For the past eight years, chemists in the United Kingdom at the University have been developing our understanding of how uranium and thorium interact with elements from around the periodic table to potentially help improve the creation of nuclear fuel and also the selective extraction of spent uranium for nuclear waste clean-up.
North Korea has been in the news lately because of their test launching of intermediate-range ballistic missiles that might be able to carry nuclear warheads. As other nations criticized the tests, N.K.
Shinzo Abe was first elected Prime Minister of Japan in 2006. He made nuclear power and export of nuclear technology a cornerstone of his campaign. In March of 2011, a tsunami caused by an earthquake flooded a nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan. Three reactors melted down and there was an explosion that severely damaged a fourth reactor.
I have often blogged about problems with disposing of nuclear waste in the United States. I have also occasionally blogged about problems that other countries have with nuclear waste. The only other country that has problems similar to the U.S. is Russia.
