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Addressing The Nuclear Waste IssueSeattle WA (SPX) Apr 06, 2011 Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have an enhanced understanding of a common freshwater alga and its remarkable ability to remove strontium from water. Insight into this mechanism ultimately could help scientists design methods to remove radioactive strontium from existing nuclear waste. Strontium 90, a major waste component, is one of the more dangerous radioactive fission materials created within a nuclear reactor. It is present in the approximately 80 mill ... read more |
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 Germany loses, locates nuke material German officials for several days said they believed that a science reactor had lost nuclear material that, if obtained by the wrong people, could be turned into a bomb. ... more | .. |
  Radioactive water leak into sea stops at Fukushima: Jiji Radioactive water stopped leaking into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, Jiji Press reported, citing the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). ... more | .. |
Bulgaria, Russia halt work on nuclear power plant Bulgaria and Russia agreed Tuesday to halt work on a new nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria for a period of three months so as to resolve cost and safety issues. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Nuclear Power Investment Must Not Be Delayed A low carbon nuclear future: Economic assessment of nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel management in the UK explores possible future scenarios to accelerate the delivery of a safe, holistic an ... more | .. |
US nuke reprocessing would benefit French firm: study US anti-nuclear groups Monday condemned a project to built a plant where plutonium from weapons would be reprocessed for use as fuel in nuclear power plants, saying the plan was costly, dangerous and would benefit mainly French group, Areva. ... more | .. |
  Japan battles to stop radiation leak into sea Workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant Sunday struggled to stop a radioactive water leak into the Pacific, as the government warned the facility may spread contamination for months. ... more | .. |
 Japan tsunami survivor returns to help save nuclear plant Three weeks after watching a massive wave smash into the Fukushima nuclear plant, Hiroyuki Kohno is heading back to the disaster zone to join crews struggling to avert a meltdown. ... more |
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 No 'business as usual' on nuclear after Fukushima: IAEA The world cannot take a "business as usual" approach to nuclear power in the wake of the disaster in Japan, UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Japan dumps low-level radioactive water into sea Japan on Monday started to dump more than 10,000 tons of low-level radioactive water into the Pacific as part of emergency operations to stabilise its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
Nuclear industry has 'safe' record: GE boss The head of General Electric, the US manufacturer of reactors at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, on Monday said the nuclear industry has had a "safe track record". ... more | .. |
Japan crisis fuels India nuclear safety concerns Japan's nuclear crisis has fuelled public unease in India over ambitious government plans to ramp up nuclear power capacity to feed the country's growing, energy-hungry economy. ... more |
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Japan uses colour dye to trace nuclear leak Emergency crew at Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant used a colour dye Monday to trace the source of a radioactive leak as lower business confidence signalled the disaster's economic impact. ... more | .. |
  UN talks aim to thrash out tough details on climate The first UN climate talks of the year will be held in Bangkok this week, with negotiators looking to hammer out tough details of a global pact that has offered hope in the fight against global warming. ... more | .. |
Britain, France talk about nuke projects A top official from the British Defense Ministry wants to save money by having Britain and France jointly build a nuclear deterrent. ... more | .. |
 US studies Fukushima disaster for safety lessons US engineers studying Japan's experience with its crippled nuclear plant have focused on two key weaknesses - backup energy systems and spent fuel rod pools - that could also plague reactors in the United States. ... more |
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 Japan PM tells nuclear workers 'you can't lose this battle' Japan's premier on Saturday visited emergency crew who have struggled to stabilise a tsunami-hit nuclear plant that has leaked radiation into the air, ground and ocean. ... more | .. |
Australia will stay with uranium exports Australia says it intends to remain a major exporter of uranium for nuclear power plants despite the nuclear emergency at Japan's Fukushima reactors. ... more | .. |
Japan, Germany to cooperate on nuclear safety Japan and Germany on Saturday said they would work together on international nuclear safety standards, while Tokyo promised to thoroughly investigate its ongoing nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima 'much bigger than Chernobyl': expert Japan's unfolding nuclear disaster is "much bigger than Chernobyl" and could rewrite the international scale used to measure the severity of atomic accidents, a Russian expert said here Friday. ... more |
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 Top Indian scientist calls for nuclear moratorium A top Indian scientist and government advisor has called for a moratorium on all future nuclear projects following the nuclear crisis in tsunami-hit Japan. ... more | .. |
 Japan may inject tax money into TEPCO: reports Japan may inject tax money into troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to ensure the company stays afloat while grappling with the nation's worst ever nuclear disaster, local media said Friday. ... more | .. |
 German energy giant sues government German energy giant RWE filed Friday a legal challenge to the government's order to shut down temporarily the country's seven oldest nuclear reactors in light of the Fukushima crisis in Japan. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO lacked radiation meters after tsunami: agency Japan's nuclear safety agency on Friday said it warned TEPCO for not having enough radiation meters for all workers battling to stabilise its Fukushima nuclear plant after devices were lost in a tsunami. ... more |
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Japan says no need to evacuate village near nuclear plant Japan's nuclear safety agency said Thursday there is no need to evacuate a village 40 km (25 miles) from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant after the UN nuclear watchdog voiced concern. ... more | .. |
 Cancer Risk Of Backscatter Airport Scanners Is Low Calculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scann ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear plant's disaster plan inadequate: report Disaster plans at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant appear woefully inadequate, including only one satellite phone and a single stretcher in case of an accident, a report said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Japan nuclear refugees feel 'betrayed' Refugees who fled Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors say they have been betrayed by the company that runs them, accusing embattled operator TEPCO of creating a "man-made disaster". ... more |
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 Radiation in sea off Japan nuclear plant 4,385 times limit The level of radioactive iodine in the sea off Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant has soared to its highest reading yet at 4,385 times the legal limit, the plant operator said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM says stricken nuclear plant to be scrapped Japan said Thursday its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility. ... more | .. |
$850 million void in Chernobyl sarcophagus project: official The project to build a new sarcophagus over the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor lacks some 600 million euros of the 1.5 billion needed, a Ukrainian official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 France mulls halting nuclear plant: officials French authorities are considering delaying the building of a new-generation EPR reactor, the pride of France's nuclear power industry, after Japan's quake-induced fallout alert, they said Thursday. ... more |
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