Archive for January 27th, 2009

Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste: Scientific American

Despite long-standing public concern about the safety of nuclear energy, more and more people are realizing that it may be the most environmentally friendly way to generate large amounts of electricity. Several nations, including Brazil

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Canada signs Nuclear deal with India « Nuclear and Indigenous

It’s a watershed moment for Canada, which angrily stopped nuclear co-operation with India in 1974 after the government used plutonium from a Canadian reactor to build an atomic bomb. International Trade Minister Stockwell Day made the

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

The Oil Drum | Advice to Pres. Obama (#5): One Engineer's Advice

Nuclear energy is certainly worthwhile. It is one of the safest sources of electricity in the USA, with an enviable record of accidents. Unlike most renewables, it can be located where the users are and is available whenever desired.

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Advice to Pres. Obama (#5): One Engineer’s Advice for Energy

No less a luminary than James Lovelock has recognized that climate change is a far greater threat than nuclear energy, and it’s time to switch away from fossil fuels ASAP. The recent natural-gas spat between Russia and Ukraine has

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Chernobyl: Chernobyl's Nuclear Power Plant.

nū’clėar. a. of, relating to, constituting, a nucleus; using nuclear energy. Plutonium is more Radioactive than Uranium and is silvery white in appearance. It is perhaps more suitable an element to use for weapons production.

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Hokkaido Electric To Test New Tomari Nuclear Reactor - Nuclear

Nuclear Power Industry New is a blog about utilities, companies, suppliers in the nuclear energy market.

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

'Nuclear' could return to Okla. energy vocabulary - News Wires

This time, nuclear-energy proponents think their ideas will gain some traction as Oklahomans recall last summer’s soaring energy prices, which has led to more of a focus on alternative energy sources.

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Rethinking Nuclear Power | Bear Market Investments

Knowledgeable reader Chad W. recently offered a fresh look at the positive tradeoffs in generating electrical power with nuclear energy. Yes, storage of waste is an issue–but perhaps the danger of much of the waste has been blown out of

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

[tt] Sciam: How long will the world's uranium supplies last?

Steve Fetter, dean of the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, supplies an answer: > If the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has accurately estimated the planet’s economically accessible uranium resources, reactors could run

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

US and India seal nuclear accord - Windows Live

Ok now on one hand im thinking “Wow! wouldnt it be great if we could help everyone get cheap power through nuclear energy plans?” But somehow on the other im thinking “Hmm this place where radioactive plutonium and unanium is going to

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