March 2022

Nuclear Reactors 1010 - Concerns Grow Over Russian Occupation Of Ukrainian Nuclear Facilities - Part 1 of 2 Parts

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Zaporizhzhia Plant - By Ralf1969 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7343361

Part 1 of 2 Parts
     I have been monitoring the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants in Ukraine during the Russian invasion. Since the situation is rapidly evolving, I decided I needed to revisit the subject.

Radioactive Waste 846 - General Accounting Office Publishes A Report Critical Of Work At Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

     The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is located in southern New Mexico. It is the only underground nuclear waste repository in the U.S. It is intended primarily for waste generated in research and construction of nuclear weapons. The U.S. General Accounting Office just issued a report that the U.S.

Nuclear Fusion 170 - Marvel Fusion Betting On Laser Approach To Fusion.

     Marvel Fusion was founded in 2019. It is one of many startups trying to develop commercial nuclear fusion power reactors. The German company is utilizing an innovative approach that employs lasers instead of magnets. So far they have raised seventy million dollars. They are still years and billions of dollars away from even constructing a prototype.

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