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Pennie Latin explores the science behind the everyday.

Pennie Latin explores the science behind our everyday experiences and speaks to key scientists working in Scotland.

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Brainwaves: Series 6: Beyond the Bomb

Beyond the Bomb

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Eighty years on, Brainwaves considers the scientific fallout of nuclear weapons.

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.

Brainwaves: Series 6

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Pennie Latin explores the science behind everyday experiences.

Pennie Latin explores the science behind everyday experiences and speaks to key scientists working in Scotland.

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