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Green nuclear power coming to Norway websnapr

"...a reactor fuelled entirely by thorium would have significant advantages over conventional uranium or mixed-fuel reactors." They're a smart bunch, those Scandinavians.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1119

Another Small Step Toward Fusion? websnapr

"Enter the stellarator, an alternative plasma confinement method that uses no plasma currents, but one that loses energy at a high rate because the magnetic coils that generate the field are inef
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.physorg.com/news88097920.html

Tests show 'artificial sun' is reliable websnapr

"A series of tests run by Chinese scientists on an experimental thermonuclear reactor have found "the artificial sun" is a reliable energy generating process." For very short perio
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=976

Bussard and Fusion: A Practical Alternative websnapr

"...Bussard has spent well over a decade [...] working on devices that could be the most practical approach to fusion ever developed. They’re cheap, small and produce helium as their only waste p
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061211124018.htm

Sustainable Nuclear Energy Moves A Step Closer websnapr

"These designs have a sustainable character: they are economical in their use of nuclear fuel and are capable of rendering a great deal of their own nuclear waste harmless. The ability to actuall
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1803896.htm

New reactors 'cut nuclear waste' websnapr

"New nuclear technology will cut waste so significantly that we may no longer need to dump it underground, according to an Australian government report." Electricity too cheap to meter, fors
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20061119/news03/611190639

TEEN GOES NUCLEAR websnapr

"...Thiago is exhausting his love of physics on a project that has taken him more than two years and 1,000 hours to research and build -- a large, intricate machine that , on a small scale, creat
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/11/17/1?rss=2.0

ITER fusion reactor gets final approval websnapr

"Fusion researchers can breathe a sigh of relief now that the ink has dried on an international agreement to build the ITER fusion reactor at Cadarache in southern France."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=296876

Salt of the earth websnapr

"The molten salt reactor (MSR) does what it says on the tin. It uses molten salt at atmospheric pressure to cool the reactor. The radioactive fuel is also contained within the molten liquid. So,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=sciencenews&storyid=2006-09-28t121949z_01_pek359321_rtrukoc_0_us-china-fusion.xml&wtmodloc=home-c5-sciencenews-2

China tests thermonuclear fusion reactor websnapr

"The scientists called the device "the first of its kind in operation in the world", but the report did not specify what tests it had passed." Progress or propaganda?
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn10141&feedid=tech_rss20

Underperforming nuclear plant's future in jeopardy websnapr

"A British nuclear plant recently constructed to make plutonium fuel for power reactors in Japan and Europe has been plagued with so many breakdowns that it may have to be shut down." One of
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1812793,00.html?gusrc=rss

New fears over UK nuclear plants websnapr

They have big old cracks in 'em, apparently. No doubt this will be used as proof that we should build more new ones...can't say I agree with that POV, as it happens.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pebble_bed_reactor

Pebble bed reactor websnapr

The pebble bed reactor (PBR) or pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) is an advanced nuclear reactor design. This technology claims a dramatically higher level of safety and efficiency. Instead of water,
>30 days ago by qubit, 1 User, more info save

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