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Is there enough Uranium ore to do the job?
In a recent post, Nuclear Decisions-4, we examined whether nuclear power might be able to replace all other forms of power generation. Our answer? No, we will run out of fuel immediately we were to try. That answer assumes … Continue reading
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Tagged coal, energy, fission, General Atomics, HTGR, LEU, Light Water Reactor, nuclear fuel, petroleum, reactor, resource, spent fuel, transmutation, uranium
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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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Nuclear Decisions 2 – The LOCA issue
Why are nuclear reactors not invulnerable to loss of coolant accidents? A previous post, Decisions-1, asked whether or not the power industry anywhere should use the nuclear option to generate power, thus freeing that country from coal or petroleum dependency. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 Mile Island, BWR, CANDU, Fukishima, General Atomics, HTGR, Light Water Reactor, LOCA, PWR, spent fuel, TRIGA
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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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