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... nuclear power in 1974 , and in the early 1980s Pakistan was considered capable of developing a nuclear bomb . Nuclear proliferation in Asia , coupled with the region's political instability , is a matter of growing international concern ...
... nuclear power in 1974 , and in the early 1980s Pakistan was considered capable of developing a nuclear bomb . Nuclear proliferation in Asia , coupled with the region's political instability , is a matter of growing international concern ...
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... Nuclear Polynesian . The numerous subgroupings and language divisions in Polynesia are the result of the geography of this region . Around 2,000 years ago , following the breakup of Proto- Polynesian and the build - up of populations on ...
... Nuclear Polynesian . The numerous subgroupings and language divisions in Polynesia are the result of the geography of this region . Around 2,000 years ago , following the breakup of Proto- Polynesian and the build - up of populations on ...
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... NUCLEAR AND SOLAR CELLS There is at present no commercially practical device for converting the energy released in a nuclear - fission process directly into electricity . But the radiation emitted from some radioactive substances , such ...
... NUCLEAR AND SOLAR CELLS There is at present no commercially practical device for converting the energy released in a nuclear - fission process directly into electricity . But the radiation emitted from some radioactive substances , such ...
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