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Breakthrough at Fukushima: Robot retrieves melted nuclear fuel fragment 13 years after tsunami disaster
More than a decade after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, TEPCO has successfully extracted a…
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Nuclear power stocks are soaring amid an AI energy push. Here are 7 names to watch.
The best-performing nuclear stock has soared 481% so far this year as mega-cap tech companies strik…
Matthew Fox
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A rare bee species reportedly put an end to Meta's plans for a nuclear-powered AI data center
Meta's plans for an AI data center running on nuclear power were complicated partly by the discover…
Sarah Jackson
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Three Mile Island nuclear plant to reopen — to power Microsoft's AI push
Tech giants, including Microsoft, are increasingly exploring nuclear energy as a power source for e…
Tom Carter
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Big Tech goes nuclear: Amazon's pitch to use power plants shows the crucial role the energy source plays for AI
Big Tech, including Amazon and Microsoft, is pursuing nuclear power to meet soaring energy demands …
Dan DeFrancesco
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A new first-in-class Chinese attack submarine sank at a Wuhan shipyard in a pier-side accident
Satellite images from earlier this year show efforts to salvage the new attack submarine at a shipy…
Chris Panella
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A nuclear bomb is still missing after it was dropped off the Georgia coastline 65 years ago
A nuclear bomb is still missing. In 1958, an Air Force B-47 jet dropped a Mark 15 near Tybee Island…
Jenny McGrath
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Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago
Radioactive Bavarian boars eat truffles contaminated by fallout from both Chernobyl and nuclear wea…
Jenny McGrath
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Where to find food and water that's safe to eat in the event of a nuclear apocalypse
After a nuclear apocalypse, canned fish is a great food option. But avoid fresh products, like eggs…
Kelly Burch
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China picks its lowest-scoring officers to command nuclear submarines
Submarines are one of China's foremost weapons, but the officers who lead them are chosen from cand…
Michael Peck
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UN atomic agency says it is investigating 'extremely serious' claim that a missile flew directly over a Ukrainian power plant
Had the missile gone astray, it may have caused a massive nuclear accident, the International Atomi…
Marianne Guenot
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The risk of a catastrophic event at nuclear sites in Ukraine is low, nuclear experts said. But disaster is still possible, especially if there is fighting nearby.
There are many failsafes in place to avoid nuclear accidents. But these have never had to withstand…
Marianne Guenot
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Oliver Stone says you should be more worried about the climate crisis than the risks of using nuclear power
Oliver Stone has shifted his stance on nuclear power. His documentary "Nuclear Now" examines the di…
Catherine Boudreau
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Despite Ukrainian fears, nuclear experts say fighting near Chernobyl unlikely to cause major radiation threat
Nuclear experts said they weren't concerned about a major release of radiation at Chernobyl, the si…
Aria Bendix
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Wolves in the Chernobyl radiation zone developing resistance to cancer, says study
Research established that gray wolves in Chernobyl have altered immune systems, similar to cancer p…
Rebecca Rommen
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'Mad panic' evacuation as IAEA warns of a nuclear accident at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant occupied by Russian forces
The UN nuclear watchdog issues a stark warning that a 'severe nuclear accident" looms at Ukraine's …
Bethany Dawson
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Ukraine claims that Russia plans to fake a major nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia power plant and force a ceasefire
Ukraine said Russia hoped an accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would require a cease…
Alia Shoaib
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UN nuclear agency says danger won't stop them as they arrive at a Ukrainian nuclear plant amid increased military activity around it
The UN-linked agency said its visit is designed to stop a "nuclear accident," but increased militar…
Sinéad Baker
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Chernobyl's nuclear fuel is smoldering. To prevent another accident, researchers are studying the site's radioactive lava.
In a lab, scientists recreated the lava produced by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. They hope to fi…
Aria Bendix
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Chernobyl's nuclear fuel is smoldering again and there's a 'possibility' of another accident, scientists say
Researchers at the site of the catastrophic 1986 nuclear explosion in Ukraine have detected a spike…