Posts Tagged ‘commercial reactors’
Safety Reviewers Raise Questions about Construction of New Nuclear Fuel Plant
Thursday, May 5, 2011 Safety Reviewers Raise Questions about Construction of New Nuclear Fuel Plant by Donna Deedy, Special to ProPublica and Michael Grabell | @michaelgrabell | Two scientists say the NRC took construction and licensing shortcuts at a MOX fuel plant being built in South Carolina. The plant, which will convert plutonium from [...]
Peak Uranium – And Other Threats To Nuclear Power
Background: This article discusses the fact that the world will "run out of uranium" about the same time it "runs out of oil". It is a limitation that was recognized from the very earliest days of nuclear research. Before the first commercial reactors were ever built, nuclear scientists were well aware that they would have to shift away [...]
Why Stewart Brand is wrong on nukes—and is losing
July 25, 2010 Stewart Brand has become a poster boy for a "nuclear renaissance" that has just suffered a quiet but stunning defeat. Despite $645 million spent in lobbying over the past decade, the reactor industry has thus far failed to gouge out major new taxpayer funding for new commercial reactors. (more...)
