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The Energy Challenge - Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a ...

Concerns about global warming and dwindling supplies of fossil fuels have rekindled interest in building nuclear power reactors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/24nuke.html

The Future of Nuclear Power

An interdisciplinary MIT faculty group decided to study the future of nuclear power because of a belief that this technology is an important option for the ...

http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/

DOE - Office of Nuclear Energy

The technology focus of the Nuclear Power 2010 program is on Generation III+ ... To enable the deployment of new Generation III+ nuclear power plants in the ...

http://www.ne.doe.gov/np2010/nenp2010a.html

NRC: Students' Corner

Nuclear energy is a way of creating heat through the fission process of atoms. All power plants convert heat into electricity using steam. At nuclear power ...

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html

The limits of nuclear power - International Herald Tribune

Oct 20, 2008 ... John McCain has called for building 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030 ... But to what extent can nuclear power really help achieve energy ...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/20/opinion/edbotkin.php

October 28, 2008: The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power

Oct 28, 2008 ... If all the costs of generating nuclear electricity are included in the price to consumers, nuclear power is dead in the water. ...

http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update78.htm

IEEE Virtual Museum: Nuclear Power

Nuclear power is the result of fission. Fission is the splitting of atoms to produce a chain reaction that creates a lot of energy. ...

http://ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit/exhibit.php

Nuclear Power Plants | RadTown USA | US EPA

This page describes Nuclear Power Plants, who protects us from this radiation source, what you can do to protect yourself and provides a list of resources ...

http://www.epa.gov/radtown/nuclear-plant.html

Nuclear Power Risk

The principal risks associated with nuclear power arise from health effects of radiation. This radiation consists of subatomic particles traveling at or ...

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/np-risk.htm

Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack

represent the credible terrorist threat faced by nuclear power plants, ... nuclear power plants against terrorist attacks as outlined in the new DBT,” the ...

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/crs/rs21131.pdf

Is Nuclear Power Viable? - TIME

Jun 6, 2008 ... Politicians in Washington are pushing to bring back nuclear power, but at least one energy expert questions their wisdom.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1812540,00.html

YouTube - Nuclear Power

Dec 19, 2006 ... Nuclear Power For The Masses.Promotional clip for http://www.globe-watch.org.

http://www.youtube.com/watch

Nuclear Power A Thorny Issue For Candidates : NPR

Jul 21, 2008 ... Republican John McCain says he supports nuclear power. Democrat Barack Obama says it shouldn't be taken off the table.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php

FEMA: Nuclear Power Plant Emergency

Reports prepared by FEMA on the issues involved in nuclear emergency management and background information on nuclear hazards.

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/nuclear/index.shtm

BSC || Nuclear Power Technology

This program, established with the Energy Providers Coalition for Education ( EPCE), is designed for current and future nuclear power employees. ...

http://www.bismarckstate.edu/energy/students/nupt/

Joseph Gonyeau's Virtual Nuclear Tourist! Nuclear Plants Around ...

The Virtual Nuclear Tourist ! Nuclear Power Plants Around the World ... Inside a Nuclear Power Plant; Photos and Graphics ...

http://www.nucleartourist.com/

Japan's Nuclear Power Program: Power for the Future of Japan

Japan Nuclear Power (FEPC) website brought to you by the Washington office of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC).

http://www.japannuclear.com/

Nuclear Power Plant to Be Converted to Green Data Center : TreeHugger

Nov 12, 2008 ... Photo via 1&1 A green data center is going to get a new, unlikely home in Hanau, Germany. 1&1 has chosen a never-used nuclear fuel facility ...

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/nuclear-power-plant-converted-to-green-data-center.php

NUCLEAR POWER

Nuclear power plants use the amazing power of the atom to generate electricity with a very low fuel cost and much less pollution than fossil fuel plants. ...

http://library.thinkquest.org/2763/Electricity/Generating/Nuclear.html

What is Nuclear Power?

Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Nuclear Power?

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-nuclear-power.htm