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India’s Ambitious Nuclear Power Plan – And What’s Getting in Its Way
AdvertisementAs India embarked on its commercial nuclear power production in 1969, its nuclear power program was conceived to be a closed fuel cycle, to be achieved in three sequential stages. These…
Nuclear Reactor Development History
Nick Touran, 2020-01-12. Reading time: 85 minutes “You have to know the past to understand the present” — Carl Sagan The dream for economical nuclear power was born well before the discovery of…
Interview: ‘From an General Safety Point of View, There is not a Huge Concern…
The Korean peninsula has been hit by record-breaking precipitation, with state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reporting last week that floods had destroyed 40,000 hectares (154 square miles) of…
Skeptoid #740: Student Questions: Yellow Glasses and Nuclear Waste for Tomorrow
Once again it's time to open up our mailbag for students. Today we're going answer questions from students of all ages from all walks of life, sent in from all over the world. And if you're a student…
UPSC Static Quiz – 2020: IASbaba’s Daily Static Quiz – SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY [Day 50]
For Previous Static Quiz (ARCHIVES) – CLICK HERE DAILY STATIC QUIZ will cover all the topics of Static/Core subjects – Polity, History, Geography, Economics, Environment and Science and technology.…
UPSC Static Quiz – 2020: IASbaba’s Daily Static Quiz – SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY [Day 48]
For Previous Static Quiz (ARCHIVES) – CLICK HERE DAILY STATIC QUIZ will cover all the topics of Static/Core subjects – Polity, History, Geography, Economics, Environment and Science and technology.…
ThorCon Inks MOU to Develop a 50MW Thorium Reactor for Indonesia
ThorCon to Develop 50MW Thorium Fueled Reactor in Indonesia Leading to 500MW Units Built in Shipyards.Rosatom Pitches Indonesia for Conventional Light Water ReactorsUSNC Collaborates with South Korean…
The Misguided Exile of Nuclear Power
By Dan Lennon 1. Nuclear Accidents Have Been Overblown: Due to media hype surrounding three major nuclear accidents, the risk of nuclear power has been greatly overstated and therefore public…
Destination Moon: A 70th Anniversary Appreciation
Al Jackson is back this morning with an essay examining another old friend, the 1950 film Destination Moon. Talk about fond memories! I first encountered the movie at a birthday party for a bunch of…
Thorium 232 primer
2019 video gives a good primer . "THORIUM 232 - From History to ReactorThis is a visual summary of all the information about thorium.Thorium is a weak radioactive element with atomic number 90 and a…