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Lessons in Nuclear Safety from Fukushima

Technology Review has a short article on what has been learned since the meltdowns last year – What We Learned About Nuclear Safety From Fukushima:

Reactors and radioactive materials at Fukushima Daiichi were destabilized by back-to-back beyond design-basis events. First was the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that felled the plant’s power lines, triggering diesel generators to […]

March 8th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Enginastery, Science & Engineering, Useful Technology | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Nuclear Propulsion Research Revival?

One can only hope – Marshall Eyes In-Space Nuclear Propulsion:

During the Constellation years, Marshall worked with the Department of Energy on nuclear-power technology that might one day power a lunar outpost. While Los Alamos and other national labs handled the radioactive material, NASA experts here used heating elements to simulate nuclear fuel and concentrated […]

December 1st, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Economics, Luddism, Space Technology | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Fukushima Accident Explained…via Poop Joke

It’s juvenile, but still pretty informative.

[hat tip: Gina]

March 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Science & Engineering, Useful Technology | Comments are closed