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Can Next-Generation Reactors Power a Safe Nuclear Future?
Areva's Taishan 1 EPR Facility Under Construction in China ArevaAt this time last week, the Nuclear Renaissance was in full swing. Plans were moving forward to use the $36 billion in loan guarantees...
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Vintage Cutaways Show the Nuclear Reactors of Our Past (and Present)
Wylfa The Wylfa reactor, in North Wales, benefits from the cooling effect of the wind in its remote coastal location. It became operational in 1971 and is currently the only working nuclear plant in...
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As Radioactive Situation Worsens in Japan, Authorities Plan to Seal Reactor...
The Fukushima Reactor Grounds Globovisión via FlickrDon't think that just because Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant isn't spawning the same number of headlines it was two weeks ago that...
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Pocket Particle Accelerators Like This One Could Bring Safer Nuclear Power to...
EMMA Installation Science and Technology Facilities Council-UK A wee particle accelerator in the English countryside could be a harbinger of a safer, cleaner future of energy. Specifically, nuclear...
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Tennessee Valley Authority Looks To Build Six Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors
Babcock & Wilcox's Modular Nucelar Reactor Design Babcock & WilcoxIn the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, countries like Germany and Switzerland have decided that nuclear energy isn't...
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Concepts & Prototypes: Two Next-Gen Nukes
Safety Plan The Generation III+ reactors at the Vogtle facility in Georgia will feature a passive safety system to safeguard the plant in the absence of power. Kevin Hand In the aftermath of the...
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Uncle Sam Wants You To Store Our Nation's Radioactive Waste
Nuclear Waste Container A nuclear waste disposal canister emerges from the Nevada Test Site in 2010. Wikimedia Commons The government doesn't just want a community to accept the nation's nuclear...
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Run a Nuclear Reactor (as an Undergrad) at Reed College
Reed College Nuclear Reactor Students stand above the water-filled pool that houses Reed College’s 250-kilowatt research nuclear reactor. The blue glow around the reactor is Cherenkov radiation. John...
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Visitors Enjoy a Nuclear Amusement Park in Germany
Nuclear Family Click here to get a bigger view of this amazing image. Patrik Stollarz The 190-foot-tall whirling aerial swing in the Wunderland Kalkar amusement park, near the German-Dutch border,...
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Bill Gates to Collaborate With China on a Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor
Bill Gates Wow! Wikimedia CommonsBill Gates recently confirmed during a talk at China's Ministry of Science and Technology that a company in which he is a primary investor, Terrapower, will be...
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The Most Amazing Images Of The Week, August 20-24, 2012
Muehleberg Nuclear Power Station Reuters/Ruben Sprich View Photo GalleryThere's some history in this week's roundup of stunning images. For one, we have a photo of the Nevada atomic bomb tests from...
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The Labs That Go Boom: The Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic Deploys...
"Fallout Zones" Courtesy of the Beckman Laser Institute This month, as part of our special on the future of education, PopSci presents 10 labs where students do serious research (and career training)...
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Russia is Building the World's Largest Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker
A Russian Icebreaker Towing an American Supply Vessel in Antarctica, 2006 via WikimediaRussia already has a huge fleet of both diesel-powered and even nuclear icebreakers, but it recently penned an...
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FYI: What Material Is Water Most Afraid Of?
Macroscopic Droplets Courtesy Kripa Varanasi Researchers have been trying to create ultra-hydrophobic materials--materials that repel water--because condensation of vapor can interfere with the energy...
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How The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Made Kids Fat
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant, March 14, 2011 DigitalGlobe via Getty Images After a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, causing major meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima...
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Climatologist: Nuclear Power Only Way To Curb Climate Disruption
Fossil fuel emissions bar chart We've added about 370 gigatons of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels to the atmosphere since the start of the industrial age. Keeping the total to 500 gigatons or...
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Fukushima Monkeys Have Fewer Blood Cells Than Monkeys Elsewhere, Study Finds
Sorry, Big Guy A Macaca fuscata in Osaka, photographed in 2010 KENPEI on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Following the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, monkeys living in nearby...
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The Perpetual Potential Of Nuclear
The May 1947 issue of Popular ScienceWe have entered the lair of the atom, God help us, and the door is locked behind us. There is only one way to go.In May 1947, Popular Science looked back on 75...
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Lockheed's Fusion Promise: What We Know So Far
Fusion at Lockheed Lockheed Martin announced this week a project designed to make nuclear fusion energy, long a dream of scientists and energy policymakers, a viable power source. Their prototype,...
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