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Friends, The 19 Aug issue of Science has a “News Focus”
on nuclear power. The intros to the articles are below. I can send PDFs
if you need them. Specify the section(s). The ‘reactors’
section is most significant. Regards, Jim Muckerheide =================== 2 pages: News Focus NUCLEAR POWER: Eliot The threat of global
warming and high fossil fuel prices have inspired talk of a revival of nuclear
power, but skeptics say it is a poor investment and a worse security risk 2 pages: MAP: Mason Inman In the past half-century, nuclear fission has emerged from behind
a wall of military secrecy to become a widely used source of commercial
electricity. 4 pages: REACTORS: Daniel Clery Reactor builders think that fossil fuel prices and climate fears
will revive nuclear power. But will new reactor designs overcome the concerns
of utilities and the public? This section includes a box on: RETHINKING NUCLEAR POWER: Pallava Bagla 2 pages:
Gong Yidong and Dennis
Normile While Western governments debate the pros and cons of replacing
old nuclear power plants, 1 page (chart): RETHINKING NUCLEAR POWER: Mason Inman Few countries have a concrete plan for disposing of long-lived
radioactive waste, but those that do are converging on the same idea: Dig a
deep mine, store the material in robust containers, and rely on geology to keep
it out of the biosphere for tens of thousands of years. |