium mine after the latest international round of unsuccessful nuclear negotiations. Because this isn't going to inflame tensions or anything. Read More >>
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"TBH Gizmodo needs to sort their matters out and stop spreading propaganda about the middle east. i come to this website to read tech news and other ne..." More »
The first people to step on to the surface of Mars won't arrive aboard the chemical-fueled rockets that delivered Apollo 11 to the Moon — they simply don't provide enough thrust to get to the Red Planet before exposing their crews to months of dangerous space radiation. Instead, NASA is turning to long-ignored nuclear-thermal rocket technology to deliver the first Martian explorers into history. Read More >>
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"p.s. if they had carried on, its likely we would of had the S.S. Botany Bay by the 90's - as Star Trek predicted - hopefully sans Eugenic Wars." More »
After its third nuclear test in February drew a harsh rebuke from the international community and further tightened economic sanctions against the Hermit Kingdom, North Korea has once again doubled down on its nuclear rhetoric. The country also announced that it will soon restart the Yongbyon reactor, Pyongyang's primary plutonium processing plant. Read More >>
The UK's future electricity needs will not be handled by solar panels and turbines alone. We've got a new nuclear power station on the way, thanks to the government approving plans to build a third generator at the Hinkley Point station. Read More >>
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"The cost of maintaining the site is NOTHING compared to destroying the planet with fossil fuel burning.
It's like only eating McDonalds so you don'..." More »
Most of us are content keeping hackers away with a firewall and decent password. But the Pentagon isn't nearly content, and in a new report, insists we should keep our nuclear arsenal ready for Internet retaliation. What could go wrong? Read More >>
Some lucky political historian and/or transport enthusiast has just acquired an extremely bizarre and unique vehicle, with this custom-made, strengthened bus, once used to shuffle the lady PM between appointments, fetching £16,940 at auction. Read More >>
Japan has quite had its fill of nuclear power, thank you very much. As the country rebuilds from the devastating 2011 tsunami and subsequent Daiichi power plant disaster, it's looking toward alternate energy sources. Good call, minna-san. Read More >>
On July 16, 1945, the US Army destroyed a small part of New Mexico by testing the first nuclear bomb in human history, the most powerful weapon of all time. It then proceeded to blow up 1,054 more. Read More >>
An interview with a former US Air Force physicist has come up with the astonishing claim that America planned to set off a nuclear bomb on the Moon as the ultimate display of technical and military might. Read More >>
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"There was. I bought my girlfriend at the time an acre of the moon, put the certificate in an envelope and taped the envelope to a cane. I gave it to h..." More »
If your home is blasted by a nuclear bomb and almost everyone you know dies or is at the very least severely mangled, you're going to need a drink. Honestly, you'll going to need many drinks. The good news is, no matter how many loved ones are obliterated,your beer is still safe. Read More >>
According to Pat Bradley, one of the cameramen who documented US atomic tests during the 1950s, the Wahoo and Umbrella underwater explosions were more amazing than a atmospheric nuclear explosion. Watch this stunning video and listen to him explaining his experience of living these explosions just 2.5 miles away. Read More >>
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"I personally enjoy this, and occasionally see the Vulcan Bomber fly over, not because they can take countless lives, but show that we can harness natu..." More »
Top aerospace and defense company Tupolev is developing a new stealth plane that will replace Russia's mighty but aging nuclear strategic bomber fleet. Called the PAK-DA bomber, it will enter service in the mid-2020s, just in time to face the USAF's new stealth strategic nuclear bombers. But that's inoffensive compared to what's coming next. Read More >>
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"Well, from my latin american point of view, the more USA (and NATO), Russia and China enbrace armament race the better for other economies. Those guys..." More »
During last year's nuclear disaster, the deadly radiation inside Fukushima 1 became one with the surrounding environment contaminating everything. Things aren't getting any better. Record quantities of the deadly radioactive isotope cesium-137 have just been discovered in the fisheries around Fukushima. Read More >>
I love these images—created by photographer Clay Lipsky—and their premise: "Imagine if the advent of the atomic era occurred during today's information age. Tourists would gather to view bomb tests, at the 'safe' distances used in the 1950s, and share the resulting phone photos" on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Read More >>
Here's a friendly reminder for everyone who wants to leave work early: don't ever set fire to your workplace. Especially if you work on a million nuclear submarine. Especially if you'll cause £260 million in damage. And especially if you just want to leave early because of a silly text message argument with your ex-girlfriend. It's completely dumb and you could possibly end up in jail for life, like the idiot guy who did just that might. Read More >>
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