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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Reducing Nuclear Operational & Capital Costs By Improved Technology

By Rod Adams, December 1, 2011
I received a link from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to a fascinating video about their recent efforts to develop CoSecTM, a new resin technology that is more effective at capturing cobalt-60. Most of the radiation doses that nuclear workers receive come from this single isotope.  One possible cost savings aspect of this technology that the video did not mention is the...  » Continue...

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