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10 Radioactive Products That People Actually Used
Nuclear power has long been touted as a utopian technology, ushering in an era of work-free, unlimited energy supply and correspondingly longer and healthier lives. Today it is more well-known for its dangers, which include the atom bomb and radiation poisoning . Yet for 40 years, Radium was a popular tonic added to everything from tea to lipstick. We've decided to explore some of the strangest radioactive products in history and the effects they might have had on those that used them.
Continue reading...Positive Effects of Nuclear Radiation: Explained
Thursday, April 17, 2008
National Geographic has announced that the ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies has surveyed the 1.2-mile crater from the hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and discovered something phenomenal: the corals are bouncing back from nuclear annihilation. Image from Ze Eduardo on Flickr
Continue reading...8 Amazing Technicolor Images of Nuclear Fireballs
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Continuing our nuclear theme this week, I thought it might be interesting to showcase some of the most amazing images of destruction that man and nature have ever devised. “Licorne” test in French Polynesia 1970, (France) Destruction can often be eerily beautiful. It can also remind us of [...]
Continue reading...You Too Can Have a Nuclear Car (and Boat, and Jetpack)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
In light of the wild success of Brian’s thoughts on Thorium this week, I thought I’d explore some other uses for nuclear power. Image from lemonfridge on Flickr Obviously, I’m not going to be entirely serious here– but once upon a time, before we knew the dangers of nuclear [...]
Continue reading...I know nuclear power is bad, but…
Sunday, March 30, 2008
..what if there was a type of nuclear power that: Three Mile Island Nuclear power Station. Image By US Government
Continue reading...Nuclear Waste for Sale
Monday, March 10, 2008
You know you have a problem when you have to start selling off your nuclear assets to pay the cleanup costs for your nuclear assets, all while acquiring new nuclear assets. Sellafield Reprocessing plant and Calder Hall power station. Photo via Visit Cumbria It may seem odd, but that’s [...]
Continue reading...China’s Solar Hot Water Capacity Will Soon be Equivalent to 40 Nuclear Plants
Friday, February 22, 2008
How far behind are Canada and the United States? How about these for eye-opening statistics: Solar collectors on the roof of an apartment block in Xian, China. Image by Richard Chambers
Continue reading...The City that Just Said No to Nuclear
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Some 30 years ago, I lived in the small city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Freiburg, Germany. Photo by CrazyD At that time, Ontario Hydro wanted to build a nuclear plant in nearby Pickering, Ontario. Between sets at the annual summer concert in Peterborough’s Crary Park a man got [...]
Continue reading...Coal and Nuclear Power Big Winners in New U.S. Budget
Monday, February 4, 2008
The White House has just released its proposed budget for 2009 and there are a few surprises. Image by Diliff For the past couple of weeks, scientists have voiced concern over the lack of funding for science by the government. So it seems a bit a shock to [...]
Continue reading...Britain Announces New Nuclear Power Sites
Thursday, January 10, 2008
UK Business Secretary John Hutton has announced plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations to be built across Britain. He made his announcement to British MPs yesterday, ending the speculation over the Labour government’s new energy
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Friday, July 11, 2008
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