Finland is on the verge of becoming the first nation to bury spent nuclear fuel rods deep underground for the long term
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Finland's vast network of tunnels 400m underground will soon begin operating as the world's first spent nuclear fuel disposal facility
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Finland hopes new nuclear reactor eases energy crunch – Olkiluoto 3 will be able to produce about one-fifth of the electricity the country consumes
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Finnish utility Fortum plans to add 560 megawatt capacity by reactivating an idle coal-fired power plant on Finland's west coast
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UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste – repeated attempts to find a suitable location have been stymied by political intransigence and environmentalists
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Finland is building the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste, with no shortage of people wanting to be its neighbours
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Belgium and energy provider Engie agree to extend nuclear power plants
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€2 billion underground ‘water battery’ turns on in Switzerland
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US Supreme Court curbs Environmental Protection Agency's ability to fight climate change
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Swedish power utility Vattenfall considering building at least two new small nuclear reactors to deal with a projected rise in electricity consumption over the coming decades
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EDF rules out extension of nuclear plant to secure UK winter supplies
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Why the Texas power grid is vulnerable to blackouts during winter storms and heat waves
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Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open
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Four Canadian provinces push ahead with plan to build small nuclear reactors to supply power
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Finland's much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor started test production on Saturday
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Chernobyl's death toll (or, how I learned to live with Chernobyl's legacy)
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The nuclear industry argues regulators don’t understand new small reactors
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Recycled Russian warheads fuel US power plants (2013)
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India’s power outage risks increase as coal stockpiles plummet
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Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant
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5% of electric plants responsible for 73% of power sector emissions
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TVO cleared for fuel loading at Olkiluoto Unit 3
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IAmA chemical engineer who works with spent nuclear fuel. AMA!
Thanks to @suspended and @deimos for the suggestion! Hey y’all, I am a basin chemistry engineer for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Our facility stores spent...
Thanks to @suspended and @deimos for the suggestion!
Hey y’all, I am a basin chemistry engineer for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Our facility stores spent nuclear fuel from a variety of research and experimental reactors underwater. Our specialty is highly-enriched aluminum-clad fuel, but we have a diverse array of unusual fuels from around the world. A good overview of fuel types can be found here.
My primary responsibility is ensuring the basin water is kept highly pure to minimize corrosion to the fuel, as well as ensure it is free of radionuclides to the extent practicable. I’m happy to answer any questions I can about nuclear fuel, nuclear power, radioactive waste, etc.
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Corrosion of Al-clad fuel
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Sweden has shut down one of four nuclear reactors at its largest power station after over forty years of operation, with operators citing a lack of profitability
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At Iceland's Blue Lagoon you can swim in power plant wastewater – here's a story about geothermal energy, cheap heat, and how to keep some ducks warm
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US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor
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