Nuclear Weapons 276 - Evacuating Seattle Under Threat Of Nuclear Attack

       When Ronald Reagan entered office in 1981, his administration had a belligerent attitude towards the Soviet Union. Reagan wanted to expand U.S. nuclear forces and also wanted to convince the U.S. public that a nuclear war could be winnable. He supported the construction of a network of bomb shelters and called on states to draft plans for the evacuation of millions of citizens from major U.S.

Nuclear Reactors 276 - TerraPower Is Working On Traveling-Wave Reactors

       A traveling-wave reactor (TWR) can transmute fertile materials such as natural uranium, depleted uranium, thorium and spent nuclear fuel into usable fuel while burning fissile materials. The name comes from the fact that fission occurs in a boundary zone in the reactor core.

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