Archive for July, 2008
This treaty, the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of 1956, authorized creation of the IAEA and gave it the responsibility for providing information and assistance to countries seeking to use nuclear energy for …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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The MSR experiment at Oak Ridge has used all the three types of Nuclear Fuels namely Uranium 235, Plutonium 239 and the Thorium U233 types. But it has been found to be most successful with the Thorium Fuel cycle. …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Some say fourth generation of reactors is reportedly to be safe for nuclear energy. One pound of uranium produces 20000 times more energy than one pound of coal Nuclear energy ( uranium 235 and uranium 238-derived plutonium produce) …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Beijing: Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday failed to secure any assurance from China on the India-US civilian nuclear energy cooperation. “They [the Chinese side] conveyed to us that they had …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Legislation passed in 2007 included additional subsidies for the industry, increasing government loan guarantees for new nuclear reactor construction and uranium enrichment to more than $20 billion. While an attempt by John McCain to …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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If you supposedly had to fix a nuclear reactor before core meltdown and needed some plutonium rods I guess this man just might have a few extra ones tuckesd away in some remote corner of his Bavarian-styled chateau in the making. …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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On July 29, 2008, the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported that, according to “highly reliable sources,” Iranian authorities had begun construction of a secret nuclear reactor in the Al-Zarqan region close to the city of Ahwaz in southwest …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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construction of a secret nuclear reactor in the Al-Zarqan region close to the city of Ahwaz in southwest Iran, on the Iran-Iraq border. The paper said that according to sources, Iran was working to distance its …
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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In order to achieve self sufficiency in energy, India is hoping to boost its nuclear energy development. However, the lack of Uranium resources in our country is a major hindrance to this objective. This was well recognized in our three …
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
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nuclear energy include plutonium, which remains hazardous for 240000 years. The Climate Convergence campaigners say they want dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to avoid catastrophic effects of climate …
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
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