July 2014

Nuclear Reactors 140 - Experiments on Nuclear Core Meltdowns

         Corium is a name that was coined for the molten material that results when the fuel of a nuclear reactor melts down in a nuclear accident. It contains nuclear fuel, fission products, control rods, structural material, and chemical reaction products with air, water and steam. If the reactor core is breached, then there will also be molten concrete in the mix. There is currently a debate about the fate of the corium created during the nuclear disaster at Fukushima in March of 2011.

Nuclear Reactors 139 - Battle over the future of the United States Export - Import Bank

        I have mentioned the economic aspects of nuclear power in many posts. I have also mentioned that nuclear nations such as France, Russia, Japan, China and the United States are trying to sell nuclear technology to other countries that do not have their own nuclear industries with a lot of these potential customers being Third World countries. Today, I am going to see how these two topics intertwine in the U.S.

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