Read more nuclear reactor stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3758/nuclear-reactor.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:04:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72962/well-ride-nuke-to-mars-russia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Russians are planning to ride a $600 million nuclear-powered spaceship to Mars, and they say they may begin construction by 2012. “It’s a very serious project, and we need to find the money,” president Dmitry Medvedev says. Small nuclear reactors and batteries have long powered satellites, but their adaptation...http://www.newser.com/story/72962/well-ride-nuke-to-mars-russia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66838/radioactive-isotope-shortage-stalls-medical-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTrouble at nuclear reactors that produce two-thirds of the world’s medical isotopes have created massive testing delays in the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The isotopes, created in Canada and the Netherlands, are used for presurgery stress tests and to locate some cancers; doctors are limping along with older, less...http://www.newser.com/story/66838/radioactive-isotope-shortage-stalls-medical-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 15:44:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62666/red-tape-chokes-path-to-next-gen-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA handful of startups are designing an exciting new generation of modular nuclear reactors that could solve our energy woes, writes legendary tech investor Bob Metcalfe in the Wall Street Journal . Small enough to fit on a kitchen table, they’re cheap and safe and use non-weapons-grade fuel. “As an Internet...http://www.newser.com/story/62666/red-tape-chokes-path-to-next-gen-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 9:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51884/crash-reminds-us-of-dangers-of-nuke-armed-subs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Cold War is over, and the threats of terrorism and economic collapse have made it easy to forget about the possibility of sudden, total annihilation by nuclear weapons. Until, that is, last week’s collision between French and British nuclear submarines, Clemens Höges writes for Der Spiegel . It's a reminder...http://www.newser.com/story/51884/crash-reminds-us-of-dangers-of-nuke-armed-subs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 16:59:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46819/israel-fears-rocket-attack-on-nuke-plant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli officials, shaken by the size and sophistication of Hamas' rocket arsenal, fear the country's nuclear center at Dimona may be targeted, the Times of London reports. The group's new, more accurate, Grad missiles, smuggled in by land and sea, can penetrate significantly farther into Israel than the crude, home-made...http://www.newser.com/story/46819/israel-fears-rocket-attack-on-nuke-plant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Jan 2009 3:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43131/israel-target-in-syria-likely-nuclear-site-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Syrian facility Israel bombed last year looks a lot like a nuclear reactor, UN inspectors said today, though they stopped short of calling it one. The independent investigation found manipulated uranium and features like large cooling pumps that are hallmarks of a nuclear site, the Washington Post reports. Syria...http://www.newser.com/story/43131/israel-target-in-syria-likely-nuclear-site-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38626/chavez-building-reactor-with-russian-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn his latest challenge to Washington, Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez has announced that his nation is developing a nuclear reactor—with Russian support, Reuters reports. "We are interested in development of nuclear energy, of course for peaceful purposes—for medical purposes, for electricity," Chavez said yesterday at a political rally....http://www.newser.com/story/38626/chavez-building-reactor-with-russian-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 4:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30369/mccain-calls-for-45-new-nuke-plants-by-2030.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain continued his energy campaign theme last night by calling for 45 nuclear power plants to be built by 2030, Reuters reports. He said he would eventually like to see 100 new plants to combat global warming and make the US energy independent. The nation's 104 reactors provide about...http://www.newser.com/story/30369/mccain-calls-for-45-new-nuke-plants-by-2030.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jun 2008 5:05:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25589/syria-must-come-clean-on-nukes-us-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA covert nuclear reactor in Syria was only months away from producing uranium for weapons when Israel destroyed it in a bombing raid, US intelligence officials say. The officials briefed members of Congress on the Israeli raid in September, asserting that North Korea helped Syria build the site. The White...http://www.newser.com/story/25589/syria-must-come-clean-on-nukes-us-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Apr 2008 20:31:33 CDT