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Nuclear Decisions 4 – What does it all mean?
The world is in the middle of a crisis concerning nuclear energy. Fukushima, reprocessing breaches, loss of coolant, fuel melts, release of radioactives into the environment – a host of nuclear hobgoblins beat about our heads, screech our ears. Are … Continue reading
Nuclear Decisions 3 – Spent Fuel
Can nuclear reactor waste and spent fuel from nuclear power plants be rendered harmless to the Earth environment? The first post in this sequence, Decisions-1, brought up the two top-most safety issues that are associated with nuclear reactors, (1) loss … Continue reading
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Tagged Chernobyl, cooling pool, dry cask, Fukishima, Light Water Reactor, LOCA, MOX, nuclear waste, spent fuel, transmutation, UOX, wet wood burner, Yucca Mountain
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Fukushima and Reactor Decisions 1
Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex has been headline news since the earthquake and tsunami led to a partial melt of the enriched uranium fuel in at least one of its reactors. How we humans have used energy generation technology is … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 Mile Island, BWR, Chernobyl, Fermi 1, fission, Fukishima, Light Water Reactor, LOCA, PWR, reactor, spent fuel
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