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Submarine K-27 - Soviet
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Submarine K-27 - Soviet

At the height of the Cold War in 1968, 144 Soviet sailors on the K-27 submarine sailed to the North Pole to collect information about the NATO base.

December 18, 2018
Superheated helium balloons,
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Superheated helium balloons,

Superheated helium gas passes through the metal and leaves pores that weaken and gradually destroy the nuclear fusion reactor.

December 18, 2018
Detecting a molten nuclear fuel at Fukushima
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Detecting a molten nuclear fuel at Fukushima

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on July 23 said that a large number of hardened plaques and deposits were found for the first time at the bottom of the primary prot…

December 18, 2018
Classification of nuclear reactors
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Classification of nuclear reactors

There are many ways to classify nuclear reactors, of which the most common classification is based on the retardants and heat transfer agents used in the reactor.

December 18, 2018