Tag: Nuclear

What is Nuclear Fission? | Physics | the virtual school

How does a nuclear reactor provide energy? What causes a nuclear meltdown? And how do we make this safe? All of these questions are answered in this ‘Radioac… Video Rating: 4 / 5 Fission Energy CEO, Dev Randhawa, talks about the impact of Fission’s most recent uranium discovery at its PLS property in the Athabasca […]

Cold fusion reactor test 0.2 – Normal test

Cold fusion reactor test 0.2 – Normal test Video Rating: 0 / 5 Google Tech Talks November 9, 2006 ABSTRACT This is not your father’s fusion reactor! Forget everything you know about conventional thinking on nuclear fusion: high-temperature plasmas, steam turbines, neutron radiation and even nuclear waste are a thing of the past. Goodbye thermonuclear […]

[Documentary Film]Nuclear Power and Bomb Testing

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world’s third deep geological repository (after closure of Germany’s Repository for radioactive waste Morsleben and the Schacht Asse II Salt Mine) licensed to permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste for 10000 years that is left from the research and production of nuclear weapons. It is located […]

Fission vs. Fusion Nukes

Educational video showing the difference between fission and fusion nuclear bombs. Video Rating: 4 / 5

Stop Nuclear Welfare

Via The Guardian: “The US is facing a trillion national debt, and there is no shortage of opinions about how to move toward deficit reduction in the federal budget. One topic you will not hear discussed very often on Capitol Hill is the idea of ending one of the oldest American welfare programmes — the […]

Q&A: What biases are there about nuclear power?

by Aleksandr Zykov Question by hσllα: What biases are there about nuclear power? What public values or beliefs underlie nuclear power, and might create a bias one way or the other on the importance of nuclear power in the U.S? I need more good things about it too. Best answer: Answer by Stinkbug Bbecause no […]

Powering America: How a Nuclear Plant Works

The Fukushima nuclear reactor accident in March 2011 challenged the public’s perception of nuclear power. However, much of this disillusionment simply stems from a lack of understanding of how a nuclear power plant functions. Watch the full documentary at www.poweringamericafilm.com

i read some interesting article about nuclear rocket engines, I was wondering?

Question by Aquariumnerd Guy: i read some interesting article about nuclear rocket engines, I was wondering? they say the technology is being held back because of the high mass of the reactor, and that the power per unit mass of the reactor could be increased if we had materials that could tolerate a higher temperature, […]

Q&A: How is nuclear power created and why is it so dangerous?

by Stargazer95050 Question by xenomorphine: How is nuclear power created and why is it so dangerous? How do nuclear power plants actually create energy? And why is the radiation they make so dangerous that it causes DNA damage, deformities, cancer etc? Best answer: Answer by U235_PORTSNuclear power plants create electricity the same way coal plants […]

Russian bombers circle Japan & TEPCO trying to restart its nuclear reactors 9-9-2011

Any ideas as to what’s going on with Russian bombers? (see link below under “Society and Others”) – www3.nhk.or.jp and Good for the governor of Niigata prefecture for not jumping in bed with TEPCO! For more information on nuclear plants worldwide, please see below: Arnie and Maggie Gundersen/Fairewinds Associates (Mr. Gundersen, a nuclear engineer and […]

Trouble brewing at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in CA

Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. All is not well at the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant in California – where federal investigators have found major designs flaws in the plant. Just what kind of risk do these designs flaws pose – and could we be looking at a future nuclear disaster on the […]

Is anyone performing research on non-uranium nuclear energy?

by s58y Question by OK: Is anyone performing research on non-uranium nuclear energy? Is there the potential for using some other element that doesn’t have very hazardous byproducts? Years ago I heard about research on cesium based plants, but haven’t heard anything since. Best answer: Answer by NukemannYes, Fusion reactors using Deuterium, Thorium reactors, MOX […]