Tag Archives: U.S.

NASA Tests Mini-Nuclear Reactors for Moon and Mars via Popular Mechanics

Posted on 2018/05/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Keeping the lights on shouldn’t be a problem for interplanetary explorers thanks to Kilopower. NASA, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), has developed a small, lightweight nuclear reactor power system that could make long-duration exploration on the moon, Mars, … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit filed over ex-nuclear weapons plant converted to refuge via FOX31

Posted on 2018/05/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DENVER — A plan to allow the public onto the outskirts of a former nuclear weapons plant that’s now a wildlife refuge ran into another court challenge Tuesday. Environmental and community activists filed suit in federal court saying the Rocky … Continue reading →

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Storage plan for spent fuel adds to nuclear debate via Los Angeles Chronicle

Posted on 2018/05/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A plan to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in New Mexico is drawing fire from critics who say the federal government needs to consider more alternatives. Dozens of people packed a … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Bombing: Study Finds Victims Received Double Deadly Dose of Radiation via Sputnik

Posted on 2018/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The nuclear attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 led to an estimated 146,000 deaths, half of them in its aftermath, including as a result of deadly radiation. New research by Brazilian physicists studying a bone fragment belonging to a casualty of the … Continue reading →

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SAN ONOFRE’S NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE TANKS ALREADY BREAKING via Surfer

Posted on 2018/04/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BUSTED BOLT FOUND IN NEW TANK MEANT TO HOLD SPENT FUEL Just a few months into Southern California Edison’s very controversial plan to relocate spent nuclear fuel to holding tanks on the beach at San Onofre, crews are finding the … Continue reading →

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Treasure Hunt: Antiques can emit radiation via Reading Eagle

Posted on 2018/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Some months ago in an antique mall in Lancaster County, I saw a man with two odd-looking gadgets that emitted a beeping noise now and then. Being a curious former news reporter, I had to ask him what he was … Continue reading →

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FirstEnergy to permanently deactivate its 3 nuclear power plants via Market Watch

Posted on 2018/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FirstEnergy Solutions, a unit of FirstEnergy Corp. FE, -0.93% said Wednesday it has informed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its decision to permanently deactivate its three nuclear power plants over the next three years. The company said the decision, … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear ‘Demon Core’ That Killed Two Scientists via Atlas Obscura

Posted on 2018/04/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After World War II ended, physicists kept pushing a plutonium core to its edge. Since the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, the world has been in a state of readiness for nuclear combat. In this secretive domain, … Continue reading →

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Federal judge allows Lakeland radiation lawsuit against Drummond Co. to go forward via The Ledger

Posted on 2018/04/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In a ruling released late Thursday, a federal judge again has determined that a lawsuit against the developer of the Grasslands and Oakbridge communities in Lakeland alleging radiation contamination in the soil will go forward. TAMPA — In a ruling … Continue reading →

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Top Secret “Dayton Project” History Front And Center At New Cold War Discovery Center via WVXU

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Miamisburg site that played a big role in nuclear history will soon be open to the public. It’s the home of the former Mound Laboratories – known to some in the Miami Valley for its important role in developing … Continue reading →

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