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Too Little Too Late
The government has now pushed back its timescale for nuclear ‘new build’ by five years. So already after the energy review in 2006 the nuclear […]
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Thorium Reactors
I talked a bit about the question of thorium reactors and proliferation in a previous post. I try not to talk too much about pie-in-the-sky […]
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Dragons, Meteors and Nuclear Power
In a previous post I wrote about how far back we need to look to have a reasonable chance of seeing rare events such as […]
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Iran and Uranium Enrichment
In one of my previous posts I talked about the connection between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. In this post I am going to expand […]
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150 Years Is Not Enough
At a recent meeting on ‘Coastal Processes’ at Sizewell held at Snape Maltings on the of 29th February Colin Taylor (Environment Manager (Marine), New Nuclear […]
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More On Probability – At Least One Six in Six Throws of a Die
It is easy to work out how likely it is that you will throw six sixes in six throws of a die. There is 1/6 […]
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Nuclear Proliferation
In light of what is happening in Iran and North Korea it seems strange that there has been very little mentioned about the link between […]
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Controlling Nuclear Fission
Every induced fission event produces two or more neutrons. These neutrons can go on to induce more fission, or they can be absorbed without producing […]
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Production and Fission of Transuranic Elements In A Nuclear Reactor
If you are wondering where I am going with this it is because it is relevant to nuclear weapons proliferation, thorium fuel cycles and the […]
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Why The Nuclear Industry Cannot Predict The Past
The title of the post is not that original1 and you will have to bare with me to understand it. I read a yet another […]
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