Beyond the Bomb
What is the scientific legacy of the nuclear bomb? Eighty years after its birth, Pennie Latin looks at how science is still trying to grapple with cleaning up the nuclear era.
It's 80 years since the Manhattan Project saw the first nuclear bomb developed and latterly unleashed on the world. In the aftermath enthusiasm for nuclear power and innovation went into overdrive but at what cost? In this Brainwaves Pennie Latin visits Douneray Power Station in Caithness where the long process of decommissioning is still in progress, to explore what the nuclear fuelled invention of the post war era now means for scientists working in Scotland. Why is the job of cleaning up after the nuclear era so complicated in the UK and what, if anything, have we learned from those scientific innovators of the past.
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- Wed 9 Jan 2019 13:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Sun 13 Jan 2019 06:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Wed 31 Jul 2019 13:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Sun 4 Aug 2019 06:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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