Archive for August, 2008

Will lasers brighten nuclearโ€™s future?

August 28, 2008

Inside a bland industrial building in Wilmington, NC, an experiment is in the works that could vastly reduce the cost, time, and space needed to make fuel for nuclear power plants and, some nonproliferation experts say, for nuclear …www.peakoil.com

How Do We Teach Our Kids About Nuclear Power?

August 25, 2008

I went on a tour this weekend at the world’s largest nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki Kariwa in Niigata prefecture, western Japan. It has seven nuclear reactors that are currently all undergoing repairs after the massive earthquake in July, …feeds.treehugger.com

How much ofsubsidy is the Price AndersonNuclearIndustryb

August 11, 2008

From 1948 to today nuclear energy research and development exceeded 70 billion whereas research and development for renewables was about 10 billion. From 2002 to 2007 fossil fuels received almost 14 billion in electricity related
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