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An Ontario farm town will vote in October on whether to become Canada's largest nuclear dump
02 May 2024 03:01 GMT
… millions of bundles of highly radioactive used nuclear fuel.
The search for a … what to do with radioactive waste.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO … of spent nuclear fuel already happens regularly.
Once nuclear fuel is spent, the rods are …
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Hypocrisy of touting nuclear power
01 May 2024 18:16 GMT
… water levels. In comparison, nuclear power plants often experience … of aging nuclear power plants should accept spent nuclear fuel rods with open … to do with spent fuel rods and waste remains.
When … facility for handling spent nuclear fuel so as to alleviate …
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Nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain could roil Nevada U.S. Senate race
30 Apr 2024 10:05 GMT
… million pounds of highly radioactive nuclear waste is buried on … .”
Spent fuel rods from the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant … fighting against storing dangerous nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain … creation of long-term radioactive waste storage on federal …
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Debate heats up over how to dispose of Indian Point radioactive water
27 Apr 2024 03:49 GMT
… spent fuel rods.
The water in the plant contains traces of radioactive tritium … not acceptable.”
At the meeting, nuclear industry expert Arnie Gundersen presented … at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The radioactive water there was …
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Fake: RBMK-1000 Reactors, The Sole Cause of the Chernobyl Disaster, Used at Other Russian Nuclear Power Plants, Social Media Claims
26 Apr 2024 18:54 GMT
… also used in other Russian nuclear power plants. This means that … were converted to uranium-erbium fuel with a 2.8% enrichment … the complete insertion of emergency rods into the reactor core in … reliable and safe operation of nuclear power plants with RBMK-1000 …
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DEEP DIVE: Documents Reveal Green Party Manipulated Germany To Push Nuclear Phase-Out
26 Apr 2024 00:08 GMT
… making process regarding German nuclear power plants. These documents … potential benefits of extending nuclear plant lifespans, particularly … the lifespan with new fuel rods for several years … extension of nuclear power operation without new fuel rods due to …
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Inside Fukushima's red zone: Eerie pictures show abandoned schools, hospitals and shopping malls frozen in time 13 years after nuclear disaster in Japan
24 Apr 2024 10:39 GMT
… released hydrogen and radioactive materials and some 160 … the core and melted nuclear fuel which dripped there … nuclear power plant.
This led to several meltdowns, allowing harmful radioactive fuel rods … the waste fuel left behind after the nuclear meltdowns.
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Letter to the Editor: Radioactive Waste at Indian Point — Keep it Where It Is!
22 Apr 2024 17:23 GMT
… said they would move the fuel rods. They ignored the law … revive the original national radioactive dump in Nevada, Yucca … as nuclear power plants operate they generate high-level radioactive … successfully cite one high level radioactive dump — what about …
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How Tetris Inspired an MIT Breakthrough in Nuclear Safety Technology
21 Apr 2024 06:53 GMT
… spread of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant … and monitoring radioactive isotopes. Less dramatically, everyday operations of nuclear reactors, … of uranium into fuel rods, and the disposal of spent nuclear fuel also require …
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Fukushima: Anxiety and anger over Japan’s nuclear waste water plan
18 Apr 2024 18:50 GMT
… to cool down the Fukushima nuclear reactors’ fuel rods. This means every day … System (ALPS), which reduces most radioactive substances to acceptable safety standards … decision to dump radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant …