Collaborate Disseminate
Nuclear waste can remain toxic for tens of thousands of years. How do you warn the future that they’re standing on nuclear waste when there’s no one around to translate? Continue reading Radioactive Cats and Nuclear Priests: How to Warn the Future About Toxic Waste
The documentary chronicles the excavation of Onkalo, a nuclear waste repository made to last for 100,000 years. Continue reading ‘Into Eternity’ Is a Warning Message for the Future
Nuclear fusion is always “50 years away.” But now it could finally, almost be here. Continue reading This Vancouver Startup Is Chasing the Dream of Clean, Limitless Energy Forever
Nuclear fusion is always “50 years away.” But now it could finally, almost be here. Continue reading This Vancouver Startup Is Chasing the Dream of Clean, Limitless Energy Forever
Humanity has come up with some unbelievably bad storage solutions for radioactive waste over the years. Continue reading Kitty Litter, Ocean Burial, Shooting It at the Sun: The Worst Ways to Stash Nuclear Waste
How to future-proof an underground vault long after we are gone. Continue reading The Plan to Build a Million-Year Nuclear Waste Dump on the Great Lakes
More than one hundred years ago, Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium emitted penetrating rays similar to those used by Wilhelm Röntgen to take the first X-ray image (of his wife’s hand), starting a new era of far-reaching applications. There are of course many dangers that come with the use of radioactivity, but there are also many beneficial uses for our society.
The nucleus of an atom is made of protons and neutrons. Because protons have positive charge, they repel each other, so there must be a force that holds the nucleus together, and the neutrons don’t help, …read more
The nuclear age changed steel, and for decades we had to pay the price for it. The first tests of the atomic bomb were a milestone in many ways, and have left a mark in history and in the surface of the Earth. The level of background radiation in the air increased, and this had an effect on the production of steel, so that steel produced since 1945 has had elevated levels of radioactivity. This can be a problem for sensitive instruments, so there was a demand for steel called low background steel, which was made before the trinity tests. …read more
For a long time, exploit kits were the most prolific malware distribution vehicle available to attackers. Where did they go and what’s replaced them? Continue reading Where Have All The Exploit Kits Gone?
It’s widely known that a smoke detector is a good ionizing radiation source, as they contain a small amount of americium-241, a side product of nuclear reactors. But what about other sources? [Carl Willis] got hold of an old Soviet era smoke detector and decided to tear it down and see what was inside. This, as he found out, isn’t something you should do lightly, as the one he used ended up containing an interesting mix of radioactive materials, including small amounts of plutonium-239, uranium-237, neptunium-237 and a selection of others. In true hacker fashion, he detected these with a …read more
Continue reading Soviet Era Smoke Detector Torn Down, Revealing Plutonium
