]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/radioactive-decay Blog Articles Tagged with 'radioactive-decay' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/150253?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay David McKay made what I would categorize as a blunder in his new book, Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air . McKay asks, Could nuclear power be sustainable ? Then he asks a two more questions How great are the world- wide supplies of urani... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/150253?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:32:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/141843?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay A Primer on Nuclear Safety:2.5 Defense in DepthThe Pebble Bed Reactor OptionDuring the late 1940's research began in Oak Ridge on safe reactor designs.Farrington Daniels was a pioneering advocate of the practical use of solar energy. Daniels had be... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/141843?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:09:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/141151?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay A Primer on Nuclear Safety:2.3 Defense in DepthLight Water Reactors - Water and other safety featuresThe most important aspect of safety in Light Water Reactors is the cooling system. The coioling system also serves te purpose of moderating the nucl... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/141151?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:17:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/135097?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay The Rocky Mountain Institute advocates using the closed loop sort of materials and energy handling system found in nature: Using nature as mentor, model, and measure often yields superior design solutions that profitably eliminate waste, loss, and ha... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/135097?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:47:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/115130?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay 1.4 ComplexityIf reactors are able to operate in unsafe conditions, there is an open invitation for an accident to happen. Light water reactors are complex systems. The one billion electric watts reactors so beloved by the civilian nuclear indust... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/115130?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:31:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/111112?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay Nuclear safety1.1 Heat and primitive reactorsA nuclear reactor is a structure designed to create the controlled fission of fissionable isotopes. Nuclear fission produces heat. In addition to the heat generated by nuclear fission, the radioactive dec... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/111112?rsstype=tag&tag=radioactive-decay Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:06:00 -0400