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What Is Nuclear Waste and How Is It Managed?
Nuclear waste is radioactive material that requires controlled handling because its radioactivity or other hazardous properties persist after use. The term covers severa…
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Scientists have developed a battery that can last for thousands of years without needing to be recharged!
Nuclear waste is radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants that no one wants to keep near their homes or even carried through their communities.
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How dangerous is the lost radioactive pill in Australia?
A lot of work needs to be done to find the radioactive lump, only 8mm long and 6mm in diameter, lost over a distance of 1,400km.
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Discovery of a space 'monster' that almost knocked the Earth off its feet
The chilling discovery of a huge amount of radioactive aluminium hitting the Solar System 4.6 billion years ago suggests the baby Earth had a narrow escape.
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Nuclear battery smaller than a coin, phone can be used for 50 years without charging
Chinese company Betavolt Technology claims to have successfully miniaturized a nuclear battery measuring 15 x 15 x 5mm, smaller than a coin, super durable and safe.
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Did you know: Astatine is the rarest natural element on Earth?
Astatine is the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust with less than 25 grams on the entire planet at any given time.
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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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Why was Marie Curie buried in a lead-lined coffin?
Marie Curie died of aplastic anemia from working with radiation and her coffin was later discovered by excavators to be lined with 2.5 mm thick lead.
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One of the loneliest species on Earth, living 2,800m underground and surviving on radioactive energy
The cold and dry polar regions, the hot and water-poor desert regions, are considered inhospitable to most life on Earth.
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Why is the Earth's core still hot after billions of years?
Heat from planet formation, radioactive decay of some elements, and friction between layers keep the Earth's core at extremely high temperatures after 4.5 billion years.
Animal world
Why did the dogs at Chernobyl undergo such rapid evolution?
The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster not only left serious consequences for the environment and human health but also became a
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Diamond batteries can last for thousands of years
A research team in the UK has created a carbon-14 diamond battery that can safely provide electricity with high durability for up to thousands of years.
Environment
What does Chernobyl look like after people left due to the nuclear disaster?
Some animals are constantly reproducing, others are forced to evolve…
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Technology helps reduce nuclear waste at the plant by 80%.
A scientist at the private fission company Transmutex has developed a new method that can reduce the radioactivity of nuclear waste by up to 80%.
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Decoding Promethium: The mysterious man-made element from the Manhattan Project
The chemical element Promethium is one of the most difficult elements to study in the scientific world due to its high radioactivity and instability.