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Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

23 September 2020

An upgrade on the tech that powers spacecraft across the cosmos could soon be used to create incredibly long-lasting batteries back on Earth
HBO's Chernobyl drama highlights the human cost of nuclear catastrophe

HBO's Chernobyl drama highlights the human cost of nuclear catastrophe

3 May 2019

An intense new HBO miniseries about the world's worst nuclear accident turns the Chernobyl Soviet scientists into unlikely heroes in its portrayal of a world superpower approaching meltdown

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