radioactive waste is currently the preferred means of disposal for many countries worldwide. The role of ESD's Nuclear Waste Program (NWP) is to assist the U.S. Department of Energy, the United States, and other countries in achieving the safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste—by means of high-quality scientific analyses that encompass modeling, laboratory and field experiments, and tech...

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LUNA, Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso, is measuring fusion cross sections down to the energy of the nucleosynthesis inside stars. Outstanding results obtained up to now are the cross-section measurements within the Gamow peak of the Sun of He(He, 2p)He and the D(p, γ)He. The former plays a big role in the proton-proton chain, largely affecting the calculated solar ...

The last decade has seen a marked increase in public concern about nuclear energy. As a consequence, it is now recognized that the future of nuclear energy will not only depend on technical and economic factors, but that public acceptability of this technology will play a crucial role in its long-term future. This paper summarizes trends in public reactions to nuclear power in various countries...

hysical risks. The policy makers' own attitudes were found to be significantly more favorable than those of the total public sample; this was primarily because the policy makers' beliefs about psychological risks made a significantly smaller negative contribution to attitude, and their beliefs about environmental risks made a significantly larger positive contribution. Tkhe policy makers were a...

this article reviews past developments of the shanghai cooperation organization (sco) and studies its potentialities in the areas of economy, trade, investment, energy and military power. a study conducted on statistical information of the sco state members shows that the organisation has the capacity to be turned into one of the biggest international hubs in the fields of economy, trade, forei...

during the past years, special emphasis was put on medical preparedness in the event of radiological or nuclear emergencies. novin medical radiation institute (nmri) encouraged and supported the national authorities to enhance their cooperation in improving medical response to radiation accident. nmri in cooperation with international atomic energy agency (iaea) and atomic energy organization o...