Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Was Fukushima a China Syndrome?
May 16th, 2011Via: Time: The China Syndrome refers to a scenario in which a molten nuclear reactor core could could fission its way through its containment vessel, melt through the basement of the power plant and down into the earth. While a molten reactor core wouldn’t burn “all the way through to China” it could enter the […]
Fukushima: Highly Radioactive Sewer Sludge [???]
May 15th, 2011Wha?? How?? I… *mumble* *sputter* What is happening here? Is this from fallout coming down in rainwater and then getting into the sewage infrastructure? Via: Mainichi: Highly radioactive sludge found at sewage plants in Fukushima Prefecture will be temporarily kept at those plants, the central government has announced. The move came after high levels of […]
Another Synthetic Photosynthesis Breakthrough: Cuprous Oxide Stabilized for Semi Conductor Use in Water
May 15th, 2011Via: Press Release / Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: This discovery will make it possible to improve photoelectrochemical cells. In the same way that plants use photosynthesis to transform sunlight into energy, these cells use sunlight to drive chemical reactions that ultimately produce hydrogen from water. The process involves using a light-sensitive semi-conducting material such […]
Morganza Spillway Will Be Opened for First Time in 38 Years
May 15th, 2011Via: Weather Channel / AP: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says federal officials have been given approval to open a Louisiana spillway as early as Saturday to avert a Mississippi River disaster in places like Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Jindal said Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers had received permission to open the Morganza […]
And Now… Polyester Covers Will Be Built Around Melting Down Fukushima Reactors
May 13th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones: Giant polyester covers will soon be placed around the damaged reactor buildings at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex to help contain the release of radioactive substances into the atmosphere, the plant operator said Friday. Tokyo Electric Power Co. will install the first cover at the No. 1 reactor, […]
FUKUSHIMA REACTOR 1: FULL MELTDOWN, REACTOR VESSEL BREACHED
May 13th, 2011Via: Reuters: One of the reactors at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has a hole in its main vessel following a meltdown of fuel rods, leading to a leakage of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday. The disclosure by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is the latest indication that the disaster was worse […]
Fukushima: Fuel Rods Dropped to the Bottom of Reactor 3, More Highly Radioactive Water Going Into Ocean
May 12th, 2011*shaking head* Via: AFP: THE operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant reported new problems yesterday, including a water leak from a reactor vessel and another spill of contaminated water into the ocean. The update by Tokyo Electric Power Company came as the government announced a cull of thousands of cattle and other livestock now […]
Japan Scraps Plans to Expand Nuclear Power Capacity
May 11th, 2011Consultations with Captain Obvious were obviously worth it. Via: Washington Post: Japan will scrap a plan to obtain half of its electricity from nuclear power and will instead promote renewable energy and conservation as a result of its ongoing nuclear crisis, the prime minister said Tuesday. Naoto Kan said Japan needs to “start from scratch” […]
Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant: “Unknown Amount” of Tritium Released Into Mississippi River
May 8th, 2011I guess the intertubes are so clogged with fake Bin Laden nonsense that this one wasn’t important enough to mention. There are only two references to this story on Google News at the moment and 60,900 for Bin Laden. Via: Natchez Democrat: An unknown amount of radioactive water was released accidentally into the Mississippi River […]
Andrea Rossi’s Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat)
May 4th, 2011If you are a faculty member of a university physics department (or other related discipline) and would like a comment to appear here, please email me from your university account. Know that your full name will appear along with the comment. Via: NyTeknik: In a detailed report, two Swedish physicists exclude chemical reactions as the […]
