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RADIOACTIVE WASTE: LORDS CRITICISE GOVERNMENT APPROACH
The Government have wasted valuable time over tackling the serious and mounting problem of managing radioactive waste. This criticism is made in a new report Managing Radioactive Waste: the Government's consultation by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, published on 26 November. Lord Oxburgh, the Chairman of the Committee, said:... view more... (2001-11-26)
Stop wasting time on nuclear waste, says Academy
The Government is delaying the real decisions on radioactive waste until the next Parliament, the Royal Academy of Engineering says in its response to DEFRA’s consultation document Managing Radioactive Waste Safely. By seeking views on how best to run a public debate, the Government is effectively holding a consultation about a consultation,... view more... (2002-03-12)
GEOSCIENCE VERDICT ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
The report [Note 1], whose main thrust is in agreement with that of the recent House of Lords Science & Technology Select Committee Report [Note 2], results from a two-day discussion forum on Geosciences and radioactive waste disposal organised by the Geological Society of London [Note 3] and the British Geological Survey [Note 4] in February.... view more... (1999-03-29)
Radioactive waste – no problem for metal-munching bacteria
A harmless soil bacterium, which can survive high-level exposures to gamma radiation, is being developed to clean up land contaminated with radioactive waste, experts heard today (Wednesday 12 September 2001) at the bi-annual meeting of the Society of General Microbiology at the University of East Anglia. US government researcher Dr. Michael Daly... view more... (2001-09-07)
DOE should consider enhancing cleanup and stabilization
Tanks containing radioactive waste at the U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site, a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, should not necessarily be sealed as soon as the bulk of the waste has been removed. view more (2005-08-08)
University of Cambridge and BNFL join forces on Research into Nuclear Waste Immobilisation
A new £1.2 million research collaboration has been launched in a venture between BNFL and the University of Cambridge. view more (2001-12-18)
A wasted opportunity?
British biologists are urging UK Departments of the Environment to expand a proposed two-year research programme into nuclear waste disposal in length and range to at least five years. Without knowledge of the biological and geological effects for each radioactive isotope, it will be impossible to establish best policy. In a response to Proposals... view more... (2002-03-19)
Scientists discover cheap and environmentally friendly way to dispose of waste from nuclear power plants
Scientists from the University of Strathclyde, collaborating with an international team from Imperial College, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory(RAL), ITU (Karlsruhe) and the University of Jena, have successfully turned the radioactive isotope Iodine-129, a major waste product in the nuclear power industry, into the more friendly isotope Iodine-128... view more... (2003-08-13)
Sandia aids cleanup of Iraqi nuclear facilities, rad waste
Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely dispose of the radioactive wastes as part of the Iraqi Nuclear Facility Dismantlement and Disposal Program. view more (2008-10-21)
People Power Over Nuclear Issues
Warren, from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, says, "Nowhere in this process [developing nuclear facilities] is account taken of what shapes the public's perception of the whole process." The nuclear industry is too keen to blind people with science in presenting its plans, she thinks, adding to the inherent secrecy of the... view more... (1999-02-01)
Radiation degrades nuclear waste-containing materials faster than expected
Minerals intended to entrap nuclear waste for hundreds of thousands of years may be susceptible to structural breakdown within 1,400 years, a team from the University of Cambridge and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reported today. view more (2007-01-11)
New knowledge about plutonium calms scientists
New analyses from KTH in Stockholm are creating order in the uncertainty that has prevailed for the last four years about how plutonium dioxide, one of the most important radioactive compounds in nuclear waste, behaves when it comes into contact with water. The findings are being published in the latest issue of Nature Materials. In January 2000... view more... (2004-03-19)
Compound removes radioactive material from power plant waste
Strontium 90 is a common radioactive by-product of fission in nuclear power plants. When extracted from the reactor along with other isotopes, a mixture is created made up of the radioactive material and inert ions like sodium and calcium. view more (2008-03-13)
Ecologists spawn new use for PIT tags
Fishing for a way to assess mixing behavior in treatment tanks for radioactive waste, ecologists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory came up with an innovative use of radio frequency technology previously used to track migrating fish. view more (2005-10-06)
EUREKA project destroys BSE-infected waste using plasma technology
The European Union's response to recent public health crises such as the BSE outbreak has prompted a EUREKA project to develop a more effective, safer and environmentally friendly method for destroying potentially infected animal wastes. New EU directives to eradicate BSE have generated such a huge volume of specific risk material (SRM) waste from... view more... (2004-03-16)
Do Rocks Hold The Key To Nuclear Waste Storage?
Technology to monitor how the rock barrier around radio active waste reacts has been developed by an Anglo French consortium with the help of 466,286 euros from the EU's Framework Programme towards the projects total cost of 765,619 euros. view more (2004-09-09)
Government Failing in its Responsibility for Nuclear Waste
Lord Tombs, Chairman of the House of Lords inquiry into management of nuclear waste, considers the government is failing in its responsibility to address the nuclear waste problem. At a Science & Public Affairs Forum on Wednesday 23 August, Lord Tombs will outline his views on the lack of government action. Lord Tombs will be joined by... view more... (2000-08-18)
Three-pronged nuclear attack
A trio of security vulnerabilities surrounding the use of nuclear power are highlighted today in research papers online with Inderscience Publishers. view more (2007-07-26)
New findings on the birth of the solar system
A team of international astrophysicists, including Dr Maria Lugaro from Monash University, has discovered a new explanation for the early composition of our solar system. view more (2009-07-20)
Lasers spark new paths in radio-isotope transmutation - Scientific breakthrough in the transmutation of isotopes
Collaboration between the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) DG, the University of Jena (Germany), the University of Strathclyde (UK), Imperial College (UK), and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) has led to the transmutation of long-lived radioactive iodine-129 into short-lived iodine-128 using very high intensity laser... view more... (2003-08-29)
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