Nuclear Energy Institute
The NEI's mission is to shape policy that ensures the beneficial uses of nuclear energy and related technologies.
Political mission aside, it also has good background information.
UC-Berkeley's Dept of Nuclear Engineering's Nuclear Links.
Nice selection of links dealing with a diverse set of topics.
Todd's Atomic Homepage.
A lot of information on just about anything in anyway related to nuclear technology.
Nuclear Information and Resources Service (NIRS)
Information and networking center for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear
power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues.
US Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE is a leading science and technology agency whose research supports our nation's energy
security, national security, environmental quality, and contributes to a better quality of life for
all Americans. Among other things, they are tasked with developing nuclear power.
Report: Nuke
Waste Reaches Dump (ABC News, 3/26/99)
The government’s first nuclear waste depository has opened in New Mexico.
Natural Radioactive Series
(Java Applet)
An interactive representation of radioactive decay series. The four series represented are
232Th, 241Pu, 238U, and 235U.
[article] The Long Arm of Radiation:
Cancer risk could extend to future generations (5/4/00)
British and Russian scientists studying the effects of radiation suggest that the third generation of mice exposed to acute ionizing
radiation -- the kind you get from an atomic blast, not a standard series of X-rays -- were more likely than normal to have genetic
mutations. Results of the study appear in today's issue of Nature.
Report:
After Nukes, Nature Thrives (ABC News, 6/24/99)
The factory site of decades of secret nuclear bomb-making has turned out to be a lush wildlife area.
Report:
Nuclear Workers’ Payback (ABC News, 7/15/99)
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said a potential $13 million compensation program for workers in
the nation's nuclear weapons plants is long overdue given the risks of their work.
Report: Plant
Workers Exposed to Plutonium (ABC News, 8/9/99)
Thousands of workers at a plant in Paducah, Ky., were exposed to plutonium and didn’t
know it, according to a report in The Washington Post.
The Virtual Nuclear Tourist:
Nuclear Power Plants Around the World
Despite its name, this site isn't a "walking tour", but instead a "short course" on nuclear power generation
starting with the basics of nuclear fission to diagrams and photos of actual power plants. A good start for
the budding nuclear power student.
Nuclear Power Plant Simulation.
A nice little sim. The control-room operators of the Kärnobyl nuclear power plant are telecommuting and are
running the plant through the Web. However, the mean time between failure for the components of Kärnobyl
is not great. Try to keep the reactor stable when component failures occur!
NEI's Nuclear Energy Story
A series of pages outlining the past, present, and future of nuclear power plants.
Nuke-Westlab.
Numerous links to other nuclear power sites.
Yucca Mountain Project
The U.S. Department of Energy is studying Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to determine if it's a suitable place to build a geologic
repository for the nation's commercial and defense spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
[article] Chernobyl Far Down the List of Global
Radiation Sources (6/9/2000)
The greatest contribution to the world population’s annual dose of nuclear radiation is not the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl,
nor is it the legacy of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. It comes from natural background radiation, according to a new detailed assessment of radiation sources and health effects from a United Nations scientific committee.
German Nuclear Phaseout Deal Near, Gaps Remain (6/12/00)
The German government and electricity industry look set to formally agree a phaseout plan for nuclear power this week, following a breakthrough achieved in a meeting between chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Manfred Remmel, president and CEO of the power
firm RWE Energie, on June 7.
Atomic Archive
Explore the history, science, and consequences of the atomic bomb. Follow a timeline that takes you down the path of our
nuclear past, from the 1920s to the present. Read biographies of A-bomb father Robert Oppenheimer and other key scientists
of the nuclear age. See the Trinity Test through Enrico Fermi's eye as you read his first hand account of that history making
event. Examine maps of the damage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and summaries of arms-control treaties. You'll also find a
gallery of exclusive photographs and animations of nuclear physics.
Nuclear Blast Mapper
Supply Blast Mapper with any location, and it will display a map that shows a nuclear weapon's "zones of
destruction" with that location at the center. You can even choose between a relatively small detonation at
earth's surface, which will produce substantial fallout, and an especially destructive large detonation at
high altitude.
