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Nuke News / Re: Opinion The ghosts of nucl...

Last post by hamsamich - Yesterday at 09:52

reminds me of my wife and her plans for the yard.   

[NRC board to hear challenges to Dow's Long Mott application]

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Nuke News / NRC board to hear challenges t...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 12:12

NRC board to hear challenges to Dow's Long Mott application

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-02-20/article-7771/nrc-board-to-hear-challenges-to-dows-long-mott-application/

[Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel hears worries, but mostly support for Three Mile Island restart]

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Nuke News / Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 12:10

Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel hears worries, but mostly support for Three Mile Island restart

https://penncapital-star.com/energy-environment/nuclear-regulatory-commission-panel-hears-worries-but-mostly-support-for-tmi-restart/

[ORNL, Kairos Power partner to advance deployment of next-gen nuclear energy]

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Nuke News / ORNL, Kairos Power partner to ...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 12:08

ORNL, Kairos Power partner to advance deployment of next-gen nuclear energy

https://www.ornl.gov/news/ornl-kairos-power-partner-advance-deployment-next-gen-nuclear-energy

[Scientists decry Trump's rush to loosen radiation exposure standards]

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Nuke News / Scientists decry Trump’s rush ...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 12:06

Scientists decry Trump's rush to loosen radiation exposure standards

https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-decry-trump-s-rush-loosen-radiation-exposure-standards

[National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States]

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Nuke News / National analysis of cancer mo...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 12:03

Long and technical and does not reach a conclusion only a recommendation to study further. Sounds a bit like the "Tooth Fairy Project" or the "Portsmouth Shipyard radiation exposure study."

National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69285-4

[Gov. Evers announces siting study for new Wisconsin nuclear]

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Nuke News / Gov. Evers announces siting st...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 11:47

Gov. Evers announces siting study for new Wisconsin nuclear

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-02-20/article-7773/gov-evers-announces-siting-study-for-new-wisconsin-nuclear/

#8

Nuke News / Re: US particle accelerators t...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 11:45

"The technology can effectively "burn" the most hazardous components."  That's such an exaggeration of what high neutron flux is. It's just concentrated neutrons.  It's still neutrons hitting a nucleus and splitting or reordering.

I disagree and the people with the big brains and big degrees seem to disagree and say you can transmute the longer-lived isotopes. Happens in commercial reactors that produce plutonium then burn it to produce a fraction of the plants power.

"Instead of having a lifetime of 100,000 years in storage, for example, you can shorten the storage years down to 300," said Rongli Geng, head of SRF Science & Technology at Jefferson Lab and principal investigator for both projects."

https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-power-plant/nuclear-fuel/plutonium/plutonium-pwr/

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Nuke News / Re: US particle accelerators t...

Last post by Mounder - Yesterday at 10:54

"The technology can effectively "burn" the most hazardous components."  That's such an exaggeration of what high neutron flux is. It's just concentrated neutrons.  It's still neutrons hitting a nucleus and splitting or reordering.

[US unveils 'world's first' irradiated molten salt research facility for next-gen reactors]

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Nuke News / US unveils 'world’s first' irr...

Last post by Marlin - Yesterday at 10:46

US unveils 'world's first' irradiated molten salt research facility for next-gen reactors

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/us-unveils-world-s-first-irradiated-molten-salt-research-facility-for-next-gen-reactors/ar-AA1WKCpr