Nuclear Reactors 680 - New Economical Method For Extracting Uranium From Seawater Has Been Developed

       A research team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, the University of California - Berkeley, and the University of South Florida have developed a low-cost polymer adsorbent that can selectively bind to dissolved uranium in water. A report on the new process has just been published in the Nature Communications journal.

Radioactive Waste 394 - Small Amount Of Enriched Uranium Found At Ohio School

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Zahn’s Corner Middle School

       Recently, I wrote about a cube of uranium that was donated to a scientist anonymously. It turned out that it was confiscated from a German laboratory at the end of World War II. Several years ago, a mislabeled sample of radioactive material was discovered in a college chem lab. No one was sure where it came from.

Nuclear Weapons 682 - Questions on Nuclear Policy For Presidential Candidates - Part 3 of 3 Parts

Part 3 of 3 Parts (Please read Parts 1 and 2 first)

9. Should the president have to seek specific congressional authorization before ordering a nuclear strike, other than in response to a direct nuclear attack on the US?

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