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The Tritium Tempest in a Teapot

Tritium is nothing more than a "political" problem, generating lots of sound and fury from the media. Otherwise, it poses no threat to humans or the environment. ...

The Facts About Used Nuclear Fuel

The anti-nuclear mantra is that there is no solution to the “problem” of used nuclear fuel, and for this reason nuclear power plants should be shut down. The truth of the...

Basic Nuclear Reactor Safety — Part 2

This is Part 2 of a two-part series that addresses nuclear power plant safety objectives and the associated safety measures designed to achieve those objectives. The previous article explained that plant...

Basic Nuclear Reactor Safety — Part 1

This is Part 1 of a two-part series that will address nuclear power plant safety objectives and the associated safety measures designed to achieve those objectives. There are three operational safety...

Nuclear Industry Its Own Worst Enemy

The nuclear power complex made a huge mistake in how it originally promoted itself. That’s the contention of former MIT professor Jack Devanney in his latest book, Why Nuclear Power Has...

Radiation Dose and Cancer Risk

As a result of many decades of research, the health impacts of radiation are very well-understood. In a 2016 report, “Radiation: Effects and Sources,” the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) noted: We know...