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Chemistry World June 7, 2012	UK nuclear fuel site faces 2018 closure The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield in the UK will close in 2018, according to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
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.
Chemistry World January 10, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Atomic Inspection for Nuclear Waste Storage Scientists have announced a new way to assess the safety of storing nuclear waste. Already, the method has shown that the ceramic mineral zircon, a candidate for storing nuclear waste for over 250,000 years, would lose its ordered structure in a far shorter time.
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Chemistry World September 2006 Neil Hyatt	Comment: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? The recent recommendations from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management should prompt a renewed research effort to tackle the problems of nuclear waste storage in the UK.
Chemistry World January 16, 2008 Michael Gross	Chemists Tame the Uranyl Ion UK chemists have devised a 'trap' in which to catch and modify the predominant form of uranium.
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.
Scientific American December 18, 2006 Graham P. Collins	Kim's Big Fizzle The Physics Behind A Nuclear Dud: The North Koreans produced some kind of a nuclear damp squib. What could have gone wrong depends on the nuclear fuel used.
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.
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 Sally Adee	U.S. Critics Hope to Halt Nuclear-Waste Imports Utah firm wants Italian isotopes
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?
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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.
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Chemistry World July 24, 2008 Victoria Gill	Go ahead for UK national nuclear lab The UK government has given the go-ahead to establishing a national nuclear laboratory (NNL), and launched a competition to find it a commercial operator.
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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'.
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IEEE Spectrum December 2009 Sandra Upson	Finland's Nuclear Waste Solution Scandinavians are leading the world in the disposal of spent nuclear fuel
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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?
Chemistry World May 17, 2012 David Bradley	Plutonium in a Spin Spectroscopists have finally pinned down the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of plutonium-239. The finding might point the way to improved approaches to the long-term storage of nuclear waste.
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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.
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.
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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.
Chemistry World April 12, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Nuclear Power to Save the Planet The UK's chief scientific adviser, David King, has reiterated his support for nuclear power. King supports the rebuilding of decommissioned nuclear power plants in the UK to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in the next 15 years.
Chemistry World October 2007 Mark Peplow	Chemistry's Big Question The way that we currently produce our energy -- for light, heat and transportation -- is clearly unsustainable. Chemistry really can save the world -- but scientists must be canny about selecting the most commercially realistic ways of achieving that.
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IEEE Spectrum April 9, 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Antineutrino Detector Could Spot Atom Bomb Cheats A new type of detector that researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Sandia National Laboratories, recently tested detects particles known as antineutrinos that fly out of the reactor. The device can help in monitoring nuclear reactors.
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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.