Would you like to host a nuclear reactor in your backyard?
NOT many people want a nuclear power station in their backyard, but that’s the prospect facing communities on both sides of the Atlantic as governments weigh up where to build a new wave of reactors.
In the US, where more than 30 reactors are up for approval, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has already given the green [...]
The Nuclear Era Will End Before 2030
A parliamentary group, called “The Greens” has released a report on Wednesday in which they underline the lack of nuclear development during the latest years, although some over-exaggerate its growing line.
Many aging reactors are to be closed before 2030, they having to be replaced with another 338 new ones. The development rhythm is far too [...]
Nuclear Battery in Your Laptop
The US Airforce is said to have invented a battery lasting 30 years(!). It is made from some very weak radioactive material (it’s still enough to power a laptop) for that time. The news has been spread by www.nextenergynews.com and I don’t know if to believe it or not. It has not yet been published [...]
A nuclear fusion project approved to go
Reproducing the power of the sun on Earth is no easy task, but an international team of physicists based in Europe is now preparing to give it a go.
If their attempt to develop nuclear fusion works, it could provide a limitless and clean source of energy that promises to end reliance on the fossil fuels [...]
