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Kraków start-up teams up with US nuclear firm to fly to the moon and extract rare energy isotope

Helium isotope, known as helium-3 is found in much greater quantities in natural stores on the moon than those on Earth, where it is 100 million times more abundant. NASA

Experts from the Solar System Resources Corporation estimate that 200 tonnes of Helium-3 would be enough to satisfy the annual energy needs of the world’s population.

Polish, US ambassadors to EU discuss nuclear energy policy in Brussels

Polish ambassador to the EU Andrzej Sados and his US counterpart Ronald Gidwitz held talks on Thursday in Brussels during which they discussed, among other issues, nuclear energy, EU energy policy as well as the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Poland will build nuclear reactors with capacity of 6-9 GW - official

The Polish government's commissioner for strategic energy infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, has announced that Poland will build nuclear power plants with a capacity of 6-9 gigawatts (GW), and that the first reactor would be ready in 2023.

Duda, Trump announce nuclear energy deal

Presidents Andrzej Duda and Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the signing of a deal on development of nuclear energy in Poland, which Duda said would be signed as soon as possible.

Polish MFA praises non-proliferation treaty's role in global security

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is one of the key pillars of global security and the non-proliferation regime, Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a Thursday statement.

Meltdown nightmare: computer game to take players into Chernobyl aftermath and deadly dangers kept secret from the world

Game to explore a dark and secret world kept hidden in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Negotiations on nuclear power plant in Poland under way - official

Spokesman for Polish government Piotr Mueller told Polish Radio One on Tuesday that a decision regarding the building of Poland's first nuclear power plant will most likely be announced this year.

Poland eyes nuclear power, high-speed rail cooperation with France

There are several areas of potential cooperation between Poland and France, including nuclear power and high speed railways, Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller said on Tuesday.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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Exclusive

‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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