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Why Does Spent Nuclear Fuel Glow Blue?

written by Walter Wang

Have you ever seen this eerie blue glow? Probably not unless you work in a nuclear reactor, but perhaps you’ve seen it on TV or in a movie such as X-Men: First Class.

The movies got the facts for this glow right, but why do nuclear reactors glow blue anyway?

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January 16, 2014 0 comment
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China Doubles Renewable Energy Pace as Record Pollution Chokes Shanghai

written by Yale Environment 360

Over the past 10 months China has added renewable energy sources to its power grid at double the pace of 2012, according to its National Energy Administration (NEA). The renewable energy push, part of a massive effort to cut air pollution in China’s large cities, has added more than 36 gigawatts of clean energy capacity so far this year,

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December 9, 2013 0 comment
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Great Progress in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Remediation Efforts

written by Walter Wang

United Nation experts are encouraging the Japanese government to better communicate contamination goals with the public but are otherwise very positive about the progress that has been made in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident remediation efforts in Japan. The experts are from the International Atomic Energy Agency

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October 24, 2013 0 comment
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Nuclear Power Has Prevented 1.84 Million Premature Deaths, Study Says

written by Yale Environment 360

The use of nuclear power from 1971 to 2009 prevented more than 1.8 million premature deaths related to air pollution and 64 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says.

Using historical production data and estimates of mortality per unit of electricity generated, scientists

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May 31, 2013 1 comment
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U.S. Grants Will Promote Small-Scale, Modular Nuclear Reactors

written by Yale Environment 360

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced a new series of cost-sharing grants to promote the development of small-scale, factory-made nuclear reactors, an emerging energy source that Obama administration officials say could help replace the coal-fired plants expected to cease operations in the coming decades.

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March 15, 2013 0 comment
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Two Years After Fukushima, Nuclear Power Haunts Japan

written by Walter Wang

Japanese people have gone back to the streets to protest against plans to reactivate nuclear reactors. Since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country has grown wearier of nuclear power and wants an end to atomic power.

The gathering in Tokyo was scheduled to coincide

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March 13, 2013 0 comment
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Is Thorium the Energy Panacea We Have Been Waiting For?

written by Walter Wang

Thorium is a naturally-occurring, radioactive, and amazingly abundant metal that was discovered in 1828 by Swedish chemist, Jons Jakob Berzelius. The mineral, named after the Norse god of thunder, has languished in relative obscurity for many years as opposed to its much more recognized cousin,

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November 30, 2011 0 comment
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A Fusion Reactor Hollywood Could Love

written by Walter Wang

Some latest scuttlebutt from the world of nuclear fusion has all the ingredients of a Hollywood thriller screenplay (and for those who remember Inside Greentech’s Greentech Avenger, you know I know scuttlebutt!)

There’ve been all kinds of cinematic ideas, and personalities, on the front lines of the crazy world of

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November 29, 2011 0 comment
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The Importance of Not Picking Winners

written by Walter Wang

The fact is, governments have long provided massive subsidies for the fossil fuel and nuclear industries–and despite the fact that these industries are amongst the most profitable in the world, and continue to raise prices while inflicting tremendous damage to the environment, these subsidies continue unabated.

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November 16, 2011 1 comment
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Iranian Bushehr Nuclear Plant Comes Online – World Survives

written by Walter Wang

On September 12th, Iran brought its first nuclear power plant in Bushehr online, connecting it to the country’s electrical grid. Iranian officials at the opening ceremony said that the 1,000 megawatt plant has begun generating electricity at 40 percent of its capacity and will reach full capacity by the year’s end

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September 16, 2011 0 comment
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Alternative Energy Beats Nuclear in Q1

written by Walter Wang

The latest issue of Monthly Energy Review, published by the Energy Information Administration, revealed that renewable energy production has been larger than nuclear energy production in the U.S.. It also showed that alternative energy types of energy has almost matched domestic oil production.

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July 6, 2011 0 comment
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France Invests €1B in Nuclear, Saying Moratorium ‘Makes No Sense’

written by Yale Environment 360

Despite recent safety concerns in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to invest 1 billion euros in the next generation of nuclear power generation.

Saying that a moratorium on nuclear production “makes no sense,” Sarkozy said France will focus

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June 28, 2011 0 comment
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Why Japan Will Turn to Solar Energy Following Fukushima

written by Walter Wang

As the dire news continues to leach out of Fukishima, the silver lining in its nuclear cloud is that renewable energy technologies, despite their daunting start-up costs, are receiving renewed scrutiny.

Make no mistake – given the trillions of dollars invested over the last five decades in nuclear

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June 10, 2011 4 comments
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Germany’s Unlikely Champion Of a Radical Green Energy Path

written by Yale Environment 360

The disaster at the Fukushima plant in Japan convinced German Chancellor Angela Merkel that nuclear power would never again be a viable option for her country. Now Merkel has embarked on the world’s most ambitious plan to power an industrial economy on renewable sources of energy.

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May 10, 2011 0 comment
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