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Natural sources account for most of the radiation we all receive each year. Up to a quarter originates mainly from medical procedures. 

Natural sources account for most of the radiation we all receive each year. Up to a quarter originates mainly from medical procedures. 

Environmental and ethical aspects of radioactive waste management.

The RBMK is an unusual reactor design, one of two to emerge in the Soviet Union. The design had several shortcomings, and was the design involved in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Major modifications have been made to the RMBK reactors still operating.

British scientists were preeminent in the development of nuclear energy through to the early 1940s and a domestic nuclear industry grew to provide up to one third of electricity before starting to gradually retire. Now the country is working to build a new wave of power plant...

Armenia has relied heavily on nuclear power since 1976. It has one reactor in operation and the government plans to build another.

Decommissioning costs for nuclear power plants, including disposal of associated wastes, contribute only a small fraction of the total cost of electricity generation. Proven techniques and equipment are available to dismantle nuclear facilities.

Australian Research Reactors, Australia has a new state of the art research reactor – OPAL, which commenced operation in 2006. Australia was one of the first countries to build a civil research reactor, in 1958. HIFAR produced most of Australia’s radioisotopes for medicine an...

Australian Research Reactors, Australia has a new state of the art research reactor – OPAL, which commenced operation in 2006. Australia was one of the first countries to build a civil research reactor, in 1958. HIFAR produced most of Australia’s radioisotopes for medicine an...

Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other forms of electricity generation, except where there is direct access to low-cost fossil fuels. In assessing the economics of nuclear power, decommissioning and waste disposal costs are fully taken into account.