Nuclear Reactors 563 - The Nuclear Regualory Commissions Works To Improve Protection From High Energy Arc Failures - Part 1 of 2 Parts

       The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines a high energy arc fault (HEAF) as “… a very intense abnormal discharge of electrons between two electrodes that are carrying an electrical current. Since arcing is not usually a desirable occurrence, it is described as an arcing fault.” Nuclear power plants generate electricity and use some of the generated electricity to power equipment in the plant.

Nuclear Reactors 562 - The United Kingdom Is Struggling To Fulfill Brexit Requirement Needed To Obtain Nuclear Fuel

       I recently blogged about problems caused by the Brexit for the U.K. nuclear power industry. The U.K. was a member of Euroatom, a European Union agreement on the handling of nuclear materials and technologies. Now that it is leaving the EU, the U.K.

Nuclear Weapons 343 - U.S. Deciding Where To Produce New Plutonium Cores For Nuclear Warheads - Part 2 of 2 Parts

Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
       In 2015, a group of prominent former arms negotiators and senior diplomats drafted a letter to the Obama Energy Secretary saying that the MOX fuel plan was a threat to nuclear nonproliferation efforts. Many nuclear arms control advocates say that using plutonium to produce fuel for nuclear power plants is unnecessary and uneconomical.

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