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As lawmakers weigh nuclear power in Montana, critics warn it could pose community safety risk
The power plants in Colstrip have been providing power to the American West since the 1970s, but coal-powered electricity is ...
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As coal fades, lawmaker looks to nuclear power
As lawmakers weigh potential of nuclear power in Montana, critics say it would risk community safety and renewables show more ...
The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
Radioisotope generators—inside the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.
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Surprising items can turn up at Northern Michigan thrift stores: What staffers have seen
is a type of glassware that contains small amounts of uranium oxide, giving it a distinctive green or yellow tint. When exposed to ultraviolet light, it fluoresces with an eerie glow, making it ...
The Nation Online8d
Development is not an event, but a process
Kayerekera is gearing up to reignite its uranium extraction operations by the end of the year, a move recently hinted at by its new proprietors, Lotus Resources. Meanwhile, Escom is racing to hook up ...
The Conversation10d
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
When the plutonium-238, which starts with 94 protons, releases an alpha particle, it loses two protons and turns into uranium-234 ... enough energy that it can glow red from its own heat, and ...
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Plutonium-238 decays into uranium-234 and emits an alpha particle ... The radioactive decay of plutonium-238 releases enough energy that it can glow red from its own heat, and it is this powerful ...
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Fired Yosemite workers say upside-down US flag was a call to protect public lands
Among the sites most at risk are two in Utah: uranium-rich Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, which holds large reserves of coal. A spokesperson for the White House previously said in a ...