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'Small Modular Reactors' No Panacea For What Ails Nuclear PowerWashington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 The same industry that promised that nuclear power would be "too cheap to meter" is now touting another supposed cure-all for America's power needs: the small modular reactor (SMR). The only problem is that SMRs are not only unlikely live up to the hype, but may well aggravate cost, safety, and environmental problems, according to a new fact sheet prepared by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). The small modular reactor i ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2010US authorities announced new safety rules Thursday for offshore oil and gas drilling, a move aimed at preventing a recurrence of the disastrous Deepwater Horizon accident earlier this year. The Interior Department said two new rules will toughen requirements for safety equipment, well control systems, and blowout prevention practices on offshore oil and gas operations; they also seek to addr ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 29, 2010British resources giant Vedanta's shares tumbled on Wednesday after the company's Indian subsidiary, Sterlite Industries, was ordered to close its large copper smelter on pollution grounds. The shutdown of India's largest copper producer by the Madras High Court marked the second major blow in two months for London-listed Vedanta, whose plan to be a major global metals player rests heavily o ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2010The White House on Thursday said it was "outrageous" and "sad" that Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu was holding up the confirmation of its new budget chief to protest an offshore drilling ban. In a rare public rebuke of a fellow Democrat, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said it was wrong to delay the confirmation of the new head of the Office and Management and Budget (OMB) when he enjoy ... more |
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Striding Towards A New Dawn For ElectronicsMontreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 29, 2010 Conductive polymers are plastic materials with high electrical conductivity that promise to revolutionize a wide range of products including TV displays, solar cells, and biomedical sensors. A team of McGill University researchers have now reported how to visualize and study the process of energy transport along one single conductive polymer molecule at a time, a key step towards bringing these exciting new applications to market. "We may easily study energy transport in a cable as thick as ... read more |
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