Nuclear Diner

The tailings pond, with the Gulf of Finland behind, 1998 With today’s concerns about rare earths, I follow several geologists on Bluesky.

I’ve been collecting articles to do a longer post, but it’s not going to happen.

Over the weekend, Ukrainian-made Flamingo missiles hit the Progress Rocket Space Center in Samara.

The Jasons have issued a report on the plutonium in nuclear weapons.

Donald Trump’s backers in Silicon Valley want to build nuclear reactors.

Scientific American has been acquired by LabX Media Group, which holds Discover Magazine, IFLScience, and a number of other science publications.

Ever since Vladimir Putin announced a nuclear-powered cruise missile, some of us have been trying to figure out how that might work.

The US government has 34 tons of plutonium it wants to dispose of.

Content Warning: Wonky.

Marty Pfeiffer (@nuclearanthro.bsky.social on Bluesky) is a gadfly to DOE and NNSA, mainly through their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) programs.

It’s probably a good idea to read my earlier post on why nations don’t want nuclear weapons before reading this one.