nuclear

Over 50s could face stay at home order in ‘nuclear plans’ drawn up by Boris Johnson 0
- BUSINESS
- August 2, 2020
A large number of overs 50s could be given orders to stay at home as part of Boris Johnson‘s ‘nuclear plans’ to avoid another national lockdown. In a more ‘segmented approach’ to dealing with future lockdowns, people aged between 50 and 70 would be given personalised risk ratings – taking into accounts factors like their
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Four things you didn’t know about nuclear waste 0
- BUSINESS
- May 2, 2020
Some of what you’ve heard about nuclear waste is true. It really can take thousands of years to decay, and even the briefest exposure to the most dangerous kind can be lethal. But in my ten years working with and researching nuclear waste, I’ve also encountered a lot of nonsense. It’s simply not as bad
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How quickly could Iran build a nuclear bomb?0
- BUSINESS
- March 13, 2020
In early 2003, a group of Iranian scientists began scouring the country on a secret quest for a place to dig an unusual tunnel. They searched Iran’s vast Lut desert until they finally found what seemed to be the right spot, a Mars-like dead zone regarded as one of the hottest and driest places on Earth.
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Oh good. Uncle Sam is building the world’s most powerful super computer… to sim nuclear weapon tests • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- March 4, 2020
The US Department of Energy has commissioned the world’s fastest supercomputer, expected to be 10 times more powerful than current machines, to test nuclear weapons using computational simulations. Aptly named El Capitan, the beast first crossed our radar in 2018, when it popped up on a budget request to US Congress. The stonking behemoth tops
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The super-boffin who applied his mathematical brain to nuclear magic, quantum physics, space travel, and more • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 29, 2020
Video Freeman Dyson, the eminent British-American physicist and mathematician best known for his theoretical work in quantum electrodynamics, died today. He was 96. His death was announced by his daughter Mia Dyson via Maine public television and the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) – the top research hub in Princeton, New Jersey, once home to
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Nuclear powers once shared their technology openly – how Iran’s programme fell on the wrong side of history 0
- BUSINESS
- October 5, 2019
As tensions remain at fever pitch between Tehran and Washington, Iran continues to breach limits agreed in the 2015 Iran deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Since Donald Trump withdrew the US from the deal in May 2018, its future has become more and more uncertain. Iran has enriched uranium beyond
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