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Run a Nuclear Reactor (as an Undergrad) at Reed College
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Friendly Humanoid Robot Asimo (May Be) Tapped for Japanese Nuclear Cleanup...
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Bill Gates to Collaborate With China on a Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor
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To Monitor Radiation, Researchers in Fukushima are Enlisting Local Wild Monkeys
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Los Alamos Lab Demonstrates A Reactor For Space Travel
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Fusion Power Could Happen Sooner Than You Think
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A Shift in Nuclear Powers [Infographic]
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The Week In Drones: Saving Lives, Spooking Nukes, And More
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Peter Thiel Goes Nuclear
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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Near First U.S. Deployment
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Bill Gates to Collaborate With China on a Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor
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To Monitor Radiation, Researchers in Fukushima are Enlisting Local Wild Monkeys
Science Researchers from Fukushima University in Japan are enlisting the help of some locals to monitor radiation near the damaged nuclear power facility in their prefecture. To get… Researchers from...
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Los Alamos Lab Demonstrates A Reactor For Space Travel
Technology The new prototype is the first nuclear reactor for space built in the U.S. since 1965. For spacecraft, you really can't beat the efficiency and simplicity of a nuclear power supply. From...
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Fusion Power Could Happen Sooner Than You Think
Technology A new Lockheed Skunkworks project promises outsized results in a compact package. In a presentation that seems ripped from the Atomic Age, Lockheed Skunkworks says it might be a decade away...
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A Shift in Nuclear Powers [Infographic]
Energy The past and future of the world's nuclear reactors. Nuclear energy provides 11 percent of the world’s electricity, but most reactors are now decades old. Many are approaching—or have...
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The Week In Drones: Saving Lives, Spooking Nukes, And More
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France Tests Kamikaze, Netted Interceptor Drones To Protect Nuclear Reactors
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Building A Safer, Cleaner Nuclear Reactor
Energy Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie are reviving the nuclear dream One day in 2009, Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie were rummaging through old articles in an MIT library. There, they found two things the...
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