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Even Robots Die In Fukushima’s Old Nuclear Plant!

Nicholas Say — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:35:36 +0000

It seems as though yet another robot has died while trying to investigate the Fukushima disaster. This robot is the third that has failed to do much of anything, and it would seem that we know little about what is going on inside of the failed reactor. The now dead robot was able to record […]

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Newly Discovered Crystal Rids Radioactive Waste

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 07:14:31 +0000

How can radioactive waste from nuclear-fuel reprocessing plants be banished? Nature Communications published research by scientists at the national level at EPFL and the U.S. on SBMOF-1, a material deemed a metal-organic framework. This type of crystal absorbs radioactive waste better than current options. Not only can the nanoporous crystal, which contains materials known to […]

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U.S. Nuclear Power Not Dead: Two New Plants to be Built in Georgia

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:59:47 +0000

Green light for the construction of nuclear reactors in Georgia. On February 9th, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a licence for Southern Company, an energy utility, for the building of two nuclear reactors at Vogtle, Georgia. In the past 34 years no such licence has been granted and no new reactors have been built […]

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Germany Phases Out 8 Nuclear Plants Only to Rely On… Guess What!

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:09:56 +0000

You knew Germany is set to shut all of its 18 nuclear power plants by 2022, didn’t you? I also knew that, but as Angela Merkel’s government ordered shutting eight of them this year, it now plans for a long and heavy winter, where the renewable energy resources Germany has are not enough to sustain […]

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France To Build More Nuclear Power Plants, Also Invests in Renewables

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:18:02 +0000

In a total defiance to what happened in Fukushima, and the negative reaction of Germany, Italy and Sweden to nuclear power, French president Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirms the country's reliance on nuclear power by announcing the investment of a billion euros in this field.

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Turkey Continues Plans to Build Japanese Nuclear Power Plants, Despite Experts' Warnings

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:17:12 +0000

Following the turmoil that the Fukushima nuclear plant has started since this time last week, Uygar Ozesmi, Greenpeace's Mediterranean director combats Turkey's plans for building new nuclear power plants in his country, reasoning that the construction site is only a few miles away from fault lines, where high-magnitude quakes could occur at any time.

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Fukushima Events Offer Bad Perspective on Nuclear Power: Dump It or Continue Making Technology Better?

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:18:47 +0000

I wanted to give people an insight to read these days about nuclear power, how clean it is if it works properly and how dirty and "sinful" it is when things like an earthquake and a tsunami both hit the respective power plants at the same time.

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Uranium Nitride Could Be Used As Better Replacement for Current Nuclear Fuels, Los Alamos Researchers Say

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:43:29 +0000

Uranium nitride can provide an alternative to the uranium and plutonium oxides now used. Researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico have recently discovered some of its reactive properties.

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Modular, Portable Nuclear Reactors: Energy Solution for Poor Countries?

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:09:03 +0000

Modular thinking has brought us many wonderful things in technology, medicine, and in most exact sciences. I see no reason why it should not work in power generation.

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