When a large star has spent all its nuclear energy it finally contracts due to its own gravity and becomes a d
When a large star has spent all its nuclear energy it finally contracts due to its own gravity and becomes a dense small object called a neutron star. Many such stars are found to be rotating with a high speed. How can you account for this high rate of rotation particularly when most stars like […]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission License Review Process
This video covers the license application timeline and Clark County, Nevada’s role in the process as well as a summary of the County’s contentions (points of disagreement) to the Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain application.
Nuclear or clean energy?
What is the best in your point of view. Why do you think that?
Lightbridge Invents New Transformational Nuclear Fuel Technology
Lightbridge Invents New Transformational Nuclear Fuel Technology MCLEAN, Va. — Lightbridge Corporation , the leading developer of non-proliferative nuclear fuel technology and provider of comprehensive advisory services for civil nuclear energy programs, today announced a major technological breakthrough that has the potential to transform the nuclear power industry. Read more on GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
Rethink going nuclear
Rethink going nuclear By Hilary Chiew COMMENT So Malaysia is planning for a nuclear power plant as an alternative source of energy, given that the country’s oil and gas supplies are expected to dry up soon. Advocators for the country’s first nuclear reactor capable of powering houses and businesses by 2025 are saying that it […]
18 USC 1366 Sign
Image taken on 2009-02-04 12:57:07 by Caveman 92223 — On the 2010 US Tour.
Do you believe nuclear power plants actually produce “clean” energy?
If so, what do you consider the waste by-product that everyone seems to think belongs to Nevada as?
Can we use this fusion reactor in our community, as per Tokamak report, 3000 household per 10 MeV?
In my opinion only, in fission reactor, extracting fuel to use are very expensive.
Is Nuclear Power Worth the Environmental Cost?
Complete video at: fora.tv Admiral Frank “Skip” Bowman, President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, argues that nuclear waste management is a less severe problem than many believe. —– Frank ‘Skip’ Bowman discusses “More Nuclear Energy: Why America Needs it Now.” The volatility of natural gas prices and the potential for restrictions on coal-fueled […]
The Nuclear Power Resurgence: How Safe Are the New Reactors?
The Nuclear Power Resurgence: How Safe Are the New Reactors? As utilities seek to build new nuclear power plants in the U.S. and around the world, the latest generation of reactors feature improvements over older technologies. But even as attention focuses on nuclear as an alternative to fossil fuels, questions remain about whether the newer […]
Iran Says It Triples Stockpile of 20 Percent-Enriched Uranium
Iran Says It Triples Stockpile of 20 Percent-Enriched Uranium Iran said it now has 17 kilograms of 20 percent-enriched uranium, more than triple the amount that United Nations nuclear inspectors found there in April. Read more on BusinessWeek
What do you know about the nuclear energy contained in seawater?
I’m reading this textbook called, The Science of Sound, and on p. 15 it mentions converting “the nuclear energy contained in sea water into electrical energy to replace our dwindling supply of oil and gas.” I would love to know more about this but I don’t really know where to start. Thanks!!
Obama’s Energy Pipe Dreams
Obama’s Energy Pipe Dreams Just once, it would be nice if a president would level with Americans on energy. Barack Obama isn’t that president. His speech the other night was about political damage control: his own. It was full of misinformation and mythology. Obama held out a gleaming vision of an America that would convert […]
NRC To Investigate Diablo Nuclear Power Plant Alert
NRC To Investigate Diablo Nuclear Power Plant Alert Pacific Gas & Electric says it’s still not clear whether a mechanical error or employee error triggered Wednesday morning’s Alert the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Read more on KEYT 3 Santa Barbara
how is the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor controlled?
just a brief explanation would be nice:]
how is it that nuclear energy is a renewable resource?
if uranium needs to be mined from the earth, wont it run out some day? and if what will replace it? there has to be something or else they wouldnt call nuclear energy a renewable resource.
Nuclear Energy is a good source of clean energy. Yes or No?
Both presidential candidates are in support of this. This is Obama’s take on energy. http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/distorting_obama.html. That was the June 26th log on this site under “Nuclear Energy”
NRC discusses the safety of Vt. Yankee
NRC discusses the safety of Vt. Yankee Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission talked about the safety of Vt. Yankee at a public hearing Tuesday. They answered questions about the recent tritium leak and what the NRC is doing to ensure safety at the plant as it faces a potential shutdown. Read more on WCAX-TV […]
Canada, India sign civilian nuclear co-operation deal
Canada, India sign civilian nuclear co-operation deal Canada and India signed a civilian nuclear co-operation deal Sunday, 25 years after suspending nuclear relations because India used Canadian technology to make its first nuclear bomb. Read more on Canada.com