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Compromising vital infrastructure: the power grid

December 17, 2018 admin backup, blackenergy, blackout, Business, crashoverride, cyberattacks, cybercrime, dragonfly, NRC, nuclear, OPEC, power grid, Renewable energy, sandworm, stuxnet

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

How are we doing at protecting the vital infrastructure of our power grid and its components against physical and cyberattacks?

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Reclaimed Land

October 28, 2017 admin Cold War, Colorado, department of energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Features, land, nuclear, outdoors week 2017, plutonium, radiation

Credit to Author: Lauren Steele| Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Inside Colorado’s Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a former Superfund site that embodies the painful past and uncertain future of nuclear cleanup in America.

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Please Do Not Pet the Radioactive Puppies of Chernobyl

September 21, 2017 admin ANIMALS, chernobyl, Cute, disaster, dogs, meltdown, nuclear, nuclear fallout, PUPPIES, Radioactive, Read, sad, watch

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:36:25 +0000

Fallout dogs IRL.

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North Korea’s Failed Missile Launch Eases Experts’ Worst-Case Scenario Fears

April 19, 2017 admin Missiles, NORTH KOREA, nuclear, rockets, Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:37:22 +0000

North Korea’s Failed Missile Launch Eases Experts’ Worst-Case Scenario Fears

Rather than showing off North Korea’s military might, as intended, the country’s most recent failed launch put observers at relative ease. The post North Korea’s Failed Missile Launch Eases Experts’ Worst-Case Scenario Fears appeared first on WIRED.

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North Korea Probably Can’t Strike the US Yet—But It’s Still Plenty Scary

April 16, 2017 admin atomic bomb, Donald Trump, NORTH KOREA, nuclear, rockets, Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 22:20:49 +0000

North Korea Probably Can’t Strike the US Yet—But It’s Still Plenty Scary

With tensions mounting in the Korean Peninsula, a look at how much—or how little—damage the Hermit Kingdom could cause stateside. The post North Korea Probably Can’t Strike the US Yet—But It’s Still Plenty Scary appeared first on WIRED.

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Thank Goodness Nukes Are So Expensive and Complicated

March 4, 2017 admin Military, nuclear, Nuclear weapons, Opinion, Security, Terrorism

Credit to Author: Greg Allen| Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:00:06 +0000

Thank Goodness Nukes Are So Expensive and Complicated

Physics and economics have partly protected humans from weapons of mass destruction, but what if WMD of the future are both devastating and cheap? The post Thank Goodness Nukes Are So Expensive and Complicated appeared first on WIRED.