U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - http://www.nrc.gov/
Governmental Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the safety of nuclear power production and other civilian uses of nuclear materials. Includes safety reports, task description, nuclear information and publications. |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Reactor Oversight - http://www.nrc.gov/reactors.html
Comprehensive resource about safety and safety oversight of U.S. commercial nuclear plants. Includes safety manuals, reactor operating experiences, and daily event reports. |
NEA: Nuclear Safety and Regulation - http://www.nea.fr/html/nsd/
Information from the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) on the mission of maintaining and further developing the scientific, technical and regulatory knowledge base required to assess the safety of nuclear reactors and fuel cycle facilities. Includes publications, joint research projects and databases. |
Atomic Insights - http://www.atomicinsights.com/
Collection of insights and articles on nuclear safety and technology. Includes topical indexes and article list. |
International Nuclear Safety Program (INSP) - http://www.rae.anl.gov/research/ins/
U.S. Department of Energy conducting a comprehensive, cooperative effort to improve safety at Soviet-designed nuclear power plants. Includes brochures, reactor profiles, photo gallery, reports and publications, mission details and contact information. [English, Russian] |
Radnet - http://www.davistownmuseum.org/cbm/
Information resource for persons interested in the public safety consequences and radioecological impact of nuclear accidents and industries. Focus is on the dispersion of anthropogenic radionuclides into the biosphere. |
Network of Excellence for Research on Severe Accident Phenomenology (SARNET) - http://www.sar-net.org
Severe accident research network supported by the European Commission. Includes project scope and description, organization, activities, references and contact. |
Framatome Owners Group - http://www.fraog.org/
Group with mission of increasing the availability, safety and efficiency of member nuclear power plants. Includes newsletter, technical information, publications and members-only sections. |
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Independent Safety Committee - http://www.dcisc.org
Committee reviewing the safety of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Provides agenda, annual report, public meeting and contact information. |
History of Nuclear Power Plant Safety - http://users.owt.com/smsrpm/nksafe
Time line covering the period from the 1940s to the present day detailing the development of safety features, practices and emergency systems in nuclear power plants. Includes insights on past incidents and experiments, as well as design basis information. |
International Safety Research - http://www.i-s-r.ca
Provides services worldwide in the areas of risk, safety and emergency management, radiological risk and other types of hazards. Includes company information, service catalogue, publications and contact information. |
KEDO:Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization - http://www.kedo.org
The source for official information and the text of agreements related to the implementation of the Agreed Framework betwenn the USA and DPRK that includes the construction of two proliferation-resistant light-water reactors in the DPRK. |
No Nukes Inforesource - http://www.ecology.at/nni/
NNI provides a collection of news about serious incidents in nuclear power plants. Provided by the Austrian Institute for Applied Ecology. |
Nuclear Energy Safe or Deadly? - http://www.blackhole.on.ca/nuclear.htm
Provides overview on the risks of Canada's oldest nuclear reactors at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. |
Nuclear Power Nears Peak - http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/990304.html
"The Worldwatch Institute projects that global nuclear capacity will begin a sustained decline by 2002 at the latest." (Worldwatch News) |
Progress and Nuclear Power: The Destruction of the Continent and Its Peoples - http://www.eco-action.org/dt/progress.html
The truth and the history behind the Three Mile Island accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania from an anarchist perspective Fredy Perlman. |
Shut San Onofre Nuclear (Waste) Generating Station Down Now! - http://www.animatedsoftware.com/environm/onofre/index.htm
Reviews events which have taken place regarding San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Clemente, California -- known as SONGS because the "Waste" is ignored. |
Together for Sun and Freedom - http://www.energiepartnerschaft.org
Opposes nuclear power in Britain, instead supporting development of alternative sources. Multilingual site. |
The Nuclear Resister - http://www.nonviolence.org/nukeresister/
Provides comprehensive reporting on arrests for anti-nuclear civil resistance in the United States and Canada, with an emphasis on providing support for the women and men jailed for these actions. |
