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Nuclear

Actual 1950s Proposal: Nuke Alaska

Jeni Hackett September 29, 2015

How the Miracle Mollusks of Fangataufa Came Back After a Nuclear Blast

Damaris Colhoun September 24, 2015

Elma, Washington

Satsop Nuclear Power Plant

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

How To: Cheat Nuclear Fusion

Eric Grundhauser August 19, 2015

objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: A Nuclear Reactor's Tombstone

Object of Intrigue: Glass Made by an Atomic Bomb

Ella Morton July 14, 2015

Nye County, Nevada

Sedan Crater

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Haigerloch, Germany

Atomkeller Museum

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ARK D-0: Tito's Nuclear Bunker

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

The Woman Who Ate Chernobyl's Apples

Dan Nosowitz April 21, 2015

Santa Monica, California

Chain Reaction

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

Nanda Devi

One of the tallest mountains in India was closed for years after a botched CIA mission.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Silver City, Georgia

Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

Nuclear Vogelsang: The Lost Soviet City Everyone Wants to Disappear

Ciarán Fahey December 15, 2014

Zwentendorf, Austria

Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant

Austria's very first and only nuclear power station was completed but never used.

Where Mass Tourism Overrides Memorialization, Chernobyl Is Far from a Time Capsule

Darmon Richter November 12, 2014

The Architecture of Deceit

Meg van Huygen May 16, 2014