The use of a computer Trojan played a critical role in gathering intelligence regarding a now-destroyed secret nuclear reactor in Syria. The information-gathering program was planted by Mossad operatives on the laptop of a Syrian official while he was staying in London.Journalists from the German publication Der Spie... |
9 November 2009
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Pseudoscience or finally the real thing? Well, that still remains to be seen, but if it indeed works then mankind will be able to generate large amounts of energy at room temperature without worrying about waste or fuel. In the last decades, researchers have been frantically trying to demonstrate that cold fusion is ... |
27 May 2008
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During nuclear fission reactions nuclear power plants produce a by-product element known as plutonium, which accumulates on the uranium fuel rods. Plutonium cannot occur naturally on Earth and is extremely important for the fabrication of nuclear bombs because it is used in the detonation mechanism initiating the nuc... |
9 May 2008
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On 26 April, 1986, during a test of the cooling system, the number 4 reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a total meltdown, determining an explosion that spread nuclear material throughout the surrounding regions of current Ukraine, and some parts of Europe. It still stands as the worst nuclear power... |
25 April 2008
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Nuclear fission reactors produce high amounts of relatively clean electric energy by burning nuclear fuels, such as uranium. Higher-efficiency nuclear fuel is required for the next generation of nuclear reactors, which will burn longer and stronger to produce even higher amounts of energy. However, researchers say th... |
10 April 2008
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Nuclear reactor cores are mainly cooled with the help of water, however if the water cannot remove the heat quickly enough from the core, the nuclear fuel might explode. In fact, this was the reason why the Chernobyl nuclear reactor failed in 1986; the core didn't receive enough cooling water, the heat build up ... |
31 March 2008
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Severe drought raging across the southeast regions of the United States will probably determine a temporary reduction in electric power production capabilities of most of the nuclear plants, or even shutdowns, until the water levels in the rivers that supply the lakes near the power plants rise again to their normal ... |
24 January 2008
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There is only one word on everyone's lips today: energy. And how to produce it more efficiently, without polluting the planet. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER for short, has recently received a contribution of 1.4 billion dollars from the Republic of China, which covers about 10 pe... |
8 January 2008
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The U.S Department of Energy has started a three-year project which will research the creation of a new generation of computers for a new kind of nuclear reactor, proposed by physics professor Michael Podowski. The reactor is called a sodium-cooled fast reactor, of SFR for short.Nuclear reactors are mainly used in nu... |
2 November 2007
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