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Three-Pronged Nuclear Attack
July 25, 2007 — A trio of security vulnerabilities surrounding the use of nuclear power are highlighted in recent research papers. The first threat is at the source of the raw material for nuclear power itself, the ... > full story -
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Renewable Energy Wrecks Environment, According To Researcher
July 24, 2007 — Renewable does not mean green. That is the claim of Jesse Ausubel of the Rockefeller University in New York. He explains that building enough wind farms, damming enough rivers, and growing enough ... > full story -
Children And Young People Show Elevated Leukaemia Rates Near Nuclear Facilities
July 18, 2007 — International review shows leukaemia death rates in children aged zero to nine were elevated by up to 24 percent near nuclear facilities and incidence rates by up to 21 ... > full story -
UK Army Personnel Involved In Iraqi Invasion Not At Risk From Depleted Uranium, Study Finds
July 3, 2007 — Army personnel involved in the Iraqi invasion of 2003 have not absorbed dangerous levels of depleted uranium, finds research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental ... > full story -
Project Aims To Make Sodium-Cooled Nuclear Reactors Safe, Efficient
June 28, 2007 — Proposals to reduce America's heavy dependence on foreign oil are helping to renew interest in nuclear energy. At Kansas State University, the goal is to help make that energy source as safe as ... > full story -
Sandia Supports Development Of US Army's New Cannon System
June 21, 2007 — Researchers are designing a lightweight, high-caliber, self-propelled cannon system. The weapon system, known as the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon is fully automated and can fire at a sustained rate of ... > full story -
Increase In Cancer In Sweden Can Be Traced To Chernobyl
May 30, 2007 — The incidence of cancer in northern Sweden increased following the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986. This was the finding of a much-debated study from Linköping ... > full story -
Replacement Warhead Program Poses Challenges For Weapons Complex
April 24, 2007 — An independent study group, convened by AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, has issued a report on the proposed Reliable Replacement Warhead and its role in the future US ... > full story -
Carnegie Mellon Professors Question Advice For Nuclear Attacks
April 10, 2007 — In the current Fox television adventure series, "24," a terrorist explodes a small nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. In a May 2007 issue of the journal Health Physics, Carnegie Mellon researchers offer ... > full story -
Novel Multisensor Detection System Fights Terrorism
April 7, 2007 — The terrorist attacks, carried out on September 11th 2001 in the USA and later on the London Underground, in Moscow and Madrid, have made the whole world see the real threat of international ... > full story
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