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Mix Uranium from Russian Nuclear Weapons With Norwegian Rock, Researcher Says
February 12, 2013 — The USA uses uranium from Russian nuclear weapons as fuel in its civilian nuclear power plants. If the weapon-grade uranium is mixed with the Norwegian element thorium, the waste becomes 95 per cent ... > full story -
Fluorescent Label Sheds Light on Radioactive Contamination
February 7, 2013 — Researchers have developed a way to detect caesium contamination on a scale of millimeters enabling the detection of small areas of radioactive ... > full story -
High Plutonium Breeding of Light Water Cooled Reactors
January 16, 2013 — Scientists have developed the world's first conceptual nuclear reactor design of high plutonium breeding by light water ... > full story -
New Clean Nuclear Fusion Reactor Designed
January 14, 2013 — Researchers have patented a nuclear fusion reactor by inertial confinement that, apart from be used to generate electric power in plants, can be applied to propel ships. This invention helps solve ... > full story -
NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies
January 10, 2013 — Advanced propulsion researchers at NASA are a step closer to solving the challenge of safely sending human explorers to Mars and other solar system destinations. By using an innovative test facility ... > full story -
Graphene Oxide Soaks Up Radioactive Waste: U.S., Russian Researchers Collaborate on Solution to Toxic Groundwater Woes
January 8, 2013 — Graphene oxide has a remarkable ability to quickly remove radioactive material from contaminated water, researchers in the United States and Russia have found. The discovery could be a boon in the ... > full story -
A French Nuclear Exit?
January 7, 2013 — France has been held up, worldwide, as the forerunner in using nuclear fission to produce electricity. However, a third of the nation's nuclear reactors will need replacing in the next decade, and ... > full story -
Investigating Ocean Currents Using Uranium-236 from the 1960s
December 17, 2012 — New research has identified the bomb-pulse of uranium-236 in corals from the Caribbean Sea for the first time. 236U was distributed world-wide in the period of atmospheric nuclear testing in the ... > full story -
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Proliferation Warnings on Nuclear 'Wonder-Fuel', Thorium
December 5, 2012 — Thorium is being touted as an ideal fuel for a new generation of nuclear power plants, but new research suggests it may not be as benign as ... > full story -
Novel Power System for Space Travel Tested
November 26, 2012 — Engineers have demonstrated a new concept for a reliable nuclear reactor that could be used on space ... > full story
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