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Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive, man-made, metallic element used in the production of nuclear energy.

Previous energy secretaries have come and gone designating the Idaho lab as a “lead lab” for environment, energy, and now nuclear energy. Sometimes funding has followed promises, but other energy officials have tried for a “clean …

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Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes. This blog covers political and economic news about nuclear energy and nonproliferation issues. November 16, 2008. Western lands uranium gopher for 11/16/08. Mining media reports and press releases for useful …

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Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes. Dan Yurman’s Blog covers political and economic news on nuclear energy and nonproliferation issues. Western lands uranium gopher for 11/16/08. Mining media reports and press releases for useful stuff. …

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Turkey will make changes to a nuclear energy tender law nearly two months after it received just one bid in a tender to build the country’s first nuclear power plant according to a report by Reuters. Until now Turkey’s Energy Minister …

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Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes. This blog covers political and economic news about nuclear energy and nonproliferation issues. November 16, 2008. Exelon launches hostile bid for NRG. All stock offer for $6.2 billion is rejected in a heated …

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A particularly interesting scheme would consist in complementing a thorium-uranium reactor f leet with fast neutron reactors with a uranium- plutonium core surrounded with a thorium blanket that could produce the uranium 233 needed in …

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In the wake of the tests by India debates centering on nuclear energy and nuclear weapons heated up once more. Several sanctions by major states were imposed upon India, even though within the country the scientists at the helm of …

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This waste includes uranium, plutonium, and other highly radioactive elements made during fission. Most of the radioactive isotopes in high level waste emit large amounts of radiation and have extremely long half-lives (some longer than …

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This is where any remaining uranium or plutonium is separated and re-used as fuel, as part of a closed cycle. The remaining material can be safely and permanently immobilised using methods such as vitrification or synroc (synthetic …

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November 17th, 2008 - Posted in nuclear energy. By Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent. The new energy minister will today reassure nuclear companies and investors that Britain’s drive to build the next generation of nuclear …

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