News tagged with nuclear waste
Learning about material integrity from statistical data
Whether it protects space satellites or sequesters nuclear waste, scientists want to understand tiny features that could significantly alter how a material behaves. Locating microscopic defects can be done ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Avoid the fallout: New ligands for nuclear waste treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Storage and containment of the "nuclear legacy", the highly radiotoxic residues from spent nuclear reactors is a pressing problem for the nuclear power industry that must be solved if nuclear ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Chemists find new material to remove radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Japan plant operator mulls new nuclear water dump
Japan's embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was considering dumping more nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the sea.
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Gates discussing new nuclear reactor with China
(AP) -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Fukushima radioactive water 'leaked to Pacific
Highly radioactive waste water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has leaked to the Pacific, its operator said Tuesday, promising to prevent similar incidents.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Last nuclear waste train heads to Germany
Thousands of anti-nuclear protestors were awaiting the arrival of a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France at its destination in northern Germany Saturday.
Nov 26, 2011 |
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Swiss nuclear shutdown to cost $22.5bn: study
Shutting down Switzerland's five nuclear power stations will cost about 20.7 billion Swiss francs (16.8 billion euros, $22.5 billion) and take about 20 years, Swiss authorities said on Thursday.
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Nov 24, 2011 |
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Plutonium's unusual interactions with clay may minimize leakage of nuclear waste
As a first line of defense, steel barrels buried deep underground are designed to keep dangerous plutonium waste from seeping into the soil and surrounding bedrock, and, eventually, contaminating the groundwater. But after ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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World needs joint nuclear safety approach
The global upsurge in the use of nuclear power in countries such as China, Russia and Britain must be accompanied by a greater focus on security and the management of nuclear waste, a report said Thursday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Second Dutch nuclear rail shipment heads to France
A train carrying nuclear waste on Tuesday left the Netherlands bound for a recycling plant in France, the second such shipment that has sparked ire and protests of anti-nuclear activists.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Ukraine begins construction of new nuclear waste storage
Ukraine launched construction of a new facility Wednesday to stockpile industrial nuclear waste in the contaminated zone around its Chernobyl plant, site of the worst nuclear accident of the last 25 years.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Brightest gamma ray on Earth -- for a safer, healthier world
The brightest gamma ray beam ever created- more than a thousand billion times more brilliant than the sun- has been produced in research led at the University of Strathclyde- and could open up new possibilities ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Chemical research could help solve radioactive waste concerns
The controversial problem of storing some of the most radioactive elements of nuclear waste could be close to being solved thanks to experts from the University of Reading.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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EU tightens nuclear waste disposal rules
The European Union on Tuesday tightened rules on the disposal of radioactive waste with strict conditions on exporting it outside EU borders.
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Jul 19, 2011 |
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