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New US project targets high-density electricity from Cold War-era nuclear waste
Morgan State University and its partners have secured a $3.37 million contract from the ...
In 2027, Singapore will be assessed by the UN nuclear watchdog on its readiness to make an informed decision on whether to ...
There are no major technical roadblocks for the Republic to store its nuclear waste – possibly deep underground – if the ...
The lack of transparent monitoring data and public access to environmental information significantly increases risks for communities living near former uranium facilities. A sealed entrance to a ...
On April 7, a process 20 years in the making began. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started excavation at a Parks Township nuclear waste site. This isn’t like other abandoned industrial sites. In ...
The process by which unstable atomic nuclei transform into more stable configurations underlies a multitude of applications, from medical imaging to geochronology and nuclear power. Nuclear decay ...
A 15-year agreement between the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and biotech firm Bicycle Therapeutics focuses on securing the medical isotope lead-212 from the UK's stockpile of reprocessed ...
Among the many points of disagreement between Iran and the U.S. during the current conflict is the fate of Tehran’s highly enriched uranium (HEU): some 972 pounds of up to 60 percent enriched uranium, ...
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Uranium: It's radioactive and it's everywhere
Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a German chemist. It is a radioactive element found naturally in the environment in very small amounts — scientists call these trace amounts — in ...
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed what it says is the world's first "uranium rechargeable battery" and that tests have verified its performance in charging and discharging. Meanwhile, South ...
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