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May 15 | News
A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative. The study found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for five weeks, no DNA damage could be detected.
May 10 | News
Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded $3.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for research and scholarships focused on nuclear energy. The money will go to three research projects focused on developing new and advanced nuclear reactor designs and technologies, while addressing their cost, safety, and security.
Apr 23 | News
One
of the few people to know the various components of the first atomic
bombs, George Cowan would become one of the leading nuclear researchers
in the country and a fixture at Los Alamos National Laboratory for
nearly 40 years. Still working with nonprofit science institute he
helped found, he died Friday as the result of a fall at his home.
Apr 2 | News
A
panel of experts in Japan recently said that any tsunami unleashed by a
magnitude-9.0 earthquake in the Nankai trough, which runs east of
Japan's main island of Honshu to the southern island of Kyushu, could
top 34 m (112 ft) at its highest. This is a significant elevation of
risk from an earlier forecast in 2003 that put the potential maximum
height of such a tsunami at less than 20 m.
Mar 27 | News
Sandia National Laboratories is using its Ion Beam Laboratory to study how to rapidly evaluate the tougher advanced materials needed to build the next generation of nuclear reactors and extend the lives of current reactors.
Mar 26 | News
Medical
isotopes are used to treat cancer and heart disease worldwide, but have
been typically been made using highly enriched uranium. This material
can also be used to create nuclear bombs, which has prompted a recent
agreement between several countries to ensure its future supply while
improving security.
Mar 20 | News
While the costs associated with storing nuclear waste and the possibility of it leaching into the environment remain legitimate concerns, they may no longer be obstacles on the road to cleaner energy. A recent paper showcases Thorium Borate-1 as a crystalline compound that can be tailored to safely absorb radioactive ions from nuclear waste streams.
Mar 20 | News
High-gain nuclear fusion could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National Laboratories. The simulations show the release of output energy that was many times greater than the energy fed into the container's liner.
Mar 13 | News
University of Edinburgh scientists have produced a previously unseen uranium molecule, in a move that could improve clean up of nuclear waste. The distinctive butterfly-shaped compound is similar to radioactive molecules that scientists had proposed to be key components of nuclear waste.
Mar 8 | News
As cities and towns rebuild after last year's devastating tsunami and earthquake in northeastern Japan, there is a potentially huge demand for the green technology and new information technology now being created in laboratories at Stanford University and start ups across Silicon Valley.
