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Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies
30 Apr 2025 11:19 GMT
… radioactive materials, their potential contributions to the proliferation of nuclear … that will remain dangerously radioactive for centuries.
We’ … nuclear plants also use water as a coolant for the fuel rods … and the release of radioactive materials.
In 2030, …
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“This Nuclear Relic Just Made History”: Wartime Reactor Becomes World’s First Private Atomic Landmark in Shocking Turn
28 Apr 2025 13:45 GMT
… innovative liquid-fuel design, enhancing safety and efficiency in nuclear research.
🤝 Supported … of liquid nuclear fuel, a bold departure from conventional solid fuel rods. This approach …
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Ukraine 'one step away from nuclear meltdown' as Russian bombardment continues
27 Apr 2025 19:14 GMT
… reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant contaminated countries … as stockpiles of used fuel rods and radioactive waste.
Three of … the country.
The fourth nuclear power station is Zaporizhzhia, … he said.
“From a nuclear safety perspective, this is clearly …
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Fort Worth warns of ‘catastrophic’ incident if Supreme Court allows nuclear waste transit, storage
27 Apr 2025 06:43 GMT
… facility. Used nuclear fuel pellets would be contained inside metal rods sealed inside … transport cars, and the possible radioactive contamination of water sources caused … to move hazardous materials, including radioactive waste, if requested.
“They are …
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Finland leads race to build world’s first permanent nuclear waste repository
24 Apr 2025 19:57 GMT
… country to permanently dispose of nuclear waste underground after a successful … operational deep geological repository for radioactive waste.
The test saw five … encapsulation process involved placing spent fuel rods into copper canisters, which are …
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72-foot nuclear ‘fishing rod’ extracts melted radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima
24 Apr 2025 16:32 GMT
The second sample of melted nuclear fuel has been retrieved from … operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex.
Believed to … melted down during the nuclear crisis that began in … zirconium, used as cladding for fuel rods.
Reports have revealed that …
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Letter: Nuclear energy simply too risky for islands
24 Apr 2025 10:21 GMT
… taxpayer monies on studying nuclear power generation. It … toxic and radioactive materials. Storing spent fuel rods in Hawaii? … waste, like fuel rods from commercial nuclear power reactors, … nuclear reactor and the extremely long-term storage of radioactive …
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Illinois Tech’s Armour Research Foundation Reactor Named a Nuclear Historic Landmark
23 Apr 2025 23:28 GMT
… use of liquid nuclear fuel. Rather than traditional solid-fuel rods, it employed … Chicago. The liquid fuel system inherently regulated nuclear reactions through physical … and opportunities for nuclear engineering. Unlike conventional solid-fuel reactors, the …
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Finland Could Be the First Country in the World to Bury Nuclear Waste Permanently
23 Apr 2025 10:23 GMT
… metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, and until now no … ,000 years and remains radioactive for several million. But … way of permanently storing spent nuclear fuel.
In the bedrock here … Storage of spent fuel involves placing spent fuel rods inside copper canisters …
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2nd melted fuel sample retrieved from crippled Fukushima reactor
23 Apr 2025 06:47 GMT
… nuclear power complex said it retrieved the second sample of melted fuel … that melted down during the nuclear crisis that began in … zirconium, used as cladding for fuel rods.
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