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Chernobyl Fallout? Plutonium Found In Swedish Soil
More than 20 years later,
researchers from Case
Western Reserve University
traveled to Sweden and
Poland to gain insight into
the downward migration of
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Deactivating Radioactive Waste In Hundreds, Not Millions, Of Years
It may be possible to
dramatically reduce the
radioactive waste isolation
time -- from several million
years to as little as 300 -
... > full story
Radioactive Waste Recycling No Longer A Pain In The Ash
A new recycling plant will
soon recover uranium from
the ashes of radioactive
garbage to be recycled back
into nuclear fuel using an
efficient, environmentally
... > full story
FBI Unveils Science Of Anthrax Investigation
Sandia researchers
identified that the form of
bacillus anthracis mailed in
the fall of 2001 to several
news media offices and to
two US senators was a
non-weaponized form of the
... > full story
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International Cooperation Needed To Lower Proliferation Risks As Nuclear Energy Grows
October 2, 2008 — As more nations pursue nuclear power, the United States and Russia, along with other countries and the International Atomic Energy Agency, should redouble efforts to ensure a reliable supply of ... > full story -
Nuclear Shortcuts Exposed In U.S. Nuclear Fuel Facility
September 3, 2008 — US regulators have ignored expert safety advice in an attempt to cut corners and fast track the completion of a $4 billion nuclear fuel facility currently under construction near Aiken, South ... > full story -
Atomic Bomb Effect Results In Adult-onset Thyroid Cancer Identified
August 29, 2008 — Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to ... > full story -
Seismic Waves From Mine Collapses Can Now Be Distinguished From Other Seismic Activities
July 15, 2008 — Researchers have devised a technology that can distinguish mine collapses from other seismic activity. Using the large seismic disturbance associated with the Crandall Canyon mine collapse last ... > full story -
Sniffing Out A Broad-spectrum Of Airborne Threats In Seconds
June 10, 2008 — Scientists are reporting successful laboratory and field tests of a new device that can sniff out the faintest traces of a wide range of chemical, biological, nuclear, and explosive threats - and ... > full story -
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Questioning Nuclear Power's Ability To Forestall Global Warming
April 22, 2008 — Rising energy and environmental costs may prevent nuclear power from being a sustainable alternative energy source in the fight against global warming, according to a new ... > full story -
Historic Soviet Nuclear Test Site Offers Insights For Today's Nuclear Monitoring
April 18, 2008 — Newly published data from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, the Soviet Union's primary nuclear weapons testing ground during the Cold War, can help today's atomic detectives fine-tune their ... > full story -
Nuclear Power: Most Successful Fuel Performance Ever For US Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel
April 15, 2008 — Advanced gas reactors offer more efficient operation, less waste disposal and other benefits over water-cooled reactor designs used in U.S. nuclear power plants. But creating fuel that burns ... > full story -
Safe 'Green' Decontamination Method Detoxifies Nerve Agents In Chemical Weapons And Pesticides
April 11, 2008 — Scientists have developed a new method for rapidly and safely destroying toxic agents such as chemical weapons and pesticides. When tested in solution, full destruction of all three tested agents was ... > full story -
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Energy Research: Researchers Consider Future Challenges, Opportunities
April 8, 2008 — Escalating oil and gas prices along with the global challenge of climate change has in the past few years spurred a generation of scientists to pursue alternative energy sources while redirecting the ... > full story
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