May 16 2019
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PIKETON, OHIO—David and Pam Mills have grown tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and okra on their secluded Appalachian…
May 9 2019
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The last remaining reactor in operation at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant—the site of the most…
May 4 2018
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Just in time for the weekend, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposed an $8,500 fine to Idaho State…
Oct 3 2017
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A new and unexpected source of radioactive material left over from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has been…
Apr 29 2016
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For six years, an underground garbage fire has been steadily burning outside of Saint Louis, Missouri, right next to…
Apr 26 2016
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Last week, a leak in a storage tank at the country’s largest radioactive dumpsite expanded substantially, sparking…
Apr 21 2016
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Earlier this week, we heard alarming reports of a “significant” nuclear waste leak at Hanford, the largest…
Mar 27 2015
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A drum full of radioactive waste exploded at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico last February, sparking…
Nov 24 2014
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In February, a drum of radioactive waste exploded at U.S.'s only underground nuclear waste repository. The Santa Fe…
Nov 14 2014
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America has currently no plan for its nuclear waste. It did, however, at one point, have a supremely ambitious…
Jun 22 2014
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Symbols change meaning over time, so how do you set up a warning system to warn people off of living near nuclear…
May 8 2014
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Yesterday, we enjoyed The New Yorker's engrossing interactive look at the strange history of NYC's most radioactive…
May 7 2014
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Like so many NYC businesses, Primo Flat Fix occupies a nearly 100-year-old building. But this Queens, garage sits on…
May 7 2014
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A quadcopter outfitted with an on-board 3D printer could be used to seal off and transport nuclear waste, or even to…
Apr 21 2014
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A dumping ground for nuclear waste located near the British coast is "virtually certain" to be washed away by rising…
Apr 4 2014
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Nearly 2,000 capsules containing radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation need to be relocated. That's…
Jan 31 2014
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Organized crime is famously good at exploiting time-sensitive industries like construction, fishing, and—of…
Jan 21 2014
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First, dig a hole. Then, reinforce it with clay, concrete, steel, and plastic. Fill it with nuclear waste and cover…
Nov 7 2013
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Nuclear power is great, but the waste it creates is a problem. Best case scenario we can turn it into more power in…
Jan 13 2013
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The wonders of graphene never seem to cease. Desalinization, flexible semiconductors, and now nuclear waste…