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

Boone Pickens’ elliptical logic mars the mercurial debate over foreign oil with vapidly-saturnian verses that overlook plutonium as an energy source. Link; Report this comment. jconservative. February 15th, 2010 …. And we still have not explored thorium based nuclear energy, which is safe and its waste is not weaponizable. There is much to be done for energy in the US. Unfortunately, a lot of the money-men, like the Bush family, desire to keep the US dependent on …

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After a year of operation, the following ‘waste’ results: 18.73 t of uranium (mostly U-238), 1 t of fission products (the atomic shards left over after heavy fissile isotopes are split), 0.25 t of plutonium (i.e., 250 kg, which has been …. ABC Environment Blog: Nuclear debate on the horizon (by Sara Phillips): http://bit.ly/c65JQS (mentions Tom Blees and Barry Brook) 9 hours ago; Slow TV video of the recent nuclear-climate debate (Brook & Blees [for nuclear energy] vs …

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After a year of operation, the following ‘waste’ results: 18.73 t of uranium (mostly U-238), 1 t of fission products (the atomic shards left over after heavy fissile isotopes are split), 0.25 t of plutonium (i.e., 250 kg, which has been …

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A quick look at the Department of Energy’s 2010 budget shows that of its $27 billion budget, the DOE is spending $10 billion for nuclear defense and $7-10 billion for radioactive waste management and nuclear energy programs. … Although there are discussions that new nuclear technologies make the amount of waste smaller and that reprocessing is also an option (problem is that requires separation of uranium and plutonium, which is used for bombs). …

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A video comparing nuclear energy to renewable energy, and comparing the various practical drawbacks to implementing these. … AREVA reprocesses spent fuel at its LaHague facility, producing both plutonium and uranium. France’s nuclear program produces 1250 tonnes of high-level waste. France has only capacity to re-processes 850 tonnes of that waste, yielding 810 tonnes of RepU. So far, they are only enriching 1/3 of the RepU to use in reactors. The process also produces …

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Nuclear energy is a way of creating heat through the fission process of atoms. All power plants convert heat into electricity using steam. At nuclear power plants, the heat to make the steam is created when atoms split apart — called fission. … The fission process take place when the nucleus of a heavy atom, like uranium or plutonium, is split in two when struck by a neutron. The “fissioning” of the nucleus releases two or three new neutrons. …

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The effects of these tests (especially six mounted tests undertaken at both sites) were that at present, areas of fused or ‘glazed’ sand are still contaminated with levels of plutonium which are of a high and dangerous level. … The false message of the nuclear lobby is that in order to reduce greenhouse gases, and have enough energy, we need nuclear energy. In fact, both of these goals can be met quickly, cheaply and cleanly, by just stopping wasting energy. …

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The same guys that brought us Blood Energy Potion are back with a slightly more volatile concoction made from Plutonium Pear, Uranium Yellowcake and Radium Raspberry Lemonade. But what really makes Nuclear Energy Powder explosive is the …

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Uranium and plutonium are the two elements in the periodic table that are used to build a nuclear weapon or a power producing nuclear reactor. One explodes, one does not. Plutonium does not occur naturally; it is only created during the …

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Believe it or not, a coal-fired plant releases 100 times more radioactive material than an equivalent nuclear reactor – right into the air, too, not into some carefully guarded storage site. (And, by the way, … Then there’s the ongoing research into reactors using thorium as a much safer alternative to uranium or plutonium. Chris Says: February 13th, 2010 at 11:42 am. Bill gates gave a speech for TED about this I believe as well. A Conservative Teacher Says: …

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