U.S. NRC - Students' Corner - http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html
Nuclear energy tutorial from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Includes nuclear background, reactor design, radiation, emergency planning, decommissioning and related issues. |
Uranium Information Centre (UIC) - http://www.uic.com.au/
Assist public understanding of uranium mining and nuclear electricity generation. Includes information on mining and nuclear electricity generation, mining and export in Australia. |
IAEA - International Nuclear Information System (INIS) - http://www.iaea.org/inis/
Information system on the peaceful use of nuclear science and technology. Provides a bibliographic database with abstracts and a collection of full texts. |
Nuclear Engineering International - http://www.neimagazine.com
Independent provider of news and articles for the nuclear power industry. Includes newsletter service, international event program, publications and contact information. |
The Virtual Nuclear Tourist - http://www.nucleartourist.com/
Information about the nuclear industry around the world. Provides a huge photo resource and good introduction for all age levels to learn about all aspects of nuclear technology. |
Canadian Nuclear FAQ - http://www.nuclearfaq.ca/
Unofficial and privately-maintained list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding CANDU reactors and nuclear power generation in Canada. Includes technical and waste management information, costs and benefits study, safety and non-proliferation issues. |
Frequently Asked Questions About Nuclear Energy - http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/nuclear-faq.html
Discussion and FAQ from the Formal Reasoning Group (FRG) about nuclear energy sustainability. |
One Nuclear Place (1NP) - http://www.1nuclearplace.com/
Comprehensive guide to nuclear energy. Includes news from the Associated Press (AP) and general information on nuclear issues. |
N-Base Nuclear Information Service - http://www.n-base.org.uk/
Provides a database of newspaper references and publishes weekly briefings on the UK civil nuclear industry, reprocessing and plutonium production at Sellafield and Dounreay, nuclear transports, waste, pollution and other environmental and health issues. |
Todd's Atomic Homepage - http://www.Nuc.Berkeley.EDU/neutronics/todd.html
Collection of articles and links on nuclear engineering, nuclear power, radioactive waste management and related topics. |
FEPC - Japan's Nuclear Power Program - http://www.japannuclear.com
Detailed review of the nuclear energy industry in Japan by the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC). Describes fuel cycle, energy strategy and future plans for the sector. |
IAEA - Fast Reactor and Accelerator Driven Systems Knowledge Base - http://www.iaea.org/inis/aws/fnss/
IAEA's project on technology advances in fast reactors and accelerator driven systems for actinide and long-lived fission product transmutation. Includes technical documents, working materials, technical databases, meetings and collaborative research information. |
IAEA - High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors (HTGR) - http://www.iaea.org/inis/aws/htgr/
Abstracts and full text of relevant technical documents on gas-cooled nuclear reactor technology. Includes safety aspects and technology applications. |
Nuclear Street - http://www.nuclearstreet.com/
Worldwide nuclear power industry exchange program that brings together the industry buyers, suppliers, and professionals in a central online community. Offers industry marketplaces, exchanges, catalogs, products and services. |
IAEA - International Nuclear Information System (INIS) - http://www.iaea.or.at/programmes/inis/inis.htm
International co-operative information system serving the peaceful applications of nuclear energy. Includes database, services and product information. |
Nuclear Energy in Slovenia - http://www2.ijs.si/~icjt/djs/jedeng.html
Resources on nuclear energy in Slovenia. Includes plant information, events calendar, links to Slovenian nuclear plants, institutes and agencies. [Slovenian, English] |
Nuclear Energy Tomorrow (NET) - http://library.thinkquest.org/C001667/
Focuses on understanding nuclear energy, interactive learning about nuclear energy. Includes nuclear technical information, history, applications and activities. |
Nuclear Energy - http://members.iinet.net.au/~hydros/nuclear/nuclear_energy.htm
Comprehensive information resource and links on nuclear energy, fuel fabrication, reactor theory and implications. |
German Atomic Forum - http://www.kernenergie.net/
Private non-profit association of companies, institutions and private individuals supporting the peaceful utilisation of nuclear power. Includes news, publications and information on Germany's nuclear industry and technology. [German, English] |
Nuclear Times - http://nucleartimes.jrc.nl
Articles, news, and reports about innovative nuclear reactors. |
Ridding the World of Nuclear Weapons - http://www.prop1.org/2000/ban225a.htm
An editorial from the Bulletin for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons with several suggestions on achieving a successful and bona-fide abolition. |
