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Nuclear

Japan Activates Massive Ice Wall to Halt Radioactive Leaks

It's been over five years since the Fukushima meltdown.

Erik Shilling April 1, 2016

Found: Faulty Bolts at a Nuclear Plant

An inspection at Indian Point revealed 220 faulty bolts.

Sarah Laskow March 30, 2016

Ship Carrying Enough Plutonium for 40 Atomic Bombs on Secret Mission to U.S.

Around 730 pounds of plutonium are believed to be on the armed British ship.

Erik Shilling March 22, 2016

Nuclear Bunker Museum

Prague, Czechia

Nuclear Bunker Museum

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

How a Midwestern Potato Farm Became the World's First Nuclear Waste Site

One company in St. Louis produced nearly all the uranium used in the Manhattan Project.

Atlas Obscura March 15, 2016

Weldon Spring Disposal Site

St. Charles, Missouri

Weldon Spring Disposal Site

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

Artur Korneyev, Deputy Director of Shelter Object, viewing the "elephants foot" lava flow at Chernobyl, 1996.

The Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Most Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie

The Elephant’s Foot would have killed anyone within a couple of minutes.

David Goldenberg August 10, 2022

Radiation warning sign in Pripyat

Drinking Vodka With Elderly Settlers Who Refuse to Leave Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone

Adam McGhee January 19, 2016

Chicago, Illinois

'Nuclear Energy'

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

Skeleton of the Yellow Creek Nuclear Reactor

Iuka, Mississippi

Yellow Creek Nuclear Power Plant

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

Trinity

These Atomic Tourists Have Visited 160 Forgotten Nuclear Sites Across the U.S.

Jeni Hackett October 6, 2015

Reed Reactor

Who Put These Undergrads In Charge Of A Nuclear Reactor?

Ella Morton October 5, 2015

Plans to use five thermonuclear explosions to create an artificial harbor at Cape Thompson, Alaska, for Project Chariot in 1958.

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

Satsop Nuclear Power Plant

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