Mad about Science: Hidden engineering – nuclear reactors
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
There’s a lot of work that goes into designing and building a nuclear power plant. It’s a relatively clean source of energy, when compared to …
Tagged: Chernobyl
Mad about Science: The radioactive ‘wild boar paradox’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
By now, pretty much everyone should be at least familiar with the disaster that befell the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986, when …
Mad About Science: Radioactive disasters
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
April 26, 1986, one of the worst human-caused disasters in history occurred. The reach of the Chernobyl disaster would be a benchmark for terrible things …
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