July 2023

Nuclear Reactors 1243 - Ukraine Fears That Russia May Deliberately Blow Up The Zaporizizhia Nuclear Power Plant.

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

     Located in southeast Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia is the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe. It normally produces about twenty percent of Ukraine’s electricity. The plant was captured by Russian forces in March of 2022. At the time of its capture, it was feared that the Russian forces would destroy the plant to halt a Ukrainian advance.

Radioactive Waste 910 - University of Manchester Researchers Find That Some Types Of Bacteria Would Improve Containment Of Nuclear Waste

     Certain microbes can use radionuclides such as uranium and neptunium instead of oxygen. In the process, they convert the radionuclides from soluble forms to insoluble forms which makes them less mobile. This should improve our confidence in radioactive waste disposal plans according to Jonathan Lloyd. Lloyd is a geomicrobiologist at the University of Manchester in the U.K.

Nuclear Weapons 824 - Missing Russian Nuclear Weapons

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     Before it collapsed in 1991, the Soviet Union (S.U.) manufactured more than twenty-seven thousand nuclear weapons. They also produced more than enough weapons grade uranium and plutonium to make another eighty-one thousand nuclear weapons. The S.U. suffered severe economic distress, widespread corruption, lax security and dependency on the bureaucratic.

Nuclear Reactors 1242 - Consolidated Uranium Incorporated Is Reopening The Tony Mine In Utah To Ascertain Levels Of Uranium and Vanadium

     Consolidated Uranium Incorporated (CU) is based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. It has announced the start of a set of comprehensive work programs. One such program involves the reopening of the underground workings of its Tony M uranium mine. It has been fifteen years since the mine last produced uranium. CU also plans to investigate the vanadium potential of the underground Tony M mine.

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