Relying on carbon capture and storage may be a dangerous trap for UK industry
The UK is focusing on carbon capture and storage technologies but the future is uncertain.
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Shelling of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant exposes multiple risks – a nuclear expert tells us what they are
Ukraine’s biggest nuclear plant has many safety measures, but could not cope with direct bombing.
No‑deal Brexit: preparing for nuclear fallout influenced how government plans for worst‑case scenarios
No-deal preparations have been both criticised as being part of ‘Project Fear’ and used to show that Brexit will be disaster. Here’s the history behind this kind of planning.
Evacuating a nuclear disaster areas is (usually) a waste of time and money, says study
Letting Fukushima residents stay in their homes would have only cost them an average of three months’ life expectancy.
‘Nuclear‑powered’ missile accident in Russia – what really happened?
Russia appears to have developed a revolutionary mini-reactor able to power a missile.
When dogs return to nature – just how domesticated are our pooches really?
The story of a miniature dachshund surviving in the wild shows we may not know our pets as well as we might like to think.
COVID‑19 movie Songbird is a disaster – we need better pandemic stories
What role does culture play when it comes to disasters?
Disaster zones could soon be salvaged by teams of smart devices – here’s how
Stand by for drones, robots and sensors to the rescue.
Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go
What does the wealth of books, documentaries and dramas about the Chernobyl disaster tell us that history alone cannot?
Coronavirus: China’s attempts to contain the outbreak has given it new levels of state power
The Chinese government has granted itself extraordinary new levels of control backed by advanced surveillance technology.
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