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Why Does Spent Nuclear Fuel Glow Blue?

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?

01/16/2014 0 comment

Renewable Energy

Nuclear Meltdown Would Cause Fewer Deaths than Thought, NRC Finds

written by Yale Environment 360

A new analysis being produced by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) estimates that a meltdown at a nuclear plant would cause far fewer human fatalities than previously believed.

While earlier studies calculated that a meltdown caused by a prolonged loss of electric power could

08/02/2011 2 comments