Content tagged with “nuclear” under “The Interesting List”

“ In 1954, a Japanese finishing boat accidentally wandered into an active U.S. nuclear test. One crew member died in the immediate aftermath, and the rest suffered health problems, mostly dying young. ”

“ A damaged plane jettisoned a nuclear bomb off the coast of Georgia in 1958. It has never been found. It has been confirmed to contain enriched uranium, but may or may not be capable of detonating. ”

“ There is a shadowy Soviet system that can automatically launch nuclear missiles if it detects a nuclear explosion on Soviet soil. It is still in operation today. ”

“ In 1987, thieves in Brazil stole a radioactive capsule from an abandoned medical facility. A week later, four people were dead and 250 were contaminated. ”

“ A decade ago, a radiation source was detected inside a shipping container. No one knew what to do about it. ”

“ Soldiers studying for protocol exams have inadvertently revealed nuclear secrets by creating online flashcards for them. ”

“ The US literally forgot how to make a critical component of nuclear weapons. This resulted in years of maintenance delays and cost tens of millions of dollars. ”

“ There was once a shoulder-launched thermonuclear weapon. ”

“ When the US military needs to move an active nuclear warhead, they take precautions. This was filmed in Great Falls, Montana. ”

“ There are several sunken Russian nuclear submarines – some with leaky reactors – in the Arctic Ocean that the country is going to attempt to raise and bring home. ”

“ The story of the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko – why it happened, who might have done it, and why polonium is such an attractive murder weapon. ”

“ PBS documentary that explores the seven-year construction project to ‘re-enclose’ the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl. The project was incomprehensibly ambitious, and a million things might have gone wrong, but none of them did. At the climax, I almost cheered. ”