New wave of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors sends US states racing to attract the industry
U.S. states are positioning themselves to compete for newer, cheaper nuclear reactors being developed as communities and tech ...
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Revolutionizing Plastic Recycling Through Irradiation
Irradiation can also complement and enhance traditional recycling methods. When combined with a chemical recycling method ...
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Detecting nuclear radiation at greater distances
Ultimately, he hopes further experimentation and refinement will result in a practical approach to detecting radiation leaking from containers transporting nuclear materials from afar.
How rising nuclear power interest threatens Phoenix’s strained water supply
“The track record for this industry is abysmal,” said Taylor McKinnon, who is the southwest director of the environmental ...
Foreign Policy20d
Germany Is Rethinking Everything Nuclear
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Associated Press20d
‘Nervous and rushed': Massive Fukushima plant cleanup work involves high radiation and stress
(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Workers carry out the dismantling work of the treated water tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in ...
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US Nuclear "Doomsday" Plane Seen Flying Over The Midwest In 7 Hour Flight
According to flight tracker AirNav, the Boeing E-6B Mercury's flight took it over the Offutt Air Force nuclear command base. At the height of the Cold War, when nuclear exchanges seemed like a ...
NDTV20d
"Radioactive Coolant" Leaks From Europe's Largest Nuclear Reactor: Report
About 100 cubic metres of "radioactive coolant" leaked from Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor ... "The significance of the event to radiation safety was low, in the end, owing to the safety ...
NDTV20d
Bangladesh's Nuclear Power Plant Faces Inspection
An expert team was in Bangladesh on Monday to sign off on the South Asian country's first nuclear power plant ahead of the contentious facility's expected operational start later this year.
The Independent21d
‘Disgusting’ flight photo provokes fierce debate about plane travel etiquette
Reddit user PepperLunchies shared a photograph of the offending passenger on the popular forum website, in a thread dedicated to the travel company Singapore Airlines. The photo shows the person ...
Ottawa Citizen21d
Schacherl and Hendrickson: Is the nuclear-waste dump project at Chalk River really giving taxpayers value for money?
In 2015, an SNC-led consortium landed a 10-year, $10-billion federal contract to manage nuclear facilities ... follow its own rules about an allowable radiation dose to future generations from ...
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Insights into the Complexation of Actinides by Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid from Characterization of the Americium(III) Complex
Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, United States ...