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Using Supercomputers To Explore Nuclear EnergyChicago IL (SPX) Jan 27, 2010 Ever wanted to see a nuclear reactor core in action? A new computer algorithm developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory allows scientists to view nuclear fission in much finer detail than ever before. A team of nuclear engineers and computer scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are developing the neutron transport code UNIC, which enables researchers for the first time to obtain a highly detailed description of a nuclear reactor core. ... read more |
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S.Korea president offers to help India build nuclear plantsNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2010 South Korea's president offered Monday to help energy-hungry India build more nuclear plants as the two Asian powerhouses set a goal of doubling bilateral trade by 2014. President Lee Myung-bak touted what he said was his nation's expertise in building nuclear power stations as he expressed hope that South Korean companies would help India to construct new atomic power plants. Lee said South Korea, which recently won a 20.4-billion-dollar deal to design, build and operate four nuclear power plan ... read more |
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Cherbourg, France (AFP) Jan 25, 2010Greenpeace activists said Monday they were blocking a train transporting nuclear waste to the French port of Cherbourg from where it was to be shipped to Russia. Four activists who had chained themselves to the railway line near the harbour were removed early Monday morning by police but more activists were blocking the line at a different location, they said. "We were dislodged in Cherb ... more 
Paris (UPI) Jan 25, 2009 Reports have surfaced that French utility EDF will not sell its British power grid. The head of EDF, Henri Proglio, "has always been opposed to this project that was initiated by (former EDF CEO) Pierre Gadonneix," reports Wansquare.com, citing British banking sources. Proglio "is set to announce soon that he is ending it." The offers EDF received were too low, the site said. ED ... more 
Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2009 The National Nuclear Security Administration says it has authorized the start-up of the new Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility. NNSA officials said the opening of the "ultra-secure" warehouse facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex - near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee - marks a major milestone in its efforts to create a modern, 21st century nuclear secu ... more |
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Leak at German nuclear plant, man hospitalised: firmBerlin (AFP) Jan 22, 2010 A leak in a uranium enrichment plant in Germany exposed an employee to a high level of radiation but posed no danger to people outside the facility, the firm operating the plant said on Friday. The employee was taken to hospital as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the German subsidiary of British nuclear firm Urenco said. None of the radiation escaped, the company added. "There is no danger to the public. The necessary authorities were informed straightaway," Urenco said in a statem ... read more |
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