40 Years Ago, the US Lost a Nuclear Bomb (Tuesday 11th of November 2008 09:45:01 PM)
Hugh Pickens writes "A BBC inspection has found that in 1968 the US deserted a nuclear weapon
beneath the ice in northern Greenland after a nuclear-armed B52 crashed on the ice a few miles
from Thule Air Base. The Stratofortress disintegrated on impact ...
(more)Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider (Sunday 07th of September 2008 01:37:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Really people, enough is enough. Death threats? Seriously? as it
should be to a fresh report from the Telegraph, gurus working on the mysterious Large Hadron
Collider are receiving all sorts of strange messages, e-mails and ...
(more)Nuclear Decay May Vary With Earth-Sun Distance (Friday 29th of August 2008 05:45:01 PM)
KentuckyFC writes "We've long thought that nuclear decay rates are constant inconsiderate of
ambient temperature (except in a few special cases where beta decay can be influenced by
puissant drawing fields). So that makes it hard to explain two puzzling ...
(more)"Tabletop" Fusion Researcher Committed Scientific Misconduct (Sunday 20th of July 2008 08:35:41 PM)
Geoffrey.landis writes "A Purdue health center panel investigated allegations against nuclear
sociology don Rusi Taleyarkhan, finding that he had in fact committed scientific misbehavior in
his work. Taleyarkhan had published papers in which he reported ...
(more)550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq (Monday 07th of July 2008 07:15:03 AM)
Orion Blastar tips us to an AP report that 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" uranium has
successfully been removed from Iraq. The operation lasted three months, and it required 37 sort
flights and an 8,500-mile trip by boat to reach a port in Montreal. ...
(more)Software Update Shuts Down Nuclear Power Plant (Saturday 07th of June 2008 07:30:03 PM)
Garabito writes "Hatch Nuclear Power Plant near Baxley, Georgia was forced into a 48-hour
compulsion shutdown when a data processor on the plant's line network was rebooted after an
builder installed a dos update. The rule Post reports, 'The personal ...
(more)Let's Talk (Monday 26th of May 2008 01:00:00 AM)
A guy was seated next to a 10-year-old girl on an airplane. Being bored, he turned to the girl
and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a gab* with your
fellow passenger."
The girl, who was reading a book, ...
(more)How PALS Help Secure Nuclear Weapons (Saturday 24th of November 2007 12:15:03 PM)
Hugh Pickens writes "The BBC reported last week that until 1998 no code or dual key system was
required to arm British nuclear weapons. Bombs were armed by inserting a bicycle lock key
(video) into the arming switch and turning it 90 degrees. Permissive ...
(more)Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK (Thursday 08th of November 2007 08:00:05 PM)
Angryphase writes "The British Phonographic practice (the UK's RIAA) has noticed a significant
increase in the amount of encrypted torrents — from 4% of torrent traffic a year ago to
40% today. Whether it follows a trend for hiding suspicious activities ...
(more)Nuclear Info Kept From Congress and the Public (Wednesday 22nd of August 2007 11:45:03 AM)
Thermite writes "On March 6, 2006 an accident occurred at Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin,
Tennessee. by the numbers to reports, almost 9 gallons of highly enriched uranium in solution
spilled and nearly went into a chain reaction. Before the accident ...
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