Archive for November 6th, 2008

Energy for a Sustainable Future Ebooks, online resources

3.3 Nuclear energy Resource; Nuclear energy is based on harnessing the very large quantities of energy that are released when the nuclei of certain atoms, notably uranium-235 and plutonium-239, are induced to split or ‘fission’. The.

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Nuclear group warns about construction | ajc.com

Specifically, the Greenville News reported Sunday, the warning addresses bad concrete and faulty reinforcing steel in the foundation of the Savannah River plant. The site will produce nuclear reactor fuel from weapons-grade plutonium

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Nuclear shopping-The Post (Pakistan)

According to some published sources, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has its eyes set for exporting low cost nuclear reactor designs to various countries. The cost is as low as “Rs 984 ($22.33) per installed KW”

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008

From Someone Who Served On The Same Nuclear Aircraft Carrier As McCain

The reactors are, I believe, shipped to the Naval Nuclear Reactor Facility in Idaho, where they are dismantled and the spent fuel recovered. What happens to the waste from there, I do not know, but there is clearly plenty of it.

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008