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Naturally-Occurring Nuclear Fission in Africa Offers Insight on Clean Techniques

Danny Harper — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 07:15:29 +0000

As the ongoing debate over nuclear continues to delay our efforts to create a sustainable global society, it is important to understand everything we can about this oft-criticized energy source in order to demystify such a powerful energy source. For a future wrought with concerns about how we consume and conserve resources, nuclear energy has […]

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Cheap and Safe Fission Reactor Designed by Teenager

Mila Luleva — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:14:33 +0000

A teenager designed a cheap and safe modular fission reactor at the impressive age of only nineteen. The reactor is an invention of Taylor Wilson, who worked on it for the past one year. He claims that his design has 30-year fuel life and very low usage cost, making it perfect for developing nations. Instead of […]

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Some of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plants to be Back Online

Mila Luleva — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:56:27 +0000

Nuclear power plants in Japan are about to resume operation as new guidelines will be implemented later this year. According to Prime Minister Shizo Abe, Nuclear Regulation Authority, a new independent watchdog agency, will make sure that the tougher restrictions are implemented and the stable energy supply will not be a threat to public safety. […]

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NASA May Build Nuclear Reactors on Moon and Mars

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:13:10 +0000

Nuclear power has originally been designed for use in terrestrial environments, but scientists at NASA think people could use nuclear fission reactors in extra-terrestrial environments such as the Moon, Mars or any other planet they may need power on. Nuclear fission doesn’t depend on sunlight, wind or any other element that may link it to […]

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NIF: Nuclear Fusion Research Facility Opened in California

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:20:27 +0000

An attempt to recreate nuclear fusion, that takes place naturally inside stars' core, will be experimented at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), in California, that was inaugurated on Friday. The NIF is a 10-storey building with a surface as large as three football fields. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who cut the ribbon of the $3.5bn facility said it could "revolutionise our energy future".

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Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactor: Getting Rid of 99% Nuclear Waste Cleanly

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:44:08 +0000

The main problem with nuclear power is that it leaves radioactive residues behind; otherwise, it would be the almost perfect solution for our energetic and climate crises. The almost-perfect solution comes from the physicists at the University of Texas at Austin, who created a way to "use fusion to relatively inexpensively destroy the waste from nuclear fission".

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