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Fusion Breakthrough Announced by Scientists at US Department of Energy
The DoE's National Ignition Facility announced that it has achieved the breakeven whereby a nuclear fusion reactor produced energy.
Spain Generates 50% of its Power From Renewables in 2023, With Portugal Set to Hit 100%
Portugal beat a 9-year record when in March 2023, it generated 103% of its monthly energy consumption with renewable sources.
Nuclear Waste from Unused Weapons Is Being Safely Turned to Glass After Leaking for Years
Of the over 100 tanks of liquid and solid radioactive plutonium waste stored underground at the Hanford site 20 had leaked
Impelled by Reactor Meltdown, Fukushima Japan Vows to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Use in 20 Years
More than $2.75 billion has already been invested in building several dozen new solar farms, wind projects, and geothermal stations in Fukushima.
Belarus Will Eliminate Its Uranium Stockpile
The former Soviet republic of Belarus announced today that by 2012 it will give up its stockpile of material used to make nuclear weapons.
Haunted by Past, Kazakhstan Shuns Nuclear Bomb
Sitting atop the second largest uranium reserves in the world, Kazakhstan has not followed in the former Soviet Union's footsteps toward military power. Instead, it is at the forefront of the global movement for a world free of nuclear weapons.
Amazing Fungus Discovered at Chernobyl Could Be Grown On Rockets to Protect Astronauts from Toxic Space Radiation
Fungus found in the destroyed reactors of Chernobyl could be used as a protective radiation shield for astronauts, as it consumes radiation.
On Its 75th Birthday UN Ratifies Treaty Which Bans Ownership, Creation, and Use of Nuclear Weapons For Signatories
On the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons gets 50th signature to pass.
Chernobyl Guards Have Befriended Abandoned Dogs, Feeding Them and Bringing Medical Care
The descendants of the dogs abandoned by owners after the Chernobyl disaster are being befriended and cared for by guards.
10 Years After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Two Men Are Still Living There Taking Care of Everyone's Pets
Two men, Naoto Matsumura and Sakae Kato, both still live in the Fukushima exclusion zone where they are taking care of animals.
Canadian Startup to Build $400M UK Plant to Harness Nuclear Fusion in Entirely New Cost-Effective Way
A Canadian-based nuclear fusion company General Fusion, is constructing a demonstration plant in England for their cheap fusion tech.
Amazing Tech Developed by Private Firms Are on the Verge of Creating Nuclear Fusion Reactors to Power Humanity
Nuclear fusion reactors are the key to unlimited clean energy, and two firms are racing to develop the first net-producing reactors.
China's 'Artificial Sun' Brings Nuclear Fusion One Step Closer, Breaking World Record
A nuclear fusion reactor in China broke the world record for heating a plasma like an artificial sun to 120 million Celsius.
How Scientists are Managing to Trap the World's Coldest Plasma in a Magnetic Bottle
Physicists at Rice University have discovered a way to trap the world's coldest plasma in a magnetic bottle.
Hadron Super Collider Reboots After 3 Years And Immediately Breaks World Record
The world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator has restarted after a break of more than three years for maintenance work.
The Perfect Energy Source Is Already Here - Endless Geothermal Is Poised for Release From Deep in the Earth
Laser drilling is now allowing engineers to drill far deeper into the Earth's crust and Quaise from MIT is defining this new energy reality.
Nuclear-Fusion Reactor in UK Smashes Energy Record in Ambitious Power Bid, 'Really, Really Impressive'
A mock-up nuclear fusion reactor has created 11 megawatts of energy using deuterium and tritium, which they say proves ITER will work.
Revolutionary Technology Neutralizes Radioactivity Around Chernobyl by 47% - Using Only the Processes of Earth
Swiss-based Exlterra reported spectacular results after one year of decontamination in the Chernobyl zone using its safe, novel technology.
India Makes Moves Toward Sustainability and Less Pollution
The largest democracy in the world has been making great strides implementing more environmentally-friendly initiatives.
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