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| | educatedguesswork.org
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| | [AI summary] The article discusses the challenges of nuclear weapon disposal, focusing on the difficulty of safely managing and destroying plutonium pits, which are essential for nuclear weapons. It highlights that disassembling weapons and storing parts is a common practice, but this poses security and safety risks because the pits can be reused to build new weapons. The article also mentions the logistical and technical issues with converting plutonium into mixed-oxide fuel for reactors, which is a potential disposal method but not very effective. The piece critiques the current approach to disarmament, suggesting that while the U.S. has plans to reduce excess plutonium, they have not succeeded. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for better secu...
| | theconversation.com
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| | In the summer of 1946, the U.S. government detonated the first of many atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. Seventy years of radiation exposure later, residents are still fighting for justice.
| | blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
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| | Taking a close look at the targets and consequences of a declassified US nuclear war plan.
| | briangitt.com
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| Natural gas and nuclear power will be the big winners in the energy sector over the next 20 years. They have a competitive advantage over solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, coal, and oil. That advantage, combined with market factors, sets up rare investment opportunities to hold high-quality energy companies and buy natural gas and uranium futures.