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The Submarine that Carried Japan’s Atomic Bomb?
On June 23, 1944, the Japanese submarine I-52 sailed through the mid-Atlantic with a mission that could shift the tides of ...
WWII dive bomber found on Pacific floor — with a bomb still attached, NOAA says
The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...
They didn't know their backyard creek carried nuclear waste. Now, they're dying of cancer.
Uranium produced in St. Louis was used for the secretive Manhattan Project. Leftover waste was dumped around the city.
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Rosatom Green-Lights Myanmar Nuclear Plant in Quake-Wrecked Naypyitaw
Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) is pressing on with its plan to build a nuclear power plant in Naypyitaw, despite the partial destruction of the city during the March 28 earthquake.
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US reviving WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan sparks local concern
A former airbase used by the United States in World War II to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki is ...