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Nuclear road car can be powered by 8 grams of thorium for the rest of its life
Since 1886 when the world got its first motorized car, the automotive industry has come a long way from big engines barely making several horsepower to extremely efficient and green technology driving modern cars. But, diminishing fuel reserves and emission issues still continue to haunt the industry as we have still not quite found the…
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Russia to get the world’s first floating nuclear power station by 2016
Post the Fukushima incident, usage of nuclear power has been hugely condemned across the globe. But, shipping vessels and military ships powered by nuclear reactors have been there for quite some time without any incidents. Thus, the idea of a floating nuclear power station sounds brilliant! A unique vessel called Akademik Lomonoso is being built…
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South Korea relies on Smart meters to wipe out need for a new Nuke plant
South Korea seems to have learned a lesson from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and has stumbled across a better way to keep homes well lighted and powered on. Instead of building a new nuclear reactor, utility company Korea Electric Power Corp has announced a plan to install Smart Meters across the nation by…
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iPhone Radiation Dock helps Japan track the impact of nuclear crisis
Ever since tragedy struck in Japan, the country has been frantically trying various measures to come back on its feet. The latest is a portable Geiger counter that docks with an iPhone. By calling your iPhone, you can listen to the familiar clicks, which indicates the amount of radiation present in a particular area. It…
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Detect nuclear radiations with the Geiger Counter FJ-2000, for $824
After the tragic incidents in Japan, this sophisticated and accurate Geiger Counter FJ-2000 that can measure radiation in your surroundings seems to have become very popular. The device lets comers with a range of 0.1µSv/H – 99.99mSv/h, allowing you to find out instantly whether you should be worried about radiation leaks or not. Traditionally a…
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Swiss now famous for ultra secure server farm in underground ex-nuclear bunker
The Swiss are known for the Alps and of course those off-shore, sometimes secret but super secure bank accounts. Now they’re going to be famous for another secure entity… servers. Somewhere in those beautiful Swiss Alps is an old Nuclear Bunker that’s been converted into an ultra secure server farm that’s apparently been designed to…
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CERN Nuclear Physicists sing a song – Video
It’s not what you’d expect of nuclear physics researchers, but I swear it’s true. CERN – the European Organization for Nuclear Research – are not only top brains when it comes to particle physics, but they can sing too! The CERN choir may have been an organizational secret, but not any more. Looking their bespectacled,…
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US Navy to get new ultra high-tech aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford class
The US Navy is on its way to getting a new super high-tech nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding are the guys doing the building and work has been underway since September of last year. If the schedule is maintained the CVN-78 or Gerald R. Ford (the first of its kind class of aircraft carrier)…
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343 is the FDNY’s state of the art, super boat designed to detect nuclear agents
Enter the super-boat . The Fire Department of New York aka FDNY has just shown off their new high tech weapon against terror their loaded to the bow, state-of-the-art fireboat – the “Three Forty Three,”. 343 is named in honor of the 343 members of the FDNY who died during the 9/11 attacks. According to…
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New Software for iPhone simulates nuclear reactor core, impressive
The iPhone’s versatility is working its way into all fields and has now gone nuclear. Not literally of course but Apple’s favorite handset has a new application that’s been developed by the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute that’s making quite big news. The software is being used by the university’s Nuclear Engineering…
