The story of Trinity Site begins with the formation of the Manhattan Project in June 1942. The project was given overall responsibility of designing and building an atomic bomb. At the time… Read More

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: A specially illustrated BBC story created by artist/writer Ben Platts-Mills tells the remarkable story of how a dangerous radioactive apparatus in th… Read More

There’s always going to be some risk involved in scientific progress, but there were plenty of times throughout history where scientists took way more risk than you would ever think wa… Read More

Con la guerra de Ucrania subiendo de voltaje y aumentado el eco del uso de armas nucleares en ella, no se me ocurre nada más apropiado que hablar del Núcleo del Demonio y su mal… Read More

I MAGGIORI DISTRASTRI NUCLEARI (LA CLASSIFICA DELLA MORTE) Scala di valutazione per gli incidenti La IAEA ha stabilito una scala (scala INES – International Nuclear Event Scale) di gra… Read More