Nuclear power has a lot of potential, but many fear the dangers of nuclear meltdowns. Fortunately, some new reactors might make that possibility even slimmer.
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Chernobyl: The world's worst nuclear disaster
On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), ...
Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.
The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.
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Giant sunspot that triggered recent solar 'superstorm' shot out nearly 1,000 flares and a secret X-rated explosion, record-breaking study reveals
The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...
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