Science backs nuclear burial plan
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There are no major scientific or technological barriers to burying  UK nuclear waste underground, scientists say.
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A German submarine that was sunk off Norway at the end of World War II will be buried in special sand to protect the coastline from its cargo of toxic mercury, the government announced Tuesday.
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Scientists have long believed that the planet is surrounded by a radiation belt. Now it's a confirmed fact. Compiled by Tony Long.
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The British government on Thursday approved a new generation of nuclear power stations, describing evidence in support of the move as "compelling", a minister said.
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By Jane Wooldridge, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, Chile -- A solitary grave sits near the top of the 10,000-foot pass, a simple monument with a yawning view of the bleached and scarred valley so loved by British geologist Sydney Hollingworth that he asked to buried here.
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Records buried in a landfill used for radioactive waste may be dug up to determine whether cancer-stricken workers from a defunct nuclear-weapons plant qualify for compensation, a federal official said.
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Science & environment: Scientists hope evidence will save other areas of land given over to timber and oil-palm plantations.
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To explore deeper into our solar system, maximum efficiencies may one day be extracted from sound waves. Los Alamos scientists have engine plans drawn up for making a big bang to push a pistonless drive forward.
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Experts investigating the death of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko say there is no radiation risk to those who had contact with the deceased.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Wednesday defended plans to resume studying the feasibility of an earth-penetrating nuclear warhead, saying many countries are burying targets underground and "we have no capability, conventional or nuclear" to go after them.
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Lawmakers agreed Friday to allow tons of radioactive sludge from Cold War bomb-making to be left in underground tanks at federal facilities in South Carolina and Idaho instead of being shipped to a central repository.
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By Louis Charbonneau VIENNA  - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has approved aBrazilian inspection plan that allows it to ensure nothing isdiverted from a uranium enrichment plant in Brazil to an atombomb program, the agency said Thursday.
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Argentina announced an ambitious plan Wednesday to expand its nuclear program to meet rising energy demands, including extending the life of existing plants and possibly resuming uranium mining.
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When Congress targeted Nevada as the nation's nuclear waste dumping ground, the state didn't have the political power to say no. Twenty years later, the most ardent foe of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump is about to become Senate majority leader. Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's new job, which gives him control over what legislation reaches the Senate floor, could deal a crippling blow to the already stumbling project.
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Researchers create rare, exotic, super-heavy metal isotopes using a particle accelerator to squash extra neutrons into atomic nuclei.
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has passed a bill obliging the government to continue efforts to develop a nuclear energy programme. Uranium enrichment can be used both for nuclear power and to make atomic bombs.
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Investigators have confirmed the discovery of traces of the isotope, polonium 210, in more locations than had previously been suspected.