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• University of Nevada gets DOE Grant to Study Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling

  The University of Nevada News has posted a brief article about a new project to develop ways to use molten salts to recycle used nuclear fuel. Mano Misra, Director of the Center for Materials Research and a professor in the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering said the following about the project: “This will be so cost effective and safe, and solve the dilemma of disposal and storage... Posted Nov 15 2008, 08:38 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Recycling, University of Nevada

• Investor's Business Daily Editorial in Support of Nuclear Fuel Recyling

  It is encouraging to find that some members of the investment oriented press are beginning to "get it" with regard to the opportunity provided by nuclear power. They are also beginning to understand that the old anti-nuke mantra of "we do not know what to do with the waste" is being overcome by reality. There is an editorial on Investor's Business Daily that discusses nuclear... Posted Oct 19 2008, 07:14 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Recycling

• Comparing the Scale of Used Nuclear Fuel to Capturing Coal Emissions

  The Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blog has an October 17, 2008 post titled Coal Storage: Clean Coal’s Next Big Hurdle? . It attempts to put the challenge of storing CO2 from coal fired power plants into the same bin as the challenge of storing used nuclear fuel. It gives a completely inaccurate picture of the differences between the real obstacles to future use of our two main electricity... Posted Oct 19 2008, 06:34 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Recycling

• Nuclear fuel recycling discussion with NNadir on The Atomic Show Podcast

  The Nuclear Fuel Recycling Discussion in South Carolina broke an all time record for the number of comments received on an Atomic Insights post. I got so interested in the discussion that I invited one of my favorite bloggers - NNadir from Daily Kos - on to The Atomic Show Podcast to discuss some of his professional interest in the valuable materials that could be extracted from used nuclear fuel.... Posted Sep 17 2008, 09:07 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Recycling

• Nuclear Fuel Recycling Discussion in South Carolina

  In recent weeks, there has been an expanding discussion of the concept of nuclear fuel recycling in the state of South Carolina. I have been following it rather closely for a number of reasons. I have a soft spot in my heart for South Carolina; I spent five and a half very good years living in Charleston and both of my daughters can claim to be natives of that independently minded state. South Carolina... Posted Sep 14 2008, 04:29 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Recycling, South Carolina