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- The winner is�. // New Scientist;7/2/2005, Vol. 187 Issue 2506, p7
The article reports that after two ears of acrimonious arguments, the debate about where to build the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor has been settled. Dispute has been raging since 2003 over whether to build the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) at Rokkashomura in...
- Fusion factory. Nathan, Stuart // Engineer (00137758);9/19/2011, Vol. 296 Issue 7824, p28
The article reports on the creation of ITER, the first fusion reactor to achieve self-sustaining operation and generate net energy in Great Britain. It discusses the difference between ITER and the Joint European Torus (JET) which was replaced by an entire reactor lining consisting of 5,000...
- Europe breaks ranks over fusion project site. Butler, Declan // Nature;12/2/2004, Vol. 432 Issue 7017, p538
Reports on the condition and status of the ITER fusion reactor project site in Europe. Collaboration of research institutes for the project; Convention of the research and industry ministers; Agreement with the Japanese government.
- Combining Fission and Fusion Could Mean Clean Nukes. // Electrical Wholesaling;Feb2009, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p32
The article focuses on the development of a system capable of making nuclear power cleaner and more viable replacement of carbon-heavy energy sources by physicists at the University of Texas. The system is coupled with light-water fission reactor with fusion reactor that can consume 99.9 percent...
- The story of Nukey Poo. Wilkes, Owen; Mann, Robert // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Oct1978, Vol. 34 Issue 8, p32
The article offers information on the shut down and dismantling of a U.S. nuclear reactor in Antarctica. In April 1960, the Atomic Energy Commission released some studies on the economic advantages of nuclear reactors at several remote military bases. The Pentagon was finding diesel fuel too...
- Disaster on the High Seas. // Progressive;Jun90, Vol. 54 Issue 6, p10
Expresses concern over Japan's proposal to ship the spent fuel from their nuclear reactors to Europe to have it processed into plutonium and then sent back to the country. Health risks from exposure to plutonium; Potential for natural or other types of disasters during shipment; Possibility...
- Nuclear power near Hong Kong. Hummert, Vic // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Mar1983, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p62
The article presents the author's comments on an article on China's nuclear energy by Vaslav Smil in one of the previous issues of the journal. He points out that the writer should have mentioned about the threat to ecological balance with the development of a nuclear power plant near Hong Kong....
- ITER indecision is final. // Engineer (00137758);Jan2004, Vol. 293 Issue 7642, p6
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- Fusion Illusion. Montague, Peter // New Internationalist;Sep2005, Issue 382, p14
Comments on the economic and environmental impact of the world's most ambitious fusion reactor in France being constructed in 2005. Project cost and details; Reaction of environmentalists to the project; Effects of the facility on power supply.
