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How Earth’s core exploding would devastate the planet

Deep beneath the Earth lies a mysterious and powerful force. A wellspring of nuclear energy which could one day rip us apart.

The US military set off its largest nuclear explosion in testing 69 years ago, but scientists had no idea the blast would be that big

The Castle Bravo nuclear test produced an explosive yield of 15 megatons and was 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
CNN

Exclusive: Department of Energy officials to meet with White House to tamp down Trump’s idea of explosive nuclear testing

Top energy and nuclear officials in the Trump administration are planning to meet with the White House and National Security Council in the coming days to dissuade President Donald Trump from resuming ...
The Gazette

Should America resume nuclear tests?

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...
Westword

Pueblo nuclear power plant proposal hearings against backdrop of Japanese explosions

Timing is everything. With gas prices going up, up, up due to the chaos in North Africa last month, suddenly a nuclear power plant started looking good to Pueblo County, where the commissioners are ...