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Nuclear Remediation Technologies
Modifying the Half-Life of Radioactive Isotopes
Index of technologies that neutralize or mitigate
radioactive waste. With such technologies developed, nuclear power once
again becomes attractive, because the spent fuel no longer is a hot
issue. U.S. DOE knows of this technology but chooses to not promote it
for some reason that they are not disclosing.
See also: Nuclear
Remediation - PESWiki directory where you can post relevant
information and help build a premier resource on this subject.
Proven Technologies
 Brown's
Gas - Brown's Gas neutralizes radioactive waste.
References
- A
cool solution to waste disposal - A group of physicists in Germany
claims to have discovered a way of significantly speeding up radioactive
decay of alpha-emitters by embedding them in a metal and cooling the metal
to a few degrees Kelvin. (Physics Web; July 31, 2006)
- Cold Fusion -
has the potential to neutralize radioactive waste
References:
- Cold
Fusion technology has the potential to neutralize radioactive waste
- Premier video on Cold Fusion by the late Eugene Mallove
- TESTIMONY
OF BONNIE BONNEAU - "There is a possibility that cold
fusion might neutralize radioactive waste in a short period of time, but
the DOE has blocked experiments exploring this possibility."
- "Cold Fusion (now called Low Energy Nuclear Reaction, LENR or
Chemical Assisted Nuclear Reactions, CANR) experimental reports ...
confirm deactivation when radioactive isotopes are used in the
solutions." (Larry Geer; Is Yucca Mountain the Only
Solution to Radioactive Waste?; geerlag@cs.c*om)
- Sonne Ward's Implosion Isotope Deactivation Process (Benedict)
- 3/31/98: NEW WASTE PROCESSING DEVICE INSTALLED (source)
Scientists at the Institute of Catalysis, led by Professor Zemfir, have
developed a device that neutralizes radioactive waste through flame-free
incineration in a catalyzer. Capable of incinerating 50 metric tons of
waste annually, the device was installed today at the Novosibirsk Chemical
Concentrate Plant. According to A. Kostin, the factory's deputy
technical director, "the device is based on a catalytic converter that
provides low temperatures for the oxidation process," thus reducing the
amount of nitrous oxides produced. Experiments have confirmed the
method's efficiency and environmental safety.
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Cecil Baumgartner, in 1964, demonstrated that decay rates could be
increased in a positive voltage field at critical temperatures to where all
radioactive emissions were complete in nanoseconds. (Benedict)
- Lord Rutherford reported on April 28, 1932 at a meeting of the
Royal Society, that J.D. Crockcroft and E T.S. Watson in the Cavendish
Laboratory had successfully demonstrated the accelerated release of
radioactive energy from lithium elements and other light elements. (Geer)
- Segre and Wiegart established decay rate mutability in 1949. (Geer)
- Radioactivity
gets fast-forward - Scientists in Japan have persuaded a radioactive
material to decay significantly faster than normal. (Nature;
reported in ZPEnergy; Sept. 23, 2004)
- The author of this page (SDA)
knows of at least two other technologies under development that neutralize
radioactive waste, but which he is not yet at liberty to publish.
More
Scuttlebutt
Aug. 28, 2004
The head of the U.S. Department of Energy recently testified before Congress
saying that the only solution to nuclear waste was to bury it in Yucca
mountain. The DOE is aware of many of the technologies mentioned on this
page. Why they do not promote the development of these solutions is up for
speculation. There is huge money in burying nuclear waste.
Neutralizing the waste is must more cost effective -- and good for the planet.
-- Sterling D. Allan (reference: Larry Geer)
Articles
Other Solutions
- Nuclear
Industry Solution Found - Process of Geomelting can encase nuclear
waste in glass that is harder than concrete and lasts 200,000 years. (Sovereignty
Journal, UK; Sept. 26, 2004)
References
Going the Wrong Way
See also
Page posted by SDA,
August 27, 2004
Last updated March 24, 2007
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Beta
Voltaics - Claim long duration power cells that convert radioactive
materials to inert. Skeptic comments included.
