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Nuclear Dumps Argue Over Diluting Waste for Burial

Nuclear Dumps Argue Over Diluting Waste for Burial The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reconsidering its rules to allow moderately radioactive materials to be diluted into a milder category that is easier to bury. Read more on New York Times

JEA discusses nuclear energy

JEA discusses nuclear energy President Barack Obama discussed the need for renewable energy sources during his primetime address to the nation Tuesday, yet one source he didn’t mention was recently at the forefront of discussion among JEA officials and its board: nuclear energy. Read more on Jacksonville Daily Record

clean nuclear energy is good right now?

how is clean nuclear energy good for the environment? how can clean nuclear energy help today’s recession/depression? why is it a good idea to start working on this project now, in this economic state? (pls dont argue about why it is not a good idea. my teacher gave me a side, so i have to […]

Nuclear plants to generate 1/4 of global electricity by 2050: IAEA

Nuclear plants to generate 1/4 of global electricity by 2050: IAEA PARIS, Thursday 17 June 2010 (Bernama) — Almost one quarter of global electricity could be generated from nuclear power by 2050, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report published Wednesday, bestowing nuclear a major contributor to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reports […]

Is nuclear energy a form of ‘clean energy’?

I got an email from a group I am part of and they said Obama should push for clean energy rather than natural gas and nuclear… My thoughts were gas is better than oil, and isnt nuclear a clean energy. Correct me if I’m wrong, but its only biproducts are well-contained radioactive uranium, which can […]

Seabrook Nuclear Plant Seeks License Extension

Seabrook Nuclear Plant Seeks License Extension New Hampshire’s lone nuclear power plant is asking the federal government for permission to keep making power until 2050. Read more on WMUR New Hampshire

Does this story about investigators buying Nuclear Materials make you feel safe?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070712/pl_nm/dirtybomb_sting_dc WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Undercover investigators, working for a fake firm, obtained a license to buy enough radioactive material to build a “dirty bomb,” amid little scrutiny from federal regulators, according to a government report obtained on Wednesday. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the license to the dummy company in just 28 days with […]

Nuclear Power Generator

Located in the nuclear core of fission reactor are fuel rods, moderator, cooling fluid, and control rods. Each fuel rod contains tiny pelets of uranium dioxide in which fission reaction occurs. The fuel rode is surrended by water which acts as moderator by colliding with the neutron and slowing them to a low thermal level. […]

Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Power Startup, TerraPower, Gets $35 Million

Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Power Startup, TerraPower, Gets $35 Million Nuclear power, that oft-maligned source of clean energy, got a boost earlier this year when TerraPower announced plans to team up with Toshiba to build a hot tub-sized traveling-wave nuclear reactor. Now TerraPower is moving even closer to commercialization with news that investors–including Khosla Ventures and […]