The future of nuclear power
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Nuclear power is a viable energy source that has suffered from inappropriate steam turbine technology, skyrocketing costs and political opposition from an uninformed and confused public. Though nuclear waste is more toxic per unit weight than fossil fuel waste, it is produced in such small quantities that it is the only fuel waste currently controllable. Nuclear's future depends on the economics, politics, technical competence and scientific advances of each country. Nuclear power may become as successful in all aspects in Korea, Taiwan and China as it is currently in France and Japan.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1992
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Looking back at nuclear weapons facilities: the use of retrospective health risk assessments
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The Department of Energy's (DOE) nuclear weapons facilities, which have been in operation since 1947, have released large amounts of radionuclides and chemicals. The DOE, along with state health departments, has conducted retrospective risk assessments in response to the public's concerns about environmental hazards. The risk assessment program at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant near Denver, CO, focuses on identifying hazardous radionuclides and chemicals and studying the effects of plant emissions on public health.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1992
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A testbed for underground nuclear repository design
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The Aspo Hard Rock Laboratory, which is located in Oskarshamn, Sweden, is an international research effort studying the best ways to store nuclear waste in underground areas. The facility will never actually store nuclear waste, but it will provide a testbed to determine such issues as the effectiveness of engineered barriers and the effects of groundwater flow.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1997
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