World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is set to launch operations in 2025-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Public dread of nuclear power limits its use
(Carnegie Mellon University) Nuclear power has been a part of the American energy portfolio since the 1950s, but for a number of reasons, the general public has long felt a significant dread about it.
Successful test of the MONSTER spectrometer provided new nuclear structure information
(University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto) A landmark experiment recently took place in the Accelerator Laboratory of the Department of Physics (JYFL-ACCLAB) at University of Jyväskylä. Through nuclear fission, a beam of the short-lived nuclide...
How Security Experts Track North Korea's Nuclear Activity
Remote techniques can detect signs of active testing—but they don’t tell us everything-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
UTSA funded to develop accident tolerant nuclear fuels
(University of Texas at San Antonio) Almost eight years have passed since the accident at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, in which thousands of residents have yet to return to their homes. Now the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has tapp...
The safety guide to nuclear plant design and operation
(World Scientific) Nuclear safety is methodically established through science and simulation in compliance with government regulations. This book explains the related development practices and technical bases of safety cases addressing the siting and...