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Nuclear disarmament verification via resonant phenomena, study

24/04/2018

For nuclear weapons reduction, a way to verify without revealing. sciencedaily.com. April 19, 2018. New isotope-detection method could prove compliance but avoid divulging secrets. Summary: Researchers have found a new way of verifying nuclear weapons reduction agreements without revealing secret information, using a physical cryptographic key and nuclear resonant phenomena.At top, a diagram shows the […]


A researcher has discovered ways to immobilize radioactive waste in glass and ceramics

04/11/2016

Can radioactive waste be immobilized in glass for millions of years?.sciencedaily.com. November 03, 2016. Summary: How do you handle nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millions of years, keeping it from harming people and the environment? It isn’t easy, but a researcher has discovered ways to immobilize such waste – the offshoot of decades […]


Scientists says that as climate warming melts the ice sheet, pollutants of Camp Century could spread

27/08/2016

Melting Ice In Greenland Could Expose Serious Pollutants From Buried Army Base. By Christopher Joyce. npr.org. August 05, 2016. Buried below the ice sheet that covers most of Greenland, there’s an abandoned U.S. Army base. Camp Century had trucks, tunnels, even a nuclear reactor. Advertised as a research station, it was also a test site […]


The Hiroshima/Nagasaki survivor studies: discrepancies between results and general perception

11/08/2016

Long-term health effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs not as dire as perceived. eurekalert.org. August 11, 2016. Article highlights mismatch between public perception and decades of research on nearly 200,000 survivors and their children. The detonation of atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in horrific casualties […]





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