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Rare Element Plutonium - What Do You Know About It?
It is element 94 on the periodic table (Pu) and is one of the most dangerous elements on Earth.
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The US spends $ 550 billion to 'erase' the most dangerous place in the world
Scientists have spent nearly three decades cleaning up 177 huge radioactive waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state, USA. And they are just getting s…
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Why does the spacecraft fly for hundreds of years without running out of fuel?
The US government said a robot could help generate long-term and reliable plutonium-238 (Pu-238) for NASA's space exploration ships.
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The Devil's core - the nuclear radioactive core has killed two scientists
A deadly bomb in the form of a harmless sphere.
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After more than 2,000 years, the mystery of the hell gate was opened
Two thousand years ago, the ancient tourists went to a Greek-Roman temple in Hierapolis (modern-day Turkey), located above a cave that was supposed to be the gate to the…
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Mistakes make scientists pay with life
Sometimes small errors in the research process can also take scientists' lives.
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There was once a nuclear reactor flying above our heads
Of course, this reactor had stopped working and fell from its orbit, though it did not cause any harm when returning to Earth.
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Discover the secret of Plutonium element
Researchers at Rutgers, New Jersey State University have unraveled the secrets of the chemical and physical properties of the famous plutonium element. In a work publish…
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Plutonium: The twin brother of Uranium
In the history of atomic bomb development, Uranium bombs and Plutonium bombs can be viewed as twin brothers. Along with U235, the Pu239 nuclei were also used to make the…
Archeology
Find 'hell gate' in myth
Italian archaeologists announce that they discovered the cave Pluto, also called
Archeology
Radioactive remains
Radioactivity is still escaping from the cells of those killed by atomic bombs in Nagasaki City, after 64 years since the disaster.
Space science
Russia plans to bring people back to the Moon
The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos is planning to build a high-tech base on the moon starting in 2024.
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Space exploration with 19th-century motives
Researchers have experimented with a small version of a nuclear engine design that can help satellites explore deep into the universe.
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The first nuclear reactor uses new fuel
India is planning to build a nuclear power plant using new materials, thorium, which has a low radioactivity, safer than using uranium.
Environment
The most toxic nuclear facility in the United States
Hanford is one of America's largest and most polluting radioactive waste depots.