Reactors
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Thorium reactors have long been proposed as a cleaner, safer alternative to nuclear energy. Now Russian scientists propose a new thorium reactor design that can burn weapons-grade plutonium, producing power and thermal energy while disposing of nuclear waste at the same time.
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Hitachi, in partnership with MIT, the University of Michigan, and the University of California, Berkeley are working on new reactor designs that use transuranic nuclear waste for fuel; leaving behind only short-lived radioactive elements.
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MIT is developing tiny spherical swimming robots that could check pipes in nuclear reactors for leaks.
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ScienceWhat if there existed a means of nuclear power generation with which these risks were drastically reduced?
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Ostara makes fertilizer from phosphorus, which it harvests from municipal raw sewage.
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ScienceResearchers using computer simulations have created a mechanism whereby displaced atoms (caused by radiation) are returned to their rightful place.