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Under a US$33.7-million Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract, Lockheed Martin is developing a next-generation nuclear-reactor-powered spacecraft for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) High Power program.Continue … Continue reading Lockheed Martin tapped to build nuclear-powered deep-space probe
Since the 1960s, researchers have been turning to an unlikely harvesting ground for uranium: the world’s oceans. Now, an Australian-led team has moved the prospect of sea-based uranium harvesting another step forward with a cheap and easy-to-make mater… Continue reading New neodymium-doped material can fish uranium out of seawater
This week, an expert on nuclear weapons stops by to discuss how we tell aliens about the dangers of nuclear waste. Continue reading CYBER: Space Junk, Nuclear Waste, AI Nukes and the Reason We’re All Still Here
Here’s a question for you: if you’re the commander of a submarine full of nuclear missiles, how can you be sure what not receiving a launch order really means? If …read more Continue reading Radio Apocalypse: The BBC Radio Program That Could(n’t) Have Started WWIII
Under a UK Space Agency contract, Bangor University in Wales is developing a new nuclear fuel for the Rolls-Royce micro reactors that will power future crewed lunar outposts by 2030.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Moon, Nuclear, Rolls Royce Continue reading Bangor University to develop tiny nuclear fuel for future Moon bases
Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin were two of many people who worked on the Manhattan Project. They might not be household names, but we believe they are the poster children …read more Continue reading Screwdrivers and Nuclear Safety: The Demon Core
The first crewed mission to Mars may get there and back a bit faster and safer if a contract DARPA has awarded to Lockheed Martin bears fruit. The contract is to rapidly advance and fabricate a nuclear thermal rocket engine scheduled to fly by 2027 for… Continue reading DARPA taps Lockheed Martin to build nuclear deep space rocket
Much like nuclear weapons themselves, ‘Oppenheimer’ runs on ancient technology. Continue reading IMAX Still Runs on PalmPilot Operating System
Usually, if you are listening to people debate about nuclear issues, it is one of two topics: how to deal with nuclear weapon stockpiles or if we want nuclear power …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Better Living Through A-Bombs
More than 12 years after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that cost Japan 20,000 lives, the cleanup continues. The International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA) has formally approved Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the damaged F… Continue reading Nuclear agency okays radioactive water release from Fukushima