Nucleotidings

       Spent nuclear fuel waste is a big problem with nuclear power. In the U.S., a permanent geological repository was supposed to be ready by 1999 but the Yucca Mountain Repository project was cancelled by 2009 and the best estimate for a repository at a new location is now 2050.

In the five-and-a-half years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, "steady progress" is being made in the decommissioning process and contaminated water management at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Hirotaka Ishihara, state minister of the cabinet office of Japan, told the Internati

       I recently blogged about calls for standardization for nuclear reactor design presented at the 41st Annual Symposium of World Nuclear Association’s in London in mid-September. This particular presentation was focused on big reactors like the ones currently in use.