November 2017
Nuclear Fusion 37 - Texas A&M University And Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory Collaborate To Test Nanocomposite Materials For Fusion Reactors
Nuclear fusion could provide the electricity that is needed to power our civilization but there are many technical problems that still need to be solved. Nuclear fusion generates about four times the power of nuclear fission but does not produce the nuclear waste that is piling up at the fission power reactors around the U.S. and around the world.
Geiger Readings for Nov 14, 2017
Radioactive Waste 324 - Spent Nuclear Fuel Waste Will Be Shipped From Scotland To Australia
Australia has about one third of the known uranium reserves in the world but is only the third largest supplier of uranium oxide concentrate to the world energy market. Currently, there are only three uranium mines in Australia with almost all of the uranium mined being exported to Australia. Australia does not use nuclear power and only has a few research reactors.
Geiger Readings for Nov 13, 2017
Geiger Readings for Nov 12, 2017
Geiger Readings for Nov 11, 2017
Nuclear Reactors 323 - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Considers Energy Secretary Perry's Call For Subsidies For Coal And Nuclear Plant
Energy Secretary Rick Perry has decided that the U.S. should subsidize coal and nuclear power plants if necessary for them to survive in the extremely competitive U.S. energy market on the grounds that the U.S. needs to have a reserve of base power that can only be provided by such plants.
Geiger Readings for Nov 10, 2017
Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety In France Detects Ruthenium 106 Over Europe
The Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) is France’s public service expert in nuclear and radiation risks, and its activities cover all the related scientific and technical issues.
Geiger Readings for Nov 09, 2017
Nuclear Fusion 36 - U.S. And Korean Researchers Improve Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device
In the research and development of a nuclear fusion reactor, one of the major problems is keeping the super-hot plasma in a stable configuration that does not touch the interior wall of the vacuum chamber that contains the plasma. If the plasma touches the wall, it can lose shape and temperature, quenching the reactions that produce fusion.