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Mini Nuclear Reactor at U.S. Government Lab Shut Down After Radiation Leak
A small-scale nuclear reactor at a U.S. government neutron research facility was shut down last week after it began to spew elevated amounts of ionising radiation. No employees received dangerous doses of radiation, according to officials, who are now devising a plan to determine the cause of the leak.
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Video Explainer: What Is Nuclear Energy And Why We Don’t Have More Of It
Our ability to harness nuclear energy has existed for quite a while now and yet nuclear energy is only responsible for providing 10 per cent of the world’s energy. There are 439 nuclear reactors spread across 31 countries with 160 more reactors planned for the future and yet nuclear energy has stagnated since the ’80s.…