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South Korea defence paper calls North 'enemy', estimates plutonium stockpile at 70 kg
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSouth Korea released its latest defence white paper on Thursday, describing North Korea as its...
Supreme Court turns away veterans who seek disability benefits over 1966 hydrogen bomb accident
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability...
Cold War-era atomic bomb site could host largest US solar development
Reuters via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe largest U.S. solar power site and other clean energy projects could be built on lands owned by...
Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLos Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project. Almost...
Plutonium pit ‘panic’ threatens America’s nuclear ambitions
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThis is the second story in a series about Sentinel, the Air Force’s nuclear missile modernization...
US agents fooled a yakuza boss into giving them weapons-grade plutonium he thought would be sold to...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA photo included in the indictment against Ebisawa showing a Geiger counter held over yellow...
North Korea appears to be looking to make more bomb fuels at its main nuclear facility, experts say
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNorth Korea appears to have started operating a light-water reactor at its main nuclear complex in a...
Allies of Donald Trump are pushing for the first nuclear tests in three decades
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 week agoDonald Trump has repeatedly claimed that a third World War is imminent, and that what he calls “the...
The Demon Core: A Tale of Atomic Ambition and Tragic Fate
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the history of atomic research, few stories are as gripping or cautionary as that of the demon core, a plutonium sphere designed for one of history's most devastating weapons. This tale not ...
Fears, questions about N. Korea's growing nuclear arsenal
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNorth Korea's latest missile launches are a demonstration of the country's avowed ability to use...