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Why Microbes Produce Electricity While Clearing Nuclear Wastes

For many years, researchers have been wondering why is it that certain microorganisms appeared to be capable of producing electricity while they were cleaning up nuclear wastes and toxic metals. The results of a new investigation finally shed light on the mechanisms involved in this ability. The work was carried ...

7 September 2011
08:32 GMT

New Nuclear Testing Method Developed in the US

A collaboration of physicists in the United States announces the development of a new technique for testing nuclear materials, that could have significant practical applications. The approach is meant to ensure that nuclear power plants are operating within safety parameters. The renewed interest in nuclear safety wa...

27 June 2011
03:07 GMT

Nuclear Energy To Take Center Stage Again

British researchers from the Imperial College London (ICL) and the University of Cambridge are currently proposing a new long-term plan for supplying the world with electricity, which would see nuclear energy brought to the spotlight yet again.The 20-year-long master plan foresees the development of safe nuclear reac...

13 August 2010
10:59 GMT

ISS Experiment To Improve Nuclear Waste Management

The six astronauts that are currently making up the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station (ISS) have in their care a number of scientific experiments that could have vast influences on the future of mankind. One of them is DECLIC-HTI, and its makers say that it could hold the key towards enabling spec...

27 July 2010
11:07 GMT

Experimental Japanese Reactor Could Restart Soon

The governor of Fukui Prefecture, in Japan, currently holds to his word the future of the experimental Monju nuclear power plant. The reason why this project is tremendously important is because it is the first fast breeder reactor (FBR) in the world that has ever achieved criticality. After more than 14 years o...

25 March 2010
12:01 GMT

Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Project Canceled

For a long time, physicists have said that conventional nuclear power is a lot less safe than a prospective new technology, called pebble-bed nuclear reactor. A proof-of-concept for the new approach should have been constructed in South Africa, but the nation's government announced last week that it would effect...

24 February 2010
03:17 GMT

Nuclear Power and Competitive Markets Not the Answer

As it becomes increasingly obvious that fossil fuels are destroying our planet, and people begin to wake up to this reality, scientists are beginning to wonder what the future of energy may be. Some argue that nuclear fission could be a powerful alternative, but the most recent statistic study on the issue has reveal...

19 January 2010
17:01 GMT

Closed-Circuit Nuclear Reactors Now Possible

Physicists have been looking for a way to reduce the amount of nuclear waste produced by power plants for a long time, but they couldn't manage any breakthroughs because the technology they have used has not been advanced enough. Now, recent innovations make it possible to consider the idea of closed-circuit rea...

21 December 2009
08:33 GMT

Russia to Dominate Nuclear Space Race

Top officials in the Russian Federation announced on Thursday that they gave their acceptance to a proposal stating that the country should pursue the development of a nuclear-powered spacecraft, which is currently set to fly as early as 2012. This would essentially leave the former Communist nation in charge of the ...

5 November 2009
10:52 GMT

The Return of Nuclear Power Plants

For the past three decades, there have been no new nuclear power plants built in the United States. The Three Mile Island incident, in 1979, persuaded the public opinion to turn against this form of energy, on account of it being too dangerous. The last order for such a plant that was actually carried out came in 197...

21 October 2009
03:27 GMT

Nuclear Batteries One Step Closer

Over the past few years, numerous and important advancements have been made in the battery industry, with scientists developing ever smaller and more effective devices for a wide range of applications. In fact, it was progress in the industry that allowed car manufacturers to ponder releasing all-electric vehicle lin...

8 October 2009
13:41 GMT

Nuclear Reactors Could Power Lunar Bases

Experts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are currently investigating technologies that could allow for the construction of a fission reactor on the Moon in the future, to help power potential outposts that may be established. The new system is reportedl...

17 August 2009
10:42 GMT

Obama and the Nuclear Threat

While most political and military experts agree that the inclusion of Iran in the club of nuclear powers is premature and poses great international risks, everyone else seems to forget that the “democratic” countries have been those responsible for the proliferation of atomic bombs and the idea to use the...

26 January 2009
07:08 GMT

Nuclear Test Veterans Sue the Government

A number of British Army veterans, who served their country during the height of the Cold War, are now looking for compensations for a number of diseases they claim to have suffered on account of being exposed to atomic radiation without appropriate protective measures. They say that they had no idea what they were p...

21 January 2009
04:56 GMT

Scotland Wants to Build Nuclear Power Plants

Although independent Scottish scientific reports acknowledge the fact that the nation could indeed rely on renewables to offer it 20 percent of its electricity by 2020, they also stress the fact that nuclear power is probably the best option in the long run. New surveys draw attention to the fact that a five-fold inc...

9 December 2008
19:01 GMT

Japan Exceeds Its Alloted Carbon Limits

Japanese carbon dioxide emissions increased by 2.3 percent over the year ending March 2008, which means that the nation failed to respect the obligations it committed to through the Kyoto Protocol. The document is an agreement between several countries, stating that, by 2012, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must drop ...

18 November 2008
02:44 GMT

IEA Decides – Coal Will Dominate Until 2030

The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that, most likely, coal would remain the world's top energy source for the next couple of decades, until 2030. The report predicted continued increases in coal usage worldwide, but especially in non OPEC countries, such as China. By 2015, electrical current produce...

14 November 2008
10:01 GMT

German Activists Protest Against Nuclear Transport

Some 15,000 activists gathered along a train line in Germany, to protest against the continued use of nuclear energy in the country's 17 nuclear power plants. A shipment of depleted fuel came from France, carrying some 17 tons of used pellets, to be disposed of in a special facility, at the salt mines in Gorlebe...

10 November 2008
03:33 GMT

Nuclear Energy Vs. Renewable Power Sources

The one thing both renewable energy proponents and nuclear reaction supporters agree on is that fossil fuels will be completely out of the picture in a few decades, mainly because they will have polluted the atmosphere too much by then, but also because they might run out eventually, leaving the world in a huge black...

22 October 2008
03:58 GMT


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