August 2017

Radioactive Waste 294 - Disposition Of Spent Nuclear Fuel From Closed San Onofre Reactors Is Still Uncertain - Part 1 of 2 parts.

       There are some ongoing disputes over nuclear issues that I return to from time to time for an update. The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) near San Diego, CA. was shut down a few years ago over problems with the steam generator systems. Southern California Edison (SCE), the owners of the SONGS, contracted with Hitachi Heavy Industries for two new steam generators.

Nuclear Fusion - MIT Scientists Achieve Ten Times The Energy With A New Fusion Reactor Fuel Mix Including Helium-3

       I mostly write about fission power reactors because there are four hundred operational fission reactors in the world. I do talk about fusion reactors occasionally although there are no commercial nuclear fusion power reactors on Earth. Scientists have been chasing fusion power for decades but it always seemed to be forty years in the future.

Nuclear Weapons 302 - North Korea Did Not Detonate A Hydrogen Bomb In January Of 2016

       Some nations test nuclear devices and try to deny it. Other nations may claim to have conducted a nuclear test but there is no proof. Nuclear warheads have been detonated in the open air, under water and underground. Science has developed different ways to detect the detonation of a nuclear device depending on the medium in which it was detonated.

Nuclear Weapons 301 - Chi Yupeng, Chinese Businessman Changed With Evading Trade Sanctions With North Korea

       I have blogged previously that some Chinese companies are clandestinely supplying critical technology to the North Koreans for their nuclear weapons program. The U.S. is working to identify those companies and impose sanctions on them to discourage their support of N.K. Now the U.S. has brought a lawsuit against a Chinese businessman who has major ties to North Korean trade.

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