Archive for February 7th, 2010

10 Benefits of Nuclear Energy

All nuclear reactors do some degree of “breeding”, making new fissionable fuel, Plutonium-239, from the fertile fuel of Uranium-238 in addition to using slightly enriched uranium. The power yield from this rises steadily to around 30% …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Presidential candidates must come clean on nuclear energy: Greenpeace

Quezon City, PHILIPPINES — Greenpeace today called upon all presidential candidates and other political aspirants to make public their stand on nuclear energy and declare their plans and policies on energy sourcing, especially with the …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Fundy Writers Retreat: A TICKING TIME BONB | Channel 94 | Channel

The Russian Northern Fleet , is this regions largest consumer of Nuclear energy . The Northern Fleet has : 84 nuclear submarines … 8500 tons of plutonium are generated yearly at civil nuclear power plants in the former Soviet Union . …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Pro Nuclear Democrats: 10 Benefits of Nuclear Energy | Channel 94

Pro Nuclear Democrats: 10 Benefits of Nuclear Energy. All nuclear reactors do some degree of “breeding”, making new fissionable fuel, Plutonium-239, from the fertile fuel of Uranium-238 in addition to using slightly enriched uranium. …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Talk Eco » The Necessity of Nuclear Power | Channel 94

Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive, man-made, metallic element used in the production of nuclear energy. Saturday, February 6, 2010. It is 10:15am CST. Three Possible Attractions at the Proposed Hanford Historical Park … …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

the curious thoughts of jkp | Channel 94 | Channel 94 | Channel 94

further for details by joking, “nuclear energy? or …ha, ha, ….nuclear weapons”? “ah… (he paused, with a guilty smile)….nuclear weapons”. I was astounded. translation - he builds plutonium. seriously. just like homer simpson. …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Three Strikes And You're Out, OBAMA!

Just this week, we found out that Madeleine Albright’s magnificent negotiating success in getting North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il to stop making plutonium meant nothing, because Kim just pursued the enriched uranium route instead. …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

7 cars from 80s film and TV that you wanted to own as a kid

All you needed was a DeLorean with a few slight modifications to go back to the future; an electrical storm, a clock tower, and a plutonium-fueled nuclear reactor. You know, the usual things you need to rip the fabric of the space/time …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

World Nuclear Weapons in the Context of White Supremacy

Their evidence gathered suggested a fissile material different than U-235 was used; they correctly decided plutonium was used. The team knew that large quantities of plutonium could only be produced in nuclear reactor, and if, …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Nuclear Power Revival: The Obama Administration's Plans For

“Price-Anderson does not require coverage for spent fuel or nuclear waste stored at interim storage facilities, transportation of nuclear fuel or waste that is not either to or from a nuclear reactor, or acts of theft or sabotage ….. Walter Russell, the American genius who discovered uranium and plutonium, wrote the book “Atomic Suicide” because he felt there was no “safe” exposure to radiation. The book explains that these elements are lethal to organic life in any …

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010