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Why the economics behind Jason Kenney’s small nuclear reactor dream don’t add up Chernobyl

Why the economics behind Jason Kenney’s small nuclear reactor dream don’t add up

When Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says small nuclear reactors "could be a game changer in providing safe, zero-emitting, base load power in many areas of the province," as he did Sunday in a tweet, he's pulling your leg. For a variety of economic and technical reasons, the scenario Kenney described…
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August 12, 2020
Last Of Us TV Show Will Include “Jaw Drop” Storylines That Didn’t Make It Into The Game Chernobyl

Last Of Us TV Show Will Include “Jaw Drop” Storylines That Didn’t Make It Into The Game

Craig Mazin, the Emmy award-winning writer behind Chernobyl and The Hangover movie series, is working alongside Neil Druckmann on The Last of Us TV show for HBO. He's now shared some intriguing new details about what to expect, including that the show will feature storylines that Druckmann originally had in…
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August 12, 2020
HBO’s The Last of Us series will include a “jaw drop” moment left out from the original game Chernobyl

HBO’s The Last of Us series will include a “jaw drop” moment left out from the original game

"For sure, we have to do that." Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin has discussed his in-development TV adaptation of The Last of Us, which is being made in conjunction with Naughty Dog for release on HBO.Speaking to the BBC, Mazin discussed how the show would include new material mixed in with re-imagined…
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August 11, 2020
Urgent need to squelch political fallout best explains Jason Kenney’s oddly timed nuclear announcement Chernobyl

Urgent need to squelch political fallout best explains Jason Kenney’s oddly timed nuclear announcement

A Friday in August sure seemed like a peculiar time for a government like Jason Kenney's to announce it had signed onto a multi-province effort to sell natural resources and encourage the development and sale of a new generation of Canadian technology.  But there was the Alberta premier on Friday,…
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August 10, 2020
Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS Chernobyl

Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

Space 24 July 2020 By Alice Klein The International Space StationNASA Archive / AlamyA radiation-absorbing fungus found at the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear reactor has been shown to absorb harmful cosmic rays on the International Space Station, and could potentially be used to protect future Mars colonies. Exposure to cosmic rays…
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July 24, 2020