Eighty years ago today, at 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of history was made. The dawn calm was torn asunder as the United States Army detonated ...

PM on September 5, 1945, history was made at Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario as the Zero Energy Experimental Pile or ZEEP ...

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Vladimir Putin's recent threats of nuclear weapon use are deeply concerning. A nuclear war would have catastrophic consequences, both short and long-term, including radiation-induced cancers. However, ...

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By analysing samples to verify countries’ declarations of nuclear material, Urska Repinc, an Analytical Chemist, contributes to the IAEA’s mission to verify the peaceful use of nuclear material – an ...

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Nuclear Science – Part II The term half-life is defined and used to explain processes such as radioactive dating. Fission and fusion reactions are described and their uses given.