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06/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Safer cladding for nuclear fuel rods being developed

Years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have finally come up with a better cladding for nuclear fuel rods. According to a Newswise report, the new material is safer because it avoids combustible zirconium. The new alloy is made from aluminum, chromium, and iron. It will […]

05/24/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Fukushima is running out of storage tanks for radioactive water … Where will they dump it now?

The fallout from one of the worst nuclear disasters in history is likely about to get far worse, with Japanese news media reporting that the storage capacity for collecting radioactive water at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is close to reaching its limit. The power plant was first commissioned in 1971, and was one […]

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