Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

Even casual followers of energy and climate issues have probably heard about the alleged wonders of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The failure of these projects to come in on time and under budget undermines arguments that modern nuclear power plants can overcome the problems that have plagued the nuclear industry in the past.

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Nuclear Power Electricity Waste Cooling 349

Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Those findings might surprise physicists, who will be aware that the energy density of nuclear fission is so high that just a fingertip of uranium has an energy equivalent of 5000 barrels of oil. Indeed, it is understandable why people might fear radiation given that you can’t see it – yet the same can be said of the air that we breathe.

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Nuclear Power Clean Energy Greenhouse Radiation 140

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Forty-four years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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Nuclear Power Natural Gas Radiation Cooling 98

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Whereas the existing criteria require that the transitional activity does not hamper the development and deployment of low-carbon alternatives (such as wind, solar or nuclear) the current proposal has no such restriction in function. For example, the title of section 4.27 reads (our emphasis): “4.27. COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/.of

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Fossil Fuels Regulations Waste Technology 52

Environmental Science

AUGUST 7, 2018

Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer. It was also the age of electricity and the light bulb - a great age of invention. Sponsored Content. Chaos Theory.

Technology 59

Technology Technology Nuclear Power Environmental Science 59

Energy & the Law

AUGUST 5, 2021

She offers these and other suggestions for our nuclear regulatory environment: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act distorts the market by making taxpayers responsible for disposal of nuclear waste. Re-evaluate outmoded regulations that overstate the risk from radiation exposure. In the U.S. Natural gas lead at 40%.

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Nuclear Power Radiation Waste Electricity 130

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

In the US, almost every aspect of the environment is regulated - drinking water, surface water, air, hazardous waste, new construction, nuclear power plants, factories, and much more. There are 90 MCLs, including for specific chemicals, microbes, and properties such as radiation. Sponsored Content. 1 - Interesting Facts.

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Clean Water Act Waste Clean Air Act Regulations 52

Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

Finally, Gleick claims I argue that the “only solutions” I believe “will work” are “nuclear energy and uninhibited economic growth,” but later writes, “His passionate belief that nuclear is the only answer to our energy and climate problems (maybe along with a mega-dam on the Congo River in Africa).” Why else use it?

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Atmosphere Natural Gas 118

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

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Natural Gas Nuclear Power Earth Day Radiation 109

Environmental Progress

JULY 9, 2020

Just go on Google Maps, you can draw around a power plant, any power plant in the world, solar, wind, nuclear, gas, whatever, just draw around it. And then you have the power density calculation. I'm agnostic of whether cars will be hydrogen or electricity, but doesn't really matter. Nick: Yeah.

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Climate Change Electricity Sea Level Nuclear Power 61