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Experts call for local and regional control of sites for radioactive waste

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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.


Erosion of the Yucca Mountain crest

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

The Yucca Mountain crest in Nevada, USA has been proposed as a permanent site for high level radioactive waste. But a new study, already published as an article in press by Elsevier's journal Geomorphology and recently includ ...





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Yucca Mountain: Good spot for nuke waste?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A U.S. government study suggests the proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive waste repository in Nevada is arguably the best location for such storage.


20 years of Yucca Mountain research now available for scientific review

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 09, 2007 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The scientific community can now take a long-awaited look at the research behind the selection of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the nation's high-level radioactive waste repository.


Colombian scientists have revved up a car to run off ethonal created from yucca plants

Ignition for Colombian yucca car

Technology / Energy

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 10

After a three-year slog Colombian scientists have revved up a car that runs on yucca-derived ethanol, spurring hopes that the Latin American staple could be transformed into an abundant fuel.


Feds unveil Yucca Mountain cleanup plans

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created Oct 27, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U.S. Energy Department officials have announced plans to make Yucca Mountain a "clean" nuclear waste dump, but Nevada officials aren't happy.


Washington proposes nuclear reprocessing

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created Dec 27, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Radioactive waste reprocessing from U.S. nuclear power plants, which has never worked in the United States, is being proposed in Washington.


Researcher urges nuclear waste options

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created Aug 18, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The Bush administration is eagerly pushing nuclear power as a way to help solve the U.S. energy crisis. But in its new plan for nuclear waste management, the administration is taking the wrong approach, says an MIT professor ...


Mountain Gorillas Pose No AIDS Threat, Researchers Say

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mountain gorillas do not pose an AIDS threat to humans, according to researchers at the UC Davis Mountain Gorilla One Health Program.


Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic quirk that might make female mountain ...


New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta researcher has turned the site of a southern Alberta rockslide tragedy into the proving ground for new equipment meant to avert such a disaster in the future.


Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid could contribute to carbon-free energy future

Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid could contribute to carbon-free energy future

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (37) | comments 21

Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants.



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