News tagged with nuclear materials
New RFID technology tracks and monitors nuclear materials
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices have widely been used for tracking for years; recently, scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed ...
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U.S. DoE designates reactor as user facility
Apr 24, 2007 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy has designated its Idaho National Laboratory's Advanced Test Reactor as a National Scientific User Facility.
Scientists discover historic sample of bomb-grade plutonium
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Washington state are reporting the surprise discovery of the oldest known sample of reactor-produced bomb-grade plutonium, a historic relic from the infancy of America’s nuclear weapons program. ...
DIAMOND to tackle UK nuclear waste issues
May 01, 2008 |
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The long-term problem of how to manage and dispose of Britain’s nuclear waste is to be tackled by a UK consortium headed by the University of Leeds.
Funding cuts jeopardize cleanup of nuclear waste sites
Mar 10, 2008 |
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The Federal Government may need at least 20 years longer than previously planned — and an additional $50 billion — to clean up radioactive and hazardous wastes at nuclear weapons sites, according to an article scheduled for ...
A new approach to engineering for extreme environments (w/ Video)
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, an MIT materials scientist is taking composites ...
Experts call for local and regional control of sites for radioactive waste
Jul 09, 2009 |
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The withdrawal of Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste.
U.S., Mexico sign nuke smuggling agreement
Apr 17, 2007 |
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Mexican Minister of Finance and Public Credit Agustin Carstens signed a pact to halt nuclear materials smuggling.
Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are ...
In-situ insights into alloys
Aug 26, 2009 |
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New research has produced the first micro-scale, in-situ, real-time observations of structural changes within alloys when under extremely high temperatures and stress.
New INL project will improve nuclear reactor simulations
Sep 25, 2009 |
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A new project at Idaho National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.
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