Twin Dangers

Twin Dangers by Peter Bursztyn Two major worries around nuclear power are the twin dangers of nuclear proliferation and of terrorism. Nuclear proliferation refers to the increasing group of nations which possess and/or seek to possess nuclear weapons. Most thermonuclear

Nuclear Waste

Nuclear Waste by Peter Bursztyn Nuclear fission reactors produce highly radioactive waste which is hard to dispose of because it must be either well diluted (sometimes within a glass or ceramic block), or kept refrigerated for decades. One reason nuclear