Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recreated part of the intense chaos inside a nuclear fireball to better ...
In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of energy heats the surrounding air and materials. Everything in the vicinity is ...
Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic isotope technetium-99 exists for just hours. The difference lies in the structure of ...
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are attempting to understand what happens during ...