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The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) is marking thirty years of cleanup work at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site to ensure the protection and safety of the underlying Snake River Plain aquifer in compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Three-decades-of-cleanup-work-marked-at-US-legacy
Net-zero needs nuclear, UK minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change Greg Hands told the country's industry at the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear2021 conference in London last week in a strong message of support. The following is the text of his speech.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 07 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-UK-is-on-a-mission-for-fission
Scientists at the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have obtained some initial results from their investigations into cubes of uranium which were part of Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons programme, the American Chemical Society (ACS) reported on 24 August. Brittany Robertson, a doctoral student who works at PNNL will present the work at ACS Fall 2021 meeting.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 August 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-scientists-investigate-uranium-cubes-from-nazi-germanys-nuclear-programme-9032569
An experimental method developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to determine the age and origin of uranium samples is being used to investigate the provenance of historic material allegedly recovered from Nazi Germany's nuclear programme during World War II. As well as potentially solving the mystery of the 'Heisenberg cubes', these techniques could also be applied to investigations into illicit trafficking of nuclear material.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-scientists-working-to-solve-Heseinberg-cube-mys
It is now 75 years since the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and colleagues in Berlin. It is also 60 years after US president Dwight Eisenhower's UN address later known as the 'Atoms for Peace' speech, which essentially started the international nuclear supply industry.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 05 February 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-power-and-the-civil-military-link-4171667