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Fire at nuclear power plant from Russian attack sparks fears of ‘Fukushima-style meltdown’
Fears of an unprecedented nuclear disaster spread rapidly overnight when part of Europe’s largest nuclear plant caught on fire in Ukraine as Russian forces shelled the area. Amid a stream of confusing, alarming, and, at times, conflicting information about the incident, The International Atomic Energy Agency soon said the "serious situation" had not affected essential equipment at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear…
Cost of new UK underground nuclear waste facility jumps to £53 billion
A larger volume of waste and 'more realistic' scope of costs has resulted in a bigger price tag for building and operating a long-term storage facility for radioactive waste Environment 24 February 2022 By Adam Vaughan The Sizewell nuclear site in Suffolk, UKDavid J. Green/Alamy The cost of a proposed underground storage facility to safely…
U.S. Sees Iran’s Nuclear Program as Too Advanced to Restore Key Goal
The Biden administration expects a restored nuclear deal would leave Iran capable of amassing enough nuclear fuel for a bomb in significantly less than a year, a shorter time frame than the one that underpinned the 2015 agreement, U.S. officials familiar with the matter said. Administration officials concluded late last year that Iran’s nuclear program…
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Finland’s new nuclear reactor now seen starting in early February
Aerial view of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant area in Eurajoki, Finland December 10, 2020. A severe abnormal disturbance occurred at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant Unit 2 that led to reactor shut down. Lehtikuva/Tomi Glad/via REUTERS HELSINKI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Finland's much delayed Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor is now estimated to be connected…
Report: Nuclear propulsion would help military satellites maneuver out of harm’s way
by Sandra Erwin — January 14, 2022 Rendering of DARPA's Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), a spacecraft powered by a nuclear thermal propulsion. Credit: General Atomics DARPA has watched NASA’s work in nuclear propulsion systems for space exploration and believes the technology can be applied to military satellites. WASHINGTON — An experiment planned…
Energy from nuclear fusion just got a little bit more feasible
It’s hard to think of something more powerful than the sun. The sun in our solar system, and other stars in outer space, are powered by a physical reaction called nuclear fusion. This process occurs when two light nuclei, electrically positive protons and electrically neutral neutrons found in the nucleus of an atom, merge and form a single…
When talks in Vienna seeking a revival of the Iran nuclear deal broke off suddenly last week, European powers leading the diplomatic effort warned that only “weeks” remain before Iran’s fast-advancing nuclear program makes diplomacy moot.While Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, in recent months it has increased its stockpiles of uranium…
US nuclear submarine collides with ‘unknown object’ in South China Sea
A US nuclear submarine was damaged after hitting an unidentified object while operating underwater in Asia, the US Navy said on Thursday. The USS Connecticut, a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, "struck an object while submerged on the afternoon of Oct 2, while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region," the navy said in a statement.…
Nuclear power is on the radar of Bitcoin miners
Hechos clave: En EE.UU ya se construyen granjas de minería alimentadas por energía nuclear. La energía nuclear es una alternativa verde y renovable. Más mineros de Bitcoin podrían comenzar a utilizar energía nuclear para suplir sus instalaciones. Disminuirían así las emisiones de carbono y el gasto de recursos. El alcalde de Miami, Francis Suarez, comentó…