Archive for August, 2008
They have recommended that he seek an independent assessment of nuclear energy before dismissing it. The article confuses, though. It says “Mr Salmond attempted to dismiss the challenges … indicating they will not alter his thinking”, …
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
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this documentary confirms that the Israeli nuclear program is forty years old, and that the making of the Israeli atomic bomb in “Dimona”nuclear reactor dates back to 1962, which Israelis claim that it is only a textile factory. …
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
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Applications of nuclear energy began with great promise after World War II, but were at a standstill in recent decade’s thanks largely to the explosion of the Chernobyl reactor, which has been closely linked in the minds of public good …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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In that building, secret uranium-enrichment technology licensed by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy is nearing a pilot test. If successful, the new technology will enable the company to supply low-cost nuclear fuel to power reactors worldwide, …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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I think maybe it’s time to reconsider that policy, since worrying about proliferation with US-made plutonium is a bit ridiculous - there’s plenty available from other sources. Regarding Yucca Mountain, at the end of the last ice age the …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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This was the world’s first industrial-scale nuclear reactor. Built quickly and under heavy secrecy during World War II, the B Reactor and its associated processing plants produced the plutonium for the first atomic bomb test at the …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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It began construction of a 200 MWe nuclear reactor and nuclear reprocessing facilities in Taechon and Yongbyon, respectively, and conducted high-explosive detonation tests. In 1985 US officials announced for the first time that they had …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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Last week, Florida Power and Light announced the shutdown of a nuclear reactor in South Florida after a leak developed from a “structural weld crack.” It is not a safety threat, company officials said, but the duration of the shutdown …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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His prediction was later confirmed when scientists discovered a natural nuclear reactor in Gabon, Africa. In 1960, he predicted the existence of Plutonium-244 as an element present during the solar system’s formation. …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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North Korea Tuesday declared that it has stopped disabling its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor and will consider restoring the reactor targeted under the nuclear deal signed by the two Koreas, the US, China, Japan and Russia. …
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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