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• Berlin Wall Retrospective

  
  DJCline.com — Authority: 128
  Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell and over the next few months every communist government east of it in Europe fell with it. Many thought the Cold War would end in a fireball, instead it ended in a party. It was later revealed that a third of the population were paid informants. The East German secret police ...
  2 days ago

• November 6 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 581
  On November 6: 1528  Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca became the first known European to set foot in Texas. 1851   Charles Dow , American journalist and economist, was born.   1856  The first work of fiction by George Eliot was submitted for publication. ...
  6 days ago

• North Korea announced of Producing More Bomb Making Plutonium

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 510
  North Korea announced Tuesday it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons programme, putting further pressure on the United States to start direct talks.
  1 week ago

• North Korea Has More Bomb-Grade Plutonium, It Says

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  North Korea put further pressure on the U.S. to start bilateral talks by declaring on Tuesday that it had completed reprocessing its spent nuclear fuel for use in a bomb.
  1 week ago

• N. Korea completes reprocessing of 8,000 spent fuel rods: KCNA

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  North Korea has completed reprocessing of some 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods at its Yongbyong nuclear facility and weaponized the plutonium extracted from the material, the countrys official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday. Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
  1 week ago

• Iran: Losing Sight Of The Big Picture

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 501
  Analysis From The Institute For National Security Studies The following excerpt is from an analysis done on the strength of the overall international strategy in dealing with the Iranian nuclear problem. It examines whether the current plan on the table (on which Iran will let us know) truly addresses the problem, ...
  1 week ago

• Israel’s nuclear capabilities

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 548
  While Israel is one of the loudest voices calling for a tougher line on Iran’s nuclear programme, its own nuclear capability has never been put to inspection. Israel has two nuclear research centres – at Dimona and Soreq. The latest estimates suggest that Israel has produced at least 118 warheads with weapons ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Major Quake Could Release Plutonium From Los Alamos Lab

  
  80beats — Authority: 653
  Federal experts believe that a major earthquake could trigger fires at Los Alamos National Laboratory , releasing radioactive materials and endangering lives. The rupture of a seismic fault that runs underneath the lab would shake the ground more than scientists previously thought, according to a new report ( PDF ...
  2 weeks ago

• Paranoia Alert -- Los Alamos Lab Could Face Threat From Quake

  
  Asylum — Authority: 732
  Filed under: Weird News , News , Weird Science A new study by a panel of experts suggests that an earthquake near the Los Alamos National Laboratory could cause a fire, which might then, in turn, cause a massive radiation release. Scared yet? If the Cold War taught us anything, its that ... Read more   ...
  2 weeks ago

• Under The Hood With Duncan Williams - Searete’s Traveling Wave Reactor

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 530
  Searete’s Traveling Wave Reactor  - By Duncan Williams - One of the more revolutionary reactor designs in the nuclear industry today is Searete LLC’s traveling wave fast breeder reactor.  Instead of using highly enriched uranium or plutonium as nuclear fuel, the traveling wave reactor uses natural uranium ...
  3 weeks ago

• NRC Staff Instructed To Make Reccomendations On Blending Low Level Waste

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 530
  Jaczko: clarify the agency’s position on blending and what is acceptable under our regulations and guidance  - By Stephen Heiser - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko has directed the agency staff to develop a vote paper for the Commission to consider issues related to blending of low-level ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bright & Early: Away We Go Edition

  
  Nashvillest — Authority: 476
  Good morning, Nashville. When we were sifting through the headlines this morning and came across this article about cuddle parties hitting Middle Tennessee , we have to admit we were almost too creeped out to write about anything else. The parties, which have apparently been a big hit in Murfreesboro lately, are a ...
  4 weeks ago

• San Antonio Anti-Nuclear Film Series

  
  TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas — Authority: 550
  Thursday, October 8th the Esperanza Peace & Justice center continues the Other and Out & Beyond film series with a day on nuclear energy and the devastating effects of uranium mining, nuclear waste and contamination. This event is Free and open to the public, though donations are appreciated. All films will ...
  5 weeks ago

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