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I’ve always wanted to measure the background radiation of everyday places. Not for any professional reason — just because I have spent much of my working life around carefully monitored radiation and it seemed strange to know so little about the ordinary kind.
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No single definition has distributed more disarray. This is the story of why it happened…
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Read more →A recent Executive Order signals a profound recalibration of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s mandate, aiming to accelerate U.S. nuclear energy…
Multiple economic, political, and international factors have combined to give nuclear power the breakout it needed…
Did you know that a subtitle was omitted from the biggest film of 1959? I think that’s also the case for…
The 800-megawatt unit appears to have found a dedicated power buyer for multiple decades.
As of July 31, 2023, the unit will produce 1,100 megawatts of electricity that will power approximately 500,000 homes and…