Archive for August 17th, 2008

Bombing Iran or Living with Iran's Bomb?

Egypt is a prime example with the regime expressing renewed interest in developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, after it forfeited such plans for several decades. Egypt may feel robbed of regional power status from Iran – and

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Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Cuttler and Pollycove 8-08

Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) for nuclear reactors. 13. Nuclear reactor accidents. 14. Thyroid cancer in children. 15. Recycling fuel, managing wastes and safeguarding plutonium. 16. Reactor life extension and replacement

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Sunday, August 17th, 2008

No Yucca Mountain in My Backyard

The strategy of using uranium once in a nuclear reactor and then disposing of the waste material is arguably most economical at this time. There are other strategies such as nuclear reprocessing that can extract uranium and plutonium

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Sunday, August 17th, 2008