News tagged with nuclear power

Advanced power-grid model finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West

(PhysOrg.com) -- The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?

(AP) -- A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

US nuclear reactor turned off after radiation leak

A reactor at the San Onofre nuclear power plant near San Diego has been shut down after a radiation leak which was not big enough to cause public harm, the US atomic safety agency said Wednesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Report identifies 16 highest priorities to guide NASA's Technology Development efforts for next 5 years

During the next five years, NASA technology development efforts should focus on 16 high-priority technologies and their associated top technical challenges, says a new report from the National Research Council. In addition, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan studies flora and fauna near Fukushima plant

Japanese scientists are studying how radiation has affected plants and animals living near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, according to an official.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Japan emissions rising after atomic crisis: report

Japanese manufacturer's greenhouse gas emissions are rising after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, hurting the country's carbon reduction goals, a report said Sunday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan

About 2,000 demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama on Saturday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster that sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (8) | comments 44

Creation of database for promising adsorbents for decontamination of radioactive substances from nuclear power plants

(PhysOrg.com) -- NIMS is collecting basic data on natural minerals produced in various regions and inorganic materials with different chemical compositions as a tool for selecting suitable materials, and will make this information ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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Mixed data on child cancer rates near French nuclear sites

An "excess number of cases" of childhood leukaemia around 19 French nuclear plants occurred between 2003 and 2007, a researcher said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny particles may illuminate reactor cores

Using particles from space to look into the heart of nuclear reactors - this is the goal of researchers at Nagoya University.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

City research shows the investment and health risks of new nuclear build are low

As part of The SPRing Report published in December 2011, Professor Philip Thomas of the Risk Management, Reliability and Maintenance Group within City's Systems and Control Centre provided comparative analysis of the costs ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iran tests first domestically made nuclear fuel rod

Iran said on Sunday that its scientists have "tested the first nuclear fuel rod produced from uranium ore deposits inside the country," the website of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation said.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 110

Japan may put nuclear power firm under state control

Japan's government on Tuesday floated the idea of putting the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant under temporary state control, as it asked for $8.9 billion more in compensation aid.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan 'was unprepared' for nuclear disaster: official probe

The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant and government regulators were woefully unprepared for disaster, the first official probe into the March 11 catastrophe said Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Small fire at Japan nuclear lab; no radiation leak

A building housing an experimental nuclear reactor in Japan caught fire Tuesday, but there was no leak of radioactive materials, officials said, amid nervousness over Japan's atomic industry.

Technology / Other

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1