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No such thing as ‘clean’ nuclear energy
12 Apr 2025 10:13 GMT
… uranium involves stockpiling mounds of radioactive dirt.
In the National … plants to turn it into fuel.
Uranium, like other … ingested, even if mildly radioactive. My trip to Naturita, … and spent U-285 rods. The highly contaminated water and nuclear rods that …
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Guest Column: Spent nuclear fuel rods not the answer for Moffat County
08 Apr 2025 21:51 GMT
… consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel rods in Moffat County to … the region.”
Spent nuclear fuel rods are considered by the Nuclear Regulatory Agency … Then, the still highly radioactive spent fuel rods are transferred to concrete and …
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Friday Letters: Perspectives on nuclear energy, government workforce, local library leadership and more
11 Apr 2025 10:45 GMT
… uranium involves stockpiling mounds of radioactive dirt.
In the National … plants to turn it into fuel.
Uranium, like other … ingested, even if mildly radioactive. My trip to Naturita, … and spent U-285 rods. The highly contaminated water and nuclear rods pile …
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Nuclear energy research gets green light in North Dakota
10 Apr 2025 16:29 GMT
… the bill could allow unwanted radioactive nuclear waste into the state.
… -Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Council, must approve any nuclear research … are reusing spent nuclear fuel rods.
Porter suggested that nuclear fuel rods at the nuclear power plant …
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Environmentalists Are Rethinking Nuclear. Should They?
07 Apr 2025 10:47 GMT
… exposed the pool that housed spent fuel rods to the air. The … in Unit 4, where highly radioactive waste was being stored. ( … decommission all of Germany’s nuclear facilities. In short order, … .”
In her travels with nuclear evangelists, Tuhus-Dubrow hears …
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Inside the bizarre race to secure Earth’s nuclear tombs
05 Apr 2025 13:25 GMT
… radioactive leakage and self-seal if fractures form. Disposal canisters containing spent fuel rods … from nuclear reactors would go into these …
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Recycling Nuclear Waste: A Win-Win or a Dangerous Gamble?
03 Apr 2025 14:48 GMT
… nuclear plant in the United States includes an area onsite where spent fuel … intense heat and radiation, the spent fuel rods are placed first in cooling … radioactive material,” said Patrick White, until recently research director at the Nuclear …
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Molten salt test loop to advance next-gen nuclear reactors
02 Apr 2025 14:45 GMT
… variety. These plants swap out radioactive fuel rods and a water-coolant system … a salt slurry mixed with nuclear fuel and offer myriad benefits over … to decompose faster than traditional spent fuel rods and, because of their relatively …
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The more South Korea talks about nuclear latency, the less likely it becomes
30 Mar 2025 03:51 GMT
… the nuclear fuel cycle from uranium enrichment to the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods. … When comparing the nuclear agreement between South … it comes to reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, while South Korea is …
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED: Portable Nuclear Reactors Wyoming
27 Mar 2025 19:16 GMT
… to 5 years before its fuel rods have to be replenished. … , where and how those spent fuel rods will be stored.
You … for nuclear waste.
So Radiant plants to temporarily store spent fuel rods on … problem with storing unused fuel rods on site until they …