News articles tagged with 'waste'
Addressing the nuclear waste issue
— 6 Apr 2011 16:01 | EnvironmentResearchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have an enhanced understanding of a common freshwater alga and its remarkable ability to remove strontium from…
Green sludge can protect groundwater from radioactive contamination
— 17 Mar 2011 19:04 | EnvironmentRadioactive waste decaying down at the dump needs millions of years to stabilise. The element Neptunium, a waste product from uranium reactors, could pose an especially serious health…
Opalinus Clay as a potential host rock for nuclear waste repositories
— 8 Mar 2011 14:29 | ChemistryScientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany, have studied natural claystone in the laboratory for more than four years in order to determine how the radioactive…
Parasitic protozoons survive waste water and drinking water treatment plants in Galicia
— 23 Feb 2011 17:25 | Environment'The presence of two resistent forms of protozoons, the oocysts from the Cryptosporidium genus and cysts of the Giardia genus, is one of the greatest public health problems in water…
Spent nuclear fuel is anything but waste
— 20 Feb 2011 16:21 | EnvironmentFailure to pursue a program for recycling spent nuclear fuel has put the U.S. far behind other countries and represents a missed opportunity to enhance the nation's energy security…
Filtering kitchen wastewater for plants
— 5 Jan 2011 17:27 | EnvironmentWater is a precious commodity, so finding ways to re-use waste water, especially in arid regions is essential to sustainability. Researchers in India have now carried out a study of…
The worm that turned on heavy metal
— 6 Dec 2010 17:39 | EnvironmentResearchers in South America have studied the viability of using earthworms to process hazardous material containing high concentrations of heavy metal for the bioremediation of old…
Study assesses nuclear power assumptions
— 30 Nov 2010 21:59 | TechnologyA broad review of current research on nuclear power economics has been published in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. The report concludes that nuclear power will continue…
Duke scientists look deeper for coal ash hazards
— 30 Nov 2010 21:45 | EnvironmentAs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency weighs whether to define coal ash as hazardous waste, a Duke University study identifies new monitoring protocols and insights that can help…
Value-added sulphur scrubbing
— 22 Oct 2010 15:25 | EnvironmentPower plants that burn fossil fuels remain the main source of electricity generation across the globe. Modern power plants have scrubbers to remove sulphur compounds from their flue…