News tagged with nuclear power
Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The investment in nuclear power has been growing around the world over the last few years, being viewed as a means for countries to control their energy security, avoid the price fluctuations ...
Fighting climate change by turning CO2 to stone
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While politicians debate the best ways to cut global carbon dioxide emissions, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory's Center for Advanced Energy Studies are charging ahead on a strategy ...
Acute heart attack patients receiving high ionizing radiation dose
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Acute heart attack patients received an average total dose of ionizing radiation equal to 725 chest X-rays from medical tests during their hospital stay, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
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 ...
AES wind farm kicks off in Bulgaria
Oct 06, 2009 |
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AES Geo Energy, a Bulgarian unit of US energy giant AES Corporation, launched on Tuesday the largest 156-megawatt wind farm in Bulgaria, the company said.
Home power plants project unveiled in Germany
Sep 09, 2009 |
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An ambitious project was unveiled in Germany on Wednesday to install mini gas-fired power plants in people's basements and produce as much electricity as two nuclear reactors within a year.
Germany's biggest solar park inaugurated
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Germany's largest solar park, and the world's second biggest, was inaugurated on Thursday on the site of a former Soviet military training ground in the east of the country.
Japan electric car makers, utility plan battery-charge stations
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Three Japanese electric car makers teamed up with the country's largest power company Wednesday to study ways to building a grid of battery charging stations for zero-emission vehicles.
US energy use drops in 2008
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Americans used more solar, nuclear, biomass and wind energy in 2008 than they did in 2007, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The nation used less coal ...
Spain facing key decision on use of nuclear power
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The Spanish government will have to take a clear stand for or against nuclear power in the coming weeks when it decides whether to renew the operating licence of the oldest of the country's six nuclear plants.
Solving the mystery of how plants survive near Chernobyl
May 13, 2009 |
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Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear power station accident in the Ukraine — the worst in history — scientists are reporting insights into the mystery of how plants have managed to adapt and survive ...
Values predict attitudes toward nuclear power
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Concerns about climate change and energy independence have led to renewed calls for the resurgence of nuclear power. Therefore, it is important to understand the level of and bases for public attitudes, both supporting and ...
