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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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Going nuclear to desalinate seawater
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Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open
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Learn how to build a nuclear fusor
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Is nuclear power green?
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Nuclear waste is safer than you think
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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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The economics of nuclear energy
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What happened to the nuclear passenger ship?
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Sweden approves plans for Forsmark nuclear waste storage site – will bury nuclear waste in the bedrock, and seal the facilities once they are full
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Recycled Russian warheads fuel US power plants (2013)
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Why do manatees die when power plants shut down?
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How close is nuclear fusion power?
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Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant
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MIT scientists report 'major advance' in fusion energy
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Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion, produces three times more energy than was absorbed by the fuel
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Dispelling the myths of nuclear energy
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The military’s mobile nuclear reactor prototype is set to begin taking shape
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Small modular reactors and the future of energy
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A summary of the book "Why Nuclear Power Has Been a Flop" by Jack Devanney
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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.
More links:
Corrosion of Al-clad fuel
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A fantastic video on high level nuclear waste
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Hanford radioactive sludge removal
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None of our technologies have managed to destroy humanity – yet
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How many people did nuclear energy kill?
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Korean fusion project sets the new world record of twenty second long operation at 100 million degrees
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Georgia Power receives first nuclear fuel shipment for Vogtle Unit 3
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Why are nuclear plants so expensive? Safety’s only part of the story
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Boris Johnson announces ten-point green plan, including investments in nuclear and wind, and new combustion vehicle ban from 2030
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Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal: Forging a new America
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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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A single-step approach to nuclear reprocessing
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Meet Oklo, the Earth’s two-billion-year-old only known natural nuclear reactor
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US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor
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The economics of a nuclear reactor
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UAE starts operations at Arab world's first nuclear power plant
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ThorCon's thorium converter reactor
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Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea near Stockholm, global body says
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The economics of nuclear energy
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Scientists unravel challenge in improving fusion performance
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Radical hydrogen-boron reactor could leapfrog current nuclear fusion tech
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The hiding place: Inside the world's first long-term storage facilty for highly radioactive nuclear waste
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Fact-check: Five claims about thorium made by Andrew Yang
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Group of Canadian premiers will work together to research and build small modular nuclear reactors
11 votes