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Category: Nuclear Energy
February
02
2021
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Where were the worst nuclear meltdowns?
What is a nuclear meltdown, and where were the worst nuclear meltdowns? Most people have heard of the meltdowns at the nuclear facilities in Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima. Yet, these three biggies are just the beginning of a long list of other lesser-known nuclear meltdowns that have occurred around the world since the […]
April
20
2020
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Tourists give Chernobyl new life
In 2006, I traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine to conduct a health and human performance study for a major university. While in Ukraine, I stayed at the home of a friend who is a retired nuclear scientist. The majority of his career was spent in support of secret nuclear programs sponsored by the U.S.S.R. One evening, […]
May
03
2017
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Nuclear Weapon Ban Negotiations Violating NPT Commitments
The United Nations General Assembly began negotiations March 27-31 on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons. A second session is scheduled for June 15‑July 7, 2017. Following that, the General Assembly will review progress and decide on a path forward. Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Nearly a half-century ago, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of […]
December
30
2016
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REFRESH — Where There’s Steam, There’s … a Steam Generator
When the NRC talks about “steam generators,” we’re not talking about teakettles. Steam generators provide vital technical and safety functions at many U.S. nuclear power plants. In the United States, steam generators are only found in pressurized-water reactors, one of the two types of U.S. reactors. There can be two to four steam generators for […]
December
30
2016
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Nuclear retirements major threat to emissions targets
Premature retirement of US nuclear power plants could be a major threat to efforts to reduce carbon emissions in both the short and long terms, a new report by the Brattle Group has found. A white paper prepared by Brattle economists finds that the retirement of a 1000 MWe nuclear power plant could increase carbon […]
July
13
2016
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Everything you need to know about mini nuclear reactors
Stephen Monk, Lancaster University Nuclear power can be a touchy subject, one that seems to divide opinion. Many people believe it is unclean, controversial and costly – and the 2011 Fukushima disaster showed the world just how unsafe nuclear can be; the meltdown of the power plant was the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in […]
July
13
2016
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Nuclear Profile: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
In our last post, we profiled the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Today, we will look at one of INL’s sister labs: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The LLNL is located in the foothills east of California’s Bay Area, tucked away in the Lawrence Livermore Valley. It was founded in 1952 by the University of […]
July
13
2016
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Nuclear Profile: The Idaho National Laboratory
Spread out across several facilities in the vast desert between Idaho Falls and Arco, Nevada is the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The INL is a site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and while most of the people who work there are contractors to the DOE, there are federal employees who work at […]
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