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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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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  Chernobyl Cleanup Workers Had Significantly Increased Risk of Leukemia

  November 8, 2012 — A 20-year study following 110,645 workers who helped clean up after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the former Soviet territory of Ukraine shows that the workers share a ... > full story
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  Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Nuclear Fuel Rod Status

  October 23, 2012 — Japan's Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear disaster that occurred in 2011 -- a result of the strongest earthquake on record in the country and the powerful tsunami waves it triggered -- underscored the need ... > full story
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  Cosmic Rays Could Assist in Healing Fukushima's Nuclear Scar

  October 17, 2012 — Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, which ... > full story
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  New Weapons Detail Reveals True Depth of Cuban Missile Crisis

  October 12, 2012 — The Cuban Missile Crisis took place 50 years ago this October, when US and Soviet leaders pulled back from the very brink of nuclear war. This was the closest the world has come to nuclear war, but ... > full story
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  Terrorism Risk Greatest for Subway/rail Commuters

  October 11, 2012 — Despite homeland security improvements since 9/11, subway and rail commuters face higher risks of terror than frequent flyers or those engaged in virtually any other activity. While successful ... > full story

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