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S3 E8: Risky Business
Season 3 Episode 8
Incidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima are often what comes to mind when we think about nuclear energy. Thankfully, events like these actually very rare. So does that mean the risks we associate with…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
S3 E7: Half-Life
Season 3 Episode 7
The aftermath of SL-1 highlighted a problem that we still haven’t solved, despite decades of searching for a solution: what to do with the waste. Our plans to store nuclear waste inside Yucca Mountai…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
S3 E6: You Look Radiant
Season 3 Episode 6
As firefighters and medical personnel staged operations at SL-1, a plume of radioactive gas silently made its way over the Idaho desert, creeping towards the nearby towns. How much of a risk did the …
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
S3 E5: Trust Issues
Season 3 Episode 5
The only three people who really knew what had transpired at SL-1 were dead, and it would take months to determine what likely happened—plenty of time for rumors and gossip to take hold. Was there a …
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
S3 E4: Chain Reaction
Season 3 Episode 4
Two of the men working the reactor that night had personal problems. They hated each other. They fought with their bosses. And those problems could easily distract a man from his work—but what does t…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
S3 E3: A New(clear) Hope
Season 3 Episode 3
The horrifying devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki proved the destructive capabilities of nuclear power. But, in the aftermath of World War II, we started to experiment with how we could use atomic…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
S3 E2: Out Of Little Things
Season 3 Episode 2
How did we figure out that such a tiny particle—an atom—held all that power? For that matter, what is an atom? A primer on the basics of atomic energy—including its destructive capabilities—to help u…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
S3 E1: Close To Home
Season 3 Episode 1
Two dead men. One man missing. A hole blown in the side of the reactor. A cloud of radioactive gas so hot, it was off the charts. What happened with the SL-1 reactor feeds into our deep fear about th…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
S3 Wild Thing: Going Nuclear Trailer
Season 3
Back for its third season, Wild Thing uses science, history and culture to probe the realities of nuclear energy today, while analyzing our own fascination— and ambivalence—with all things atomic. Wh…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
S2 E10: The Truth Is Out There
Season 2 Episode 10
'Oumuamua is long gone—out of sight and almost impossible to reach. The excitement over it generated endless fascination about what (and who) might be out there. Ultimately, that’s what this search f…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago