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IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
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U.S. Critics Hope to Halt Nuclear-Waste Imports Utah firm wants Italian isotopes   |
Geotimes
December 2004
Laura Stafford |
Yucca on hold The Department of Energy likely will not meet its 2010 deadline to open up the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage site. |
National Defense
January 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Future of Nuclear Energy Hinges on Recycling Technology The industry's Achilles' heel is the radioactive waste that is produced in the process of generating power, experts say. |
Salon.com
December 10, 2001
Damien Cave |
Nukes now! Post-Sept. 11, isn't it time to get off our fossil fuel fixation and take another look at nuclear power? |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Moore & Aurilio |
The Great Nuclear Debate Here are some compelling arguments both for and against pursuing nuclear power as an answer to the country's energy problems. |
Wired
April 2003
David Ewing Duncan |
Do-or-Die at Yucca Mountain The regulatory tug-of-war over Nevada's nuclear waste dump has dragged on for decades. Meanwhile, temporary sites across the country are overflowing with radioactive fuel rods -- making them perfect targets for terror. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2011 |
What Next for Nuclear? IEEE Spectrum asked the experts how to build a safer and stronger nuclear industry |
Popular Mechanics
February 27, 2008
Joanna Borns |
Florida Outage Aside, New Plants Pave Clean Road for Nuke Power The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) just offered its annual outlook for the future of nuclear power, and it's optimistic. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Peter Alpern |
MIT Nanocomposite Material Holds Promise for Energy MIT scientist creates a model to design radiation-resistant materials. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2007
Peter Fairley |
Nuclear Wasteland With visions of nuclear electricity "too cheap to meter" long gone, the case for breeder reactors has shifted from creation of new fuels to management of spent fuels. The French are recycling nuclear waste. Should other countries follow suit? |
Wired
February 2005
Schwartz & Reiss |
Nuclear Now! How clean, green atomic energy can stop global warming. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Alex Hutchinson |
The Next Atomic Age America's nuclear power plants will soon have to be replaced -- but with what? |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2012
Leonard J. Bond |
Fitness Tests for Old Nuclear Reactors Can nuclear power stations operate safely for 80 years? |
National Defense
April 2009 |
Nuke Recycling Nuclear power is stymied in this country from unnatural fear. |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2010
Rebecca Renner |
Key helium isotope supply crisis A severe and growing global shortage of helium-3 is threatening scientific research and nuclear security, members of the US Congress heard on 22 April. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Linda Rowan |
Expanding Nuclear Options The Bush administration recently proposed significant changes to U.S. nuclear policy to resolve some of our current waste disposal problems and to accelerate the development of new nuclear power capacity. |
TIME Asia
February 28, 2011
Eben Harrell |
Nuclear Batteries Hyperion Power Generation Inc. offers the nuclear battery -- so called because it is cheap, small and easily transportable and has many environmental benefits. It also has its detractors. |
Geotimes
January 2005
Fred Schwab |
Mount Everest, Nevada The United States entered the nuclear age more than a half-century ago, but has not yet resolved what to do with nuclear waste. |
Chemistry World
January 25, 2013
Rebecca Brodie |
Reassessing the health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident While the Japanese tsunami of March 2011 was devastating in its own right, the long term health consequences because of the damage to the nuclear reactor at Fukushima Daiichi are also of serious concern. |
Mother Jones
Jul/Aug 2001
Peter Klebnikov |
The Texas Solution The federal government is facing a glut of radioactive waste -- and a contract to bury some of it could be worth millions to one of George W. Bush's top fundraisers... |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2005
Lawrence Meyers |
There's Gold in Scrap Metal Metal Management's recycling biz is priceless, but only at certain times. Investors, tread cautiously. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Mineral Crumbles Under Nuclear Heat When it comes to storing nuclear waste, it turns out that zircon can't take the heat. A new, high-resolution look at the mineral -- previously thought to be a model material for storing nuclear waste -- reveals that it is quick to succumb to radiation damage. |
Popular Mechanics
November 10, 2008 |
Recycling Myths: PM Debunks 5 Half Truths about Recycling The dominant factor in virtually every case is the enormous amount of energy required to turn raw materials into metals and plastics compared to the energy needed to reprocess products that already exist. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
Nader Elhefnawy |
The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation Record oil prices and long-term concerns about fossil fuel supplies have helped revive interest in nuclear energy production, but little consideration has been given to the security implications of using it on a global scale. |
National Defense
April 2004
Geoff S. Fein |
Security Teams Toughen Training Program The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the power plant industry are laying the groundwork for creating an adversary team to test security at the 104 licensed facilities in the United States. Their goal is to standardize force-on-force training at the nation's nuclear power plants. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Steve Featherstone |
The Future of Fukushima Prefecture In the best case, hundreds of thousands of evacuees will spend months away from home. |
National Defense
August 2008
Matthew Rusling |
Oil Is Out; Is Nuclear In? Put yourself in an imaginary time machine and set the dial to around the year 2040. The exorbitant price of oil, now at $500 a barrel, has pushed a good chunk of the globe toward nuclear power. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Table Scraps Manufacturers can use their leftovers to feed various industrial applications but should still try to avoid scrap before it's created. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2005
Roy Mark |
Tax Credits For Cutting 'E-Waste' The Electronic Waste Recycling and Promotion and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 establishes an $8 per unit tax credit for companies that recycle at least 5,000 display screens or computer system units per year. |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
UK Nuclear Policy Setback UK government plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations have suffered a setback after a public consultation on nuclear power was condemned by a High Court judge as 'inadequate' and 'misleading'. |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
John Carey |
Maybe In My Backyard High fuel prices and global warming are making nuclear power an easier sell. |
Food Processing
July 2011
Steven Hoffman |
Fukushima in Our Food Radiation from Japan is showing up in our food. Shouldn't we do something about it? |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
M. V. Ramana |
More Missiles Than Megawatts India's nuclear choices have favored warheads over civilian reactors, and those choices are taking their toll. Between its burgeoning economy and a population that is projected to eclipse China's by 2050, India has difficult choices to make regarding its energy future. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2007
Christine Todd Whitman |
The Case For Nuclear Power Nuclear power is a chance to meet our future energy needs while preserving the Earth's climate. |
Salon.com
September 18, 2000
Jim Fisher |
Poison PCs Lead, mercury, chromium -- that's what computers are made of. So why aren't electronics makers keeping them out of landfills? |
Chemistry World
October 7, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Los Alamos lab's safety lapses faulted for radioactive leak A radioactive material leak that affected 22 workers and closed the US's only permanent nuclear waste repository was likely the result of a failure to follow safety procedures. |
Chemistry World
July 31, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Bury Radioactive Waste, UK Government Told Radioactive waste should be stored deep underground at sites where local communities have had the opportunity to participate in, and even withdraw from, the planning process. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Healthier Glow for Nuclear Power? Could nuclear power once again be the answer to our energy needs? |
Geotimes
November 2004
Megan Sever |
Fusion Stalemate Fusion as a viable energy source for the future... A "Takeout" nuclear plant... |
National Defense
June 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Public Still in the Dark When it Comes to Dirty Bomb Threat The federal government has come up short in public information campaigns to educate the public on what to do in the event of a radiation attack |
Chemistry World
May 23, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
NRC chief quits with a bang Gregory Jaczko, who has served as the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman since May 2009 and a member of the commission since 2005, has been a contentious figure. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Peter Coy |
The Prospect for Safe Nuclear Power Fukushima has cast a pall over the industry, just as new designs are showing promise of making reactors far safer. Will fear bring progress to a halt -- or stimulate demand for smarter solutions? |
IndustryWeek
September 22, 2010 |
Nuclear Revival Falls into a Lull A wave of proposed new nuclear power plants has stalled. Will America's nuclear renaissance ever take off - and what does it mean for manufacturers? |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2010
Adee & Guizzo |
Nuclear Reactor Renaissance Nuclear reactor design is poised for a desperately needed revival. Here are seven contenders |
Chemistry World
March 17, 2011
Ned Stafford |
Uncertainty for nuclear power Political fallout from the Japanese disaster has spread to Europe and will no doubt have a lasting impact on nuclear power policy and research funding. |
Popular Mechanics
December 29, 2008
Jeremy Jacquot |
3 Projects We Hope to See From the DOE's Next Nuclear Research Facility Studying rare nuclear isotopes with unstable, short-lived nuclei has plenty of practical and commendable applications in medicine, national security, and cosmology. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Slakey & Tannenbaum |
What About The Nukes? The U.S. nuclear stockpile is showing its age, but building new warheads isn't the solution. |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2009
Simon Hadlington |
Nuclear waste research resurfaces The UK government's recent announcement of a significant expansion for nuclear power generation has rekindled the debate over the safe disposal of radioactive waste. |
Salon.com
May 16, 2001
Fiona Morgan |
"A dangerous step backwards" Why has President Bush cut funding to combat nuclear proliferation in Russia, and will Congress be able to bring it back? |
Industrial Physicist
Aug/Sep 2003 |
Letters New thinking?... Relativity and clocks... New bachelor?... etc. |
