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Self-Healing Ceramics for Nuclear Safety

Posted by timothy on from the now-with-fewer-pulsating-tumors dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have used supercomputers to simulate how common ceramics could repair themselves after radiation-induced damages. This is an important discovery because 'materials that can resist radiation damage are needed to expand the use of nuclear energy.' These ceramics, which are able to handle high radiation doses, could improve the durability of nuclear power plants. They also might help to solve the problem of nuclear waste storage. But read more for additional references about how this research could improve nuclear safety."

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  1. Re:Gads, I will be happy when the IFR comes by polar+red · · Score: 1, Informative

    burning up nuclear waste ???? That just spreads the radiation into the air

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  2. Re:Gas Cooled Fast reactor by polar+red · · Score: 1, Informative

    Solar/Wind are subsidized more than nuclear you are DEAD WRONG. look up who Insures nuclear power plants. look up the research costs, look up who pays for the instances who check the plants ... THAT is all also part of subsidy.
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  3. Re:Gads, I will be happy when the IFR comes by SDF-7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, breeder reactors (or high burnup fuel) not literal combustion. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnup .