Nuclear Reactors

NRC Renews Reactor License

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

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May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Friday it approved a new 20-year operating license for Entergy Corp's Pilgrim r...

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The Deadly Folly of Nuclear Power Overhead

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.12.2012

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Karl Grossman

These missions don't present threats to life on Earth -- unlike the use of nuclear power overhead. Also, the production of nuclear fuel on Earth for use in space -- or in the atmosphere for drones -- constitutes danger, too.

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WATCH: 17-Year-Old Physicist Builds Nuclear Reactor

Posted 04.04.2012

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Physics, the most-loathed class for many high school students, is teen scientist Taylor Wilson's greatest passion. In fact, he even goes so far as to ...

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Aging Nuclear Reactors: Are We Doing Enough to Ensure Safety?

Joe Rubin | Posted 05.09.2012

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Joe Rubin

While reporting on the Diablo Canyon story, one of the most surprising things that I learned was how the NRC oversaw the relicensing of aging nuclear power plants.

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New Nuclear Construction Will Help Secure U.S. Energy Technology Leadership

J. Scott Peterson | Posted 04.22.2012

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J. Scott Peterson

The Energy Department, which is 15 years in arrears of meeting contractual obligations to take used uranium fuel rods from commercial reactors, now will make recommendations to Congress to revamp the program. This is a political problem however, not a technical challenge.

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French Nuclear Anxieties Soar After Fukushima

John C.K. Daly | Posted 04.17.2012

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John C.K. Daly

France's 59 nuclear reactors generate 78.8 percent of France's electricity, the highest percentage in the world.

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LFTR: A Long-Term Energy Solution?

Victor Stenger | Posted 03.10.2012

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Victor Stenger

It came as a surprise to me to learn recently that an alternative to carbon combustion has been available to us since World War II, but not pursued because it lacked military applications.

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The Bombing of Osirak: Lessons From the 30th Anniversary of Israel's Strike on Iraq's Nuclear Reactor

Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D. | Posted 08.07.2011

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Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D.

Thirty years ago today, eight F16-A aircraft armed with sixteen Mark 84 2000-pound bombs took off from their base in Etzion, Israel on a mission that established a new post-World War II standard to halt the spread of atomic weapons.

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Japan's Radiation Contamination Protocols Align With Old Testament Laws

Roger Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roger Isaacs

The confluence of events in Japan has created a horrific event of biblical proportions. As keepers of the highly radioactive Ark of the Covenant, Moses and Aaron would agree: screen, cleanse, isolate.

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Hiroshima to Fukushima: The Illusion of Control

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Cirincione

Hiroshima and Fukushima are of course very different, but the tragedies are fundamentally connected. Both involve our collective deception that we can always control the nuclear machines we invented. We cannot.

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Louisiana Power Plants Say They're Prepared For Quakes

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Buchanan

Seeing Northeast Japan in ruins is a jarring reminder of lives lost to killer waves and storm surge in Louisiana and of past power outages and hurrica...

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Merchants of Danger

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

The ugly truth, here and in Japan, is this: Unless government regains the will and the ability to regulate private industry, more catastrophes are all but inevitable.

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American Reactors on Verge of Meltdown

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Olmsted

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Exploring Earthquake Risks to US Nuclear Power Plants

David Kroodsma | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Kroodsma

Of the reactors in the U.S., about one third of them are boiling water reactors, using the same technology as the Fukushima Daiichi reactor in Japan.

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Japan's Tragedy

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Peyronnin

As America expresses its deepest sympathies to the people of Japan for the painful tragedy that has befallen that great nation, it is still hard to grasp the enormity of the disaster.

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Outsourcing Nuclear Reactor Meltdowns (VIDEO)

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Camp

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Nuclear Reactors

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Rather

There's an increasingly urgent need in this country for a clean, carbon-free energy source. The answer lies with old-fashioned atomic fission.

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Weekend Film: On Into Eternity

Michael Vazquez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Vazquez

Into Eternity, a film positing our suicidal quagmire of nuclear waste, is an open letter to whatever life may exist 100,000 years from now.

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France's Nuke Power Poster Child has a Money Melt-Down

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvey Wasserman

The myth of a successful nuclear power industry in France has melted into financial chaos.

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