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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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Extracting Uranium from Seawater for Nuclear Power Plants

Benji Jerew — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:24:28 +0000

Nuclear power is basically a carbon-free energy source but, we have to admit, it has its own special problems. The radioactive fuel that goes into nuclear power plants is typically mined the standard way, but there is a vast untapped reserve trapped in the world’s oceans. Water is the universal solvent, and seawater is much […]

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Uranium-Based Material Could Lead to Better Superconductors

Benji Jerew — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:52:16 +0000

Mention uranium, and you may think of two applications right off the bat, nuclear power generation and atomic weapons. These two things may bring some problems to mind, such as nuclear meltdown, fallout, and winter. Physicists, on the other hand, don’t see things quite so dismally, and continue to experiment with uranium for more benign […]

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DOE Studying How to Better Extract Uranium from Seawater

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:51:15 +0000

Although the Earth’s oceans only contain uranium in trace amounts (3 parts per billion), if someone put their mind to it and gathered all of the oceanic uranium, 4.5 billion tons would get harvested, enough to fuel our civilization’s energy needs for the next 6,500 years. This is not news, however. Japan tinkered with oceanic […]

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New Butterfly-Shaped Uranium Molecule Helps Cleaning Nuclear Waste

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:14:35 +0000

A new uranium molecule developed by scientists from the University of Edinburgh can literally clean the waste that nuclear power plants leave behind. The researchers found out that the molecule may be involved in forming clusters of radioactive material in waste that are difficult to separate during the cleanup process. The new discovery could lead […]

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Geobacter Bacteria Cleaning up Nuclear Waste and Generating Electricity

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:45:54 +0000

Some microbes may be able to clean up nuclear waste and at the same time generate electricity. Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have recently discovered how a bacterium called Geobacter can do all that. “Geobacter bacteria are tiny micro-organisms that can play a major role in cleaning up polluted sites around the world,” said Gemma […]

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Soil-Based Stinky Bacteria To Be Used in Cleaning Radioactive Waste

Cristi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:09:40 +0000

A chemistry professor from the University of Missouri may have found a way to clean radioactive metal contamination. The bacteria-based solution is able to work in this challenging business where most of technologies were too expensive or sometimes did not work.

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Thorium: The Ultimate Cleanest Nuclear Energy Source

Cristi — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:36:25 +0000

The president of the Unite States of America Barack Obama could be the person to influence the usage of the ultimate alternative energy ever discovered: THORIUM.

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