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Slavutych, Ukraine

Slavutych

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.
Richmond, California

Nike Missile Radar Site

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.
Nuclear Ship Savannah from the side, docked in Baltimore. Check out that elongated atomic design.
Baltimore, Maryland

Nuclear Ship Savannah

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
After the war, some of the prefabricated houses—like this "A" version, photographed in 1957—were transformed with brick and siding.
atom bombs

How the Manhattan Project's Nuclear Suburb Stayed Secret

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was built to last, too.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 3, 2018
Gas mask on.
nuclear

The Underground Nuclear Test That Didn't Stay Underground

The fallout cloud from the Baneberry test was never supposed to exist.
Sarah Laskow April 27, 2018
Metal detectors are always a good investment.
nuclear

The U.S. Once Dropped Two Nuclear Bombs on North Carolina by Accident

By sheer luck, neither detonated.
Sarah Laskow April 26, 2018
Whoops.
nuclear

What Happens When a Giant Nuclear Missile Accidentally Falls Back Into Its Silo

In 1960, a test of a Titan I missile went smoothly until the very end.
Sarah Laskow April 25, 2018
Fancy a swim?
engineering

When the U.S. Kept Losing Nuclear Bombs

In the 1950s, military accidents meant that nuclear warheads went missing.
Sarah Laskow April 24, 2018
Warning.
nuclear

The Nuclear 'Demon Core' That Killed Two Scientists

After World War II ended, physicists kept pushing a plutonium core to its edge.
Sarah Laskow April 23, 2018
The marker.
Eureka, North Carolina

Goldsboro Nuclear Mishap

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.
A power plant guide welcomes visitors into the reactor hall.
nuclear

A Visit to Chernobyl as It Transforms Into a Solar Farm

Energy production is about to resume at the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.
Darmon Richter February 28, 2018
The blast from Apple-2, which pushed various storage vessels to their limits.
nuclear

The U.S. Government Once Nuked a Bunch of File Cabinets

Operation Teapot's "Project 35.5" tested record-keeping under extreme circumstances.
Cara Giaimo January 26, 2018
Science for the People at 2017's March for Science.
science

Why a Radical 1970s Science Group Is More Relevant Than Ever

A second life for an organization of scientists who questioned how their work was being used.
Sarah Laskow January 22, 2018
Aerial view of school buses prior to being covered
Horning's Mills, Ontario

Ark Two Shelter

This extensive nuclear fallout shelter built from 42 school buses could house 500 people in its tunnels.
Mt. Umunhum Cube
cold war

What's Left of America's Cold War Civil Defense System?

Hawaii is testing its nuclear warning signal. How much other infrastructure is still ready for action?
Sarah Laskow November 29, 2017
Washington, D.C.

Russian Ambassador's Residence

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
The lake in the winter.
Lappajärvi, Finland

Lake Lappajärvi

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.
Sillamae, Estonia.
Sillamäe, Estonia

Sillamäe

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.