Tag Archives: plutonium

Trump administration axes project to generate power from plutonium via Reuters

Posted on 2018/05/14 by nfield

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to kill a project it says would have cost tens of billions of dollars to convert plutonium from Cold War-era nuclear bombs and burn it to generate electricity, according to a document it … Continue reading →

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Monju reactor project failed to pay off after swallowing ¥1.13 trillion of taxpayers’ money: auditors via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/05/11 by nfield

[…] The trouble-plagued prototype, which only ran for 250 days, was designed to play a key role in Japan’s quest to set up a nuclear fuel recycling program, but the project only achieved 16 percent of the intended results, the … Continue reading →

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Workers’ radiation exposure halts Hanford nuclear plant demolition　via The Columbian

Posted on 2018/04/08 by nfield

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE — Seven decades after making key portions of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are being exposed to radiation as they tear down buildings that helped create … Continue reading →

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The Atomic-Bomb Core That Escaped World War II　via The Atlantic

Posted on 2018/04/02 by nfield

In 1946, shortly after the end of World War II, the physicist Louis Slotin stood in front of a low table at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, concentrating intensely on the object in front of him. His left thumb was … Continue reading →

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Feds To Investigate Contamination Spread At Hanford via Northwest Public Broadcasting

Posted on 2018/03/29 by nfield

Anna King The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a federal investigation into a demolition site at the Hanford nuclear reservation where radioactive waste from the site has been spreading in unexplained ways. Called the Plutonium Finishing Plant, it’s a … Continue reading →

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The Poison and the Tomb via Mashable

Posted on 2018/02/25 by nfield

Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. nuked the Marshall Islands 67 times: The effects could be compared to dropping 1.6 Hiroshima bombs every day for 12 years. When the tests ended in 1958, forced displacement and radiation poisoning had already … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Turn renewal of Japan-US nuclear pact into chance to reconsider reprocessing via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/01/17 by nfield

A 30-year nuclear cooperation agreement between Japan and the U.S. that expires in July is set to be automatically renewed. The renewal is accompanied by the U.S. government’s continued approval of Japan’s reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. The extension of … Continue reading →

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Military secrets of our nuclear power plants via The Guardian

Posted on 2017/12/27 by nfield

In her excellent article on the Hinkley C nuclear plant financial fiasco (The long read, 21 December), Holly Watt mentions the innovative insight of Sussex University academics Prof Andy Stirling and Dr Phil Johnstone, who have identified the central importance … Continue reading →

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Japan’s MOX program faces tough questions as recycling costs balloon for spent atomic fuel via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/12/17 by nfield

The cost of recycling spent nuclear fuel has surged since Japan began using it in 1999, raising questions about the viability of the reprocessing strategy, it has been learned. Japan is the only non-nuclear weapons state in the world that … Continue reading →

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More Hanford workers may have inhaled radioactive particles via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/12/15 by nfield

By Annette Cary A major demolition project at Hanford was halted two days this week after air monitors worn by several workers showed they might have inhaled radioactive particles. […] “We take this very, very seriously,” said Ty Blackford, president … Continue reading →

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