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TerraPower is Researching a New Renewable Nuclear Energy Reactor Design

Annika Tostengard — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 04:25:12 +0000

New designs for nuclear energy reactors could lead to a very sustainable, steady, and abundant source of renewable energy. One of the companies working on sophisticated ways to produce that energy is TerraPower, a company with ties to both of Microsoft’s founders. Bill Gates is also an advocate and financial supporter of the company. That’s […]

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The US Builds First Nuclear Reactors in 30 Years

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:20:55 +0000

The first new nuclear reactors on US soil in over three decades are currently being built in South Carolina and Georgia. As part of President Barack Obama’s goal of promoting clean sources of energy, he guaranteed $8.3 billion in federal loans for the reactors, which helps cover the costs of the projects. These reactors will […]

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Small Nuclear Reactors Could Reduce Carbon Emissions In The U.S.

Mila Luleva — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:46:55 +0000

Small nuclear reactors could lower carbon dioxide emissions in the US, as they are much cheaper, safer and easier to build and operate than their regular-sized ancestors. These small reactors have gained quite a support from the government and the corporate sector, as the US Department of Energy (DoE) launched their program to provide $452 million […]

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Nuclear Waste Disposal: An Issue That Won’t Heal by Itself

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:27:44 +0000

Shockingly, of the 437 nuclear power reactors on the globe in 31 countries, none possess high-level nuclear waste disposal facilities. That’s because none exist. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Nuclear waste is dangerous for up to one million years, and countries across the world are producing more nuclear waste, so why is there no way to dispose […]

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Detecting Damaged Nuclear Reactors Using Muons Radiography

Mila Luleva — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:14:12 +0000

Cosmic rays can be used to gain information from damaged nuclear reactors. This conclusion was made by a team of researchers from the multidisciplinary research institution- Los Alamos National Laboratory. In their attempt to understand what happened inside the reactor at Fukushima after the disaster, they assessed two existing methods: Los Alamos’s scattering method for […]

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Ignitor: MIT-Designed Fusion Reactor, Built in Italy and Assembled in Russia, Better Than ITER

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:22:52 +0000

Originally designed for studying astrophysics, a fusion reactor of the MIT from the 1970s, called "Alcator", could be the base of another one to be installed in Russia and managed by Bruno Coppi. The new reactor is called Ignitor and, as far as the plans sound, it is ready to surpass ITER as both performance and time to go into production.

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Would you like to host a nuclear reactor in your backyard?

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:28:35 +0000

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.

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