atomic power

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The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop".

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Public anxiety about atomic power remains substantial in a country prone to earthquakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

After 70 years of atomic power, there is still disagreement over what to do with the accumulated radioactive waste - some of which will remain hazardous for hundreds of thousands of years.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

The two sides signed memorandums of understanding in Moscow in July on nuclear energy, training and promotion of public understanding of atomic power.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023

As befit the man who had challenged Ernest Rutherford’s disparagement of atomic power as “moonshine” back in 1933, Ernest Lawrence’s first instinct was to take the news of fission as vindication.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik