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Congress torpedoes a Biden nominee and casts doubt on nuclear safety via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Allison Macfarlane | February 6, 2024 The Biden administration’s recent abandonment of Jeff Baran for another term as member on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) bodes ill for the independence of the agency—and the safety and security of the country. … Continue reading

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Interview: Small modular reactors get a reality check about their waste via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By François Diaz-Maurin | June 17, 2022 […] Scientists have started working on independent reviews of those claims. The results showed that SMRs do not necessarily perform better than gigawatt-scale reactors on a variety of measures. A recent Stanford-led study published in the Proceedings of … Continue reading

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Nuclear waste from small modular reactors via PNAS

By Lindsay M. Krall, Allison M. Macfarlane, Rodney C. Ewing PNAS202111833_proof.pdf Small modular reactors (SMRs; i.e., nuclear reactors that produce <300 MWelec each) have garnered attention because of claims of inherent safety features and reduced cost. However, remarkably few studies … Continue reading

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Mini nuclear power stations may produce more waste than large ones via NewScientist

Small modular nuclear reactors may produce higher volumes and greater complexity of radioactive waste because they are naturally less efficient, researchers find A much-vaunted first wave of mini nuclear power stations may produce more radioactive waste than traditional large-scale ones … Continue reading

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The next generation of small nuclear reactors will be big on producing radioactive waste via Chemistry World

By Jamie Durrani Small modular reactors could produce up to 30 times more radioactive waste than traditional nuclear power plants。[…] Small modular reactors (SMRs), also known as ‘advanced’ nuclear reactors, have been heavily promoted in recent years. Their smaller size … Continue reading

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A fight for homeland: ‘From Hiroshima to Fukushima’ illustrates the history of nuclear desecration via Beyond Nuclear International

By Candyce Paul Sam Kerson first approached us nearly a decade ago offering to share some linocut prints with us. At that time we, the Committee for Future Generations, were embattled by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization. We are the Poplar/Aspen Tree … Continue reading

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Small modular reactors offer no hope for nuclear energy via Advanced Science News

by M.V. Ramana | Jan 14, 2022 In December 2021, the government of Belgium joined an increasing number of countries expressing an interest in building what are called small modular reactors, which generate under 300 megawatts of electrical power — much smaller than … Continue reading

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This next-generation nuclear power plant is pitched for Washington state. Can it ‘change the world’? via The Columbian

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times RICHLAND — Near the Columbia River, Clay Sell hopes to launch a new era of nuclear power with four small reactors, each stocked with billiard ball-sized “pebbles” packed full of uranium fuel. Chief executive officer … Continue reading

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Rolls-Royce plans to build small nuclear power plants in Britain via The New York Times

By Stanley Reed Rolls-Royce, the British jet engine maker, said on Tuesday that it was forming a business to build a series of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors as Britain looks for ways to cut carbon emissions and to reduce the costs … Continue reading

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Why molten salt reactors are problematic and Canada investing in them is a mistake via The Conversation

MV Ramana One of the beneficiaries of the run-up to a potential federal election has been the nuclear energy industry, specifically companies that are touting new nuclear reactor designs called small modular reactors. The largest two financial handouts have been to … Continue reading

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