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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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