Chemists Have Found a Productive Use for Stockpiles of Nuclear Waste
Chemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power — transforming an unused stockpile into a versatile compound which could be…
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MIT Devises New Effecient Way to Remove Contaminants From Nuclear Wastewater
Method concentrates radionuclides in a small portion of a nuclear plant’s wastewater, allowing the rest to be recycled. Nuclear power continues to expand globally, propelled,…
New Insights Into Uranium Chemistry Can Aid Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
A new paper to be published on December 16, 2019, provides a significant new insight into our understanding of uranium biogeochemistry and could help with…
New Low-Cost Nuclear Reactor Barrier Could’ve Withstood Chernobyl and Fukushima
In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011), where all…
North Korean Nuke Equivalent to ‘17 Hiroshimas’ According to Space-Based Radar
North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It subsequently developed nuclear weapons, with five underground nuclear tests culminating…
Physicists Get Closer to Solving the Proton Radius Puzzle With Unique New Measurement
Physicists get closer to solving the proton radius puzzle with unique new measurement of the charge radius of the proton. New measurement yields smaller proton…
Testing Potential Materials for Use in Interplanetary Travel With Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
If humankind reaches Mars this century, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed experiment testing advanced materials for spacecraft may play a key role. NASA is considering…
Swarms of Microrobots Quickly Clean Up Radioactive Waste [Video]
According to some experts, nuclear power holds great promise for meeting the world’s growing energy demands without generating greenhouse gases. But scientists need to find…
Six Degrees of Nuclear Separation: 3D Printed Parts Help Recycle Nuclear Waste
Argonne scientists look to 3D printing to ease separation anxiety, which paves the way to recycle more nuclear material. Astronauts now print their own parts…
Physicists Explore Unknown Energy Regions – “New Frontier of Physics”
Florida State University physicists are using photon-proton collisions to capture particles in an unexplored energy region, yielding new insights into the matter that binds parts…
Global Climate Catastrophe If Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan
Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe. With ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan raising concerns about the possibility…
In Proton Collisions, More Energy Means More Effects
The higher the collision energy of particles, the more interesting the physics. Scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences…
Study Shows More Than 100 Million Dead If India and Pakistan Wage Nuclear War
Nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill millions worldwide. Mass starvation may occur with less sunlight reaching Earth’s surface. More than 100 million people…
India-Pakistan Nuclear War Could Kill 125 Million, Threaten Global Starvation
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could, over the span of less than a week, kill 50-125 million people—more than the death toll during…
Quantum Superposition Record: 2000 Atoms in Two Places at Once
The quantum superposition principle has been tested on a scale as never before in a new study by scientists at the University of Vienna in…
Unique Composite Material Developed for High-Temperature Fast-Neutron Nuclear Reactors
Scientists from NUST MISIS developed a unique composite material that can be used in harsh temperature conditions, such as those in nuclear reactors. The microhardness…
New High-Tech Method for Dismantling a Nuclear Warhead
MIT team successfully tests a new method for verification of weapons reduction. How do weapons inspectors verify that a nuclear bomb has been dismantled? An…
Are Protons Smaller Than We Thought? New Measurement Helps Resolve Mystery.
Scientists measure precise proton radius to help resolve decade-old puzzle, resulting in York University research that confirms protons are smaller than expected. York University researchers…