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A warning sign at the site.
Parachute, Colorado

Rulison Nuclear Test Site

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
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North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Spent the Weekend Hosting Volleyball

Satellites spotted some unexpected heat.
Cara Giaimo April 20, 2017
The melted core, from the side.
science

The Behind-the-Scenes Story of an Unplanned Meltdown at America’s First Nuclear Power Reactor

Ray Haroldsen didn't really notice anything was wrong.
Sarah Laskow April 11, 2017
It has been used in hundreds of experiments since 1971.
Athens, Ohio

John E. Edwards Particle Accelerator

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.
A door to the tunnels
Xianning Shi, China

Underground Project 131

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.
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Dozens of Previously Hidden Nuclear Test Videos Declassified, Uploaded to YouTube

Mushroom clouds galore.
Erik Shilling March 16, 2017
Arvada, Colorado

Cold War Horse

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.
Atomic Liquors, since 1952.
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Five Landmarks of Atomic Nevada

Echoes of the hundreds of nuclear tests conducted in Nevada during the atomic age.
A shot of Fukushima from 2011.
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Found: Melted Uranium Rods, Lost at Fukushima

Six years after the disaster, Tepco may have found its lost nuclear debris.
Sarah Laskow January 31, 2017
In Oscar Newman's sci-fi fantasy, New York City has a nuclear metropolis deep underground.
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One Architect's Spectacular Vision for a Spherical Subterranean City

New Yorkers would weather nuclear attack in an underground metropolis.
Lauren Young January 16, 2017
Strategic Air Command headquarters in the 1960s.
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In the 1960s, Telegraph Poles Were Equipped With Nuclear Bomb Alarms

They were simple-looking white canisters.
Sarah Laskow January 11, 2017
Brno, Czechia

Nuclear Shelter 10-Z

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.
Atomic Liquors, since 1952
Las Vegas, Nevada

Atomic Liquors

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
The New Safe Confinement dome, almost ready in October 2016.
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Chernobyl’s Rogue Reactor Finally Gets a Better Dome

The massive structure has been slowly moving across the landscape for weeks.
Cara Giaimo November 28, 2016
Permanently Closed
Yenching Palace in Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Yenching Palace

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.
Exhibit resembling reactor 4 which suffered the catastrophic failure, Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum, Kyev, Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."
A nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. Waste from nuclear weapons development lasts for millions of years.
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1990s Doomsday Planners Worried About Feminists Breaching Nuclear Waste Sites

They also feared treasure hunters and the secession of New Mexico.
Cara Giaimo November 8, 2016