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Entangling a live tardigrade, radiation warning on anti-5G accessories

Physics World

According to a preprint on the arXiv server, the team cooled a tardigrade to below 10 mK and then used it as the dielectric in a capacitor that itself was part of a superconducting transmon qubit. Tardigrades are much more resilient than humans when it comes to exposure to ionizing radiation. One of the items is designed for children.

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Chernobyl power cut sparks fears of potential for radiation leaks

New Scientist

Vital cooling systems for controlling nuclear waste at the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant are offline, leading to concerns that radioactive waste might escape

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Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Union of Concerned Scientists

Some SMR designs, such as NuScale, are modified versions of operating water-cooled reactors, while others are radically different designs that use coolants other than water, such as liquid sodium, helium gas, or even molten salts. SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste.

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Plastic aerosols in the atmosphere could affect the climate

Physics World

New calculations of the heating and cooling effects of airborne microplastics reveal that the overall influence on climate is strongly dependent on the distribution of microplastics in the atmosphere – which is currently poorly understood. Today, roughly 5 billion tonnes of plastic waste have accumulated in landfills and natural environments.

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Fast electrons accelerate the production of medical isotopes

Physics World

This achievement paves the way for alternative radioisotope production methods using electron accelerators that do not require enriched uranium and produce little nuclear waste. Technetium-99m ( 99m Tc) is a metastable radionuclide that emits gamma radiation which can be detected in the body by a medical gamma camera.

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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

Greenbuilding Law

Albedo The amount of solar radiation reflected from an object or surface, often expressed as a percentage. Biomass Materials that are biological in origin, including organic material (both living and dead) from above and below ground, for example, trees, crops, grasses, tree litter, roots, and animals and animal waste.

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Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen

PA Environment Daily

Decommissioning of both units will require the disposal of both high level and low-level radioactive waste and the safe, permanent storage of the nuclear fuel used by both units that is still on Three Mile Island. The cooling down process, however, took a month and the radioactive plant would take years to decontaminate. REACTOR!!??"