June 2017

Nuclear Weapons 284 - Cost Estimate Of Modernizing The U.S. Nuclear Triad Has Rising Twenty Percent

       I have blogged recently about plans to update the U.S. nuclear arsenal. We have B-52 bombers that first flew in the middle of the last century. The missile silos containing our Minuteman fleet of intercontinental ballistic missiles are so out of date that their computers use eight inch floppy disks. They constitute the oldest and most vulnerable part of the U.S. nuclear triad.

New Theory Proposed About Origin Of Many Uranium Ore Deposits

       While other elements have been used in nuclear reactors to generate energy, the primary fuel for nuclear power reactors is uranium. It is a silvery-white metal. Uranium is a chemical element that is symbolized by the letter “U.” Uranium has ninety two protons in its nucleus giving it an atomic number of 92. Uranium is the highest element on the periodic table that is naturally produced.

Radioactive Waste 233 - Licensing of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Resumes

       In 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. This bill made the U.S. government responsible for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel being generated by commercial nuclear power reactors operating in the U.S. The federal government was supposed to create a permanent geological repository for the spent nuclear fuel by 1998.

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