Seismic Faults Pose Risk to California Nuclear Power Plant
Washington DC (Sputnik) Dec 05, 2014 -
Multiple fault lines pose a risk to the safety of the seaside Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California, as they could be more powerful than previously estimated, a former state senator told a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
"The faults surrounding Diablo [Canyon] are now understood to be larger and more connected than previously believed," Sam Blakeslee, who is also the former Californ ...
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Finnish energy giant to invest in major nuclear power project
Helsinki, Finland (XNA) Dec 05, 2014 -
Finland's biggest energy company Fortum has decided to invest in a major nuclear power project and thus improve its chances of winning approval from the parliament later this week.
Fortum said on Tuesday that it will join Fennovoima project, located in northwestern Finland, with a 15 percent share. The entry of Fortum will satisfy a criteria for parliamentary approval, which requires at le ...
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See it, touch it, feel it
Bristol, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2014 -
Technology has changed rapidly over the last few years with touch feedback, known as haptics, being used in entertainment, rehabilitation and even surgical training. New research, using ultrasound, has developed an invisible 3D haptic shape that can be seen and felt.
The research paper, published in the current issue of ACM Transactions on Graphics and which will be presented at this week' ...
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EBRD to provide additional 350 mln euros for Chernobyl safety project
Kiev, Ukraine (XNA) Dec 05, 2014 -
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide an additional 350 million euros (about 435.12 million U.S. dollars) for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's "Confinement" project, the bank said Tuesday.
The additional funding will be used for the completion of a new shell over the damaged Chernobyl reactor to convert it into a safe and environmentally secure facilit ...
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Research could improve nuclear power plant safety
Leeds, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2014 -
Taking inspiration from nature, researchers have created a versatile model to predict how stalagmite-like structures form in nuclear processing plants - as well as how lime scale builds up in kettles.
"It's a wonderful example of how complex mathematical models can have everyday applications," said Dr Duncan Borman, from the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds, a co-auth ...
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Amazon's Bezos to be 'bold' despite failures
New York (AFP) Dec 02, 2014 -
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos acknowledged Tuesday missteps which have cost the tech giant billions, but said that is the price for taking "bold bets."
"I've made billions of dollars of failures at Amazon.com," Bezos told a New York conference sponsored by the news website Business Insider.
"My job is to encourage people to be bold... If you're going to take bold bets, there's going to be ex ...
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Exploring Comets and Asteroids is an International Endeavor
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2014 -
NASA and space agencies across the globe are opening up new possibilities for space exploration with missions to comets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies.
Following NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spacecraft observations of the close flyby of Mars by comet Siding Spring in October, and the successful November landing of ESA's Philae lan ...
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