Czech Republic May Build Five Nuclear reactors and China and Russia will cooporate on floating Nuclear reactors

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. Czech state power company, CEZ, s looking for offers to build not only two new reactors at Temelin, but also as many as three more at other sites that it owns. 2. China and Russia have agreed to expand nuclear power cooperation in seven areas, …

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Sandia’s In-Zinerator Concept For Transmuting Unburned Nuclear Fuel

Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Fusion Transmutation of Waste: Design and Analysis of the In-Zinerator Concept (2006, Sandia report, 102 pages) The separation and transmutation of transuranics is part of a solution to decreasing the volume and heat load of nuclear waste significantly to increase the repository capacity. A fusion neutron source …

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DARPA Works on Reinventing all of Manufacturing Modelled on the Semiconductor Industry to Boost Economic Growth in the USA

Popular Science reports – DARPA believes that replicating the semiconductor industry manufacturing model will enable other manufacturing sectors to experience similar economic booms. Vertical integration has become inefficient, dragging creative companies down with costs associated with maintaining manufacturing facilities. “The seams between each stage of development; between design and prototyping, early production runs, limited, and …

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Germany keeping all nuclear plants online and Other Nuclear News

1. Utility companies and the government have agreed to allow all of Germany’s 17 nuclear power plants to keep operating, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday, even two which were scheduled for closure soon. The two older reactors scheduled to be taken offline in the near future, Biblis A in Hesse and Neckarwestheim I in …

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Breakthrough digital video camera to replace 35mm film

Hi-res digital camera can match 35 mm film at a fraction of the price. See the Red digital cinema camera company site for the Red One and other cameras. The new camera has 4,096(h) x 2,304(v) of resolution and will only cost $17,500. A Panavision Millennium XL-2 35 mm video camera costs $25,000 per month …

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