atomic
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The Wende Museum in Culver City opened its doors in 2017 inside a former 1949 atomic bomb shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
"The Strait of Hormuz represents an opportunity as precious as an atomic bomb," said Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Rickover summed up the challenge for atomic innovators in a 1953 memo that distinguished between “academic reactors” and “practical reactors.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Recently, survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb pressed for the abolition of nuclear arms at the United Nations, calling to build a human society free from nuclear weapons and war.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
And Japan, the only country to have been bombed with atomic weapons, has a particularly complicated relationship with radiation.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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