Nuclear World

Nuclear Power in a Warming World

Because the spent fuel removed from a nuclear reactor is highly radioactive, it must be disposed of in a way that protects the environment from contamination and living organisms from exposure. Radioactive isotopes can be spread by air or water, and can also become part of the food chain. While the radioactivity of spent fuel drops with time, according to a 1995 National Academy of Sciences stu...

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Nuclear Weapons and the Second World War

Since the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have captured the attention of social scientists and the public alike. Some argue that the world benefits from nuclear weapons, claiming that they prevent war. Skeptics do not share this view and worry that nuclear weapons will only intensify conflict. Unfortunately, most theories about the benefits of nuclear weapons await judge...

Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World

Nuclear cardiology: role in the world of multimodality cardiac imaging.

The concept of multimodality imaging has been developing rapidly in recent years due to the need to integrate information on anatomy (which defines coronary artery disease) with functional data (which reflects the effects of this disease on tissues) to enable the proper evaluation of patients with ischemic heart disease. From the clinical point of view, it has been well established that a compl...