atomic
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Crucially, it held on to its stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of near weapons-grade uranium—half of it buried in caskets in a tunnel deep under its Isfahan nuclear site, according to the U.N. atomic agency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The team points out that systems based on atomic clocks, which rely on very precise optical transitions, could be especially useful.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop".
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
This is a city of ancient caves but also of modern mills and atomic research facilities, which makes it impossible for two people to view it in the same way.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“Sundays, holidays, vacation time,” says the narrator, “we must be ready every day, all the time, to do the right thing if the atomic bomb explodes.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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