Energy is an interdisciplinary technology-supported middle school science inquiry curriculum. This curriculum focuses on the world's energy resources. Students use geospatial information technology...
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The Energy Policy Act (EPA) addresses energy production in the United States, including: (1) energy efficiency; (2) renewable energy; (3) oil and gas; (4) coal; (5) Tribal...
During 2001-2004, research was performed to develop test data on the embrittlement of niobium-bearing (Zr-1%Nb) cladding of the VVER type under loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) conditions. Procedures...
Twelve pulse tests of fuel rods with UO2 high burnup fuel and Zr-1%Nb cladding were performed in the Russian research reactor, BIGR. Fuel rods were refabricated from Russian VVER pressurized water...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - responsible for protecting public health and the environment from potential hazards involved in using nuclear materials - took prompt action to enhance...
Spent nuclear fuel refers to uranium-bearing fuel elements that have been used at commercial nuclear reactors and that are no longer producing enough energy to sustain a nuclear reaction. Once the...
The mission of the U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Program is to advance plasma science, fusion science, and fusion technology ? the knowledge base needed for an economically and environmentally a...
UCS staff monitor and work to improve the safety and security provisions at existing nuclear power plants and the performance of the industry's oversight body--the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;...
In operation since 1949, INL is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's missions in nuclear and energy research, science, and...