Nuclear Reactors 320 - Saudi Arabia Announces Nuclear Power Program

       A senior official of the Saudi Arabian government announced last Monday that Saudi Arabia is planning on mining and refining uranium domestically as part of the S.A. nuclear power program. Surveys of deposits of uranium in Saudi Arabia indicate that it has about sixty thousand tons of uranium ore. 

Nuclear Weapons 320 - North Korean Tunnel Collapses At Nuclear Test Facility

       When nuclear weapons are being developed, it is necessary to periodically test one to verify that the design works as intended. Since an international treaty was signed to prevent the testing of nuclear bombs above ground, nuclear armed nations have carried out nuclear tests underground. This is intended to prevent the leak of radioactive materials from the blast.

Radioactive Materials 2989 - University Of Texas At Dallas Researchers Have Found A More Efficient Way To Remove Radioactive Iodine From Nuclear Waste

     Currently, about eleven percent of the electricity consumed in the world is generated by nuclear power plants. Nuclear waste contains many radioactive isotopes with different levels of toxicity and different half-lives. Any process which is able to remove specific isotopes from nuclear waste would be quite useful in dealing with the dangers of nuclear waste.

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