Nuclear Winter: Changing our Way of Thinking - http://www.igc.apc.org/videoproject/NUCLEAR_WINTER.html
Internationally known scientist Dr. Carl Sagan presents the results of research into Nuclear Winter, illustrating his talk with extensive visuals. |
Nuclear Winter and Other Scenarios - http://www.pynthan.org/vri/nwaos.htm
Scientific paper covering nuclear winter, global warming, and meteorite impacts. Published in 1984 by the Vanguard Institute. |
Nuclear Safety Culture - http://nuclearsafetyculture.freeyellow.com
Explains the application of a safety culture to the nuclear industry. Includes articles, links and information on development of a safety culture. |
Nuclear Engineers Forum - http://www.eng-tips.com/gthreadminder.cfm/lev2/19/lev3/64/pid/466
Technical support forum and mutual help system for nuclear engineering professionals. |
Decay Heat in Nuclear Reactors - http://www.ontronic-efi.com/decay_heat.htm
Scientific article about decay heat calculation in nuclear reactors. Addresses physical and mathematical background, principles, safety issues and standards. Includes free downloadable software. |
Musing on Beginning and End - http://www.rationallink.org/beginend.htm
Thoughts on the enormity of the cosmos and the life cycle of civilizations, including our own. |
The Clock is Ticking - http://clockticking.com/
A weekly column on overpopulation, mass extinctions, global climate change, and pollution, seeking solutions to human behavior through anthropology, evolution, the social sciences, humanities, arts, and cognitive neuroscience. |
Salon - X Stands for Extinction - http://www.salonmagazine.com/march97/news/news2970321.html
A physician warns that humans could go the way of the dinosaurs if they don't face up to the threat of killer viruses. |
Book: The End of the World - The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415184479
by Prof. John Leslie. The first comprehensive survey of potential catastrophes speculated upon by scientists, from comet and asteroid impacts to nuclear or chemical warfare, from ozone layer destruction to overpopulation and poisoning of the environment or the risk of disaster through genetic engineering. Also covers philosophy and ethics. 1996 |
Special Focus on Bill Joy's Hi-Tech Warning - http://www.tecsoc.org/innovate/focusbilljoy.htm
An effort to continue the public dialogue started with computer scientist Bill Joy's apocalyptic vision. From the Center for the Study of Technology and Society in Washington, D.C. |
Wait a Nano Second... - http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment070500c.html
Glenn Reynolds argues that attempting to prevent technological catastrophes by restricting research will only backfire. |
Complexity and Being at the Mercy of Machines - http://www.spark-online.com/april00/trends/wacker.html
A response to the recent feature "Why the future doesn't need us" by Bill Joy, of Sun Microsystems. |
Joy, to the World - http://reason.com/0006/co.vp.joy.html
Virginia Postrel critiques Bill Joy's recent essay. |
General Atomics (GA) - http://www.ga.com
Offers research, development and consulting services to the nuclear industry, including nuclear energy production, defense and related applications. |
Westinghouse Electric Company - http://www.westinghouse.com/
Provides pressurized water reactor plant and equipment design, uranium fuel and consulting services to the nuclear industry. |
Westinghouse - http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/
Provides fuel, services and equipment for the nuclear industry. Includes company profile, location, product catalogue, news and contact information. |
Areva - http://www.areva.com
Offers technological concepts and solutions for nuclear power generation and transmission. Includes group profile, financial and career related information. [English, French] |
Framatome ANP - http://www.framatome-anp.com/
Designer and manufacturer of pressurized and boiling water reactors, supplies uranium fuel assemblies, offers inspection, maintenance and consulting services to the nuclear industry. |
SGN - http://www.sgn.fr
Specializes in nuclear engineering, fuel cycle facilities, radwaste management, decommissioning and dismantling. Includes organization charts, services, company and contacts information. [English, French] |
Rat Haus Reality Radiation - http://www.ratical.org/radiation/
Information about the health costs of man-made low-level ionizing radiation. Index and full text of many articles and books. |
The Committee For Nuclear Responsibility - http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/
Non-profit, public interest association founded by Dr John Gofman. Interested in health costs of low-level ionizing radiation. |
Downwinders - http://www.downwinders.org/
A research and educational foundation dedicated to protecting citizens from nuclear and radiation hazards. |
Fallout Report - http://rex.nci.nih.gov/massmedia/Fallout/index.html
Estimated exposures and thyroid doses received by the American people from Iodine-131 in fallout following Nevada atmospheric nuclear bomb tests. National Cancer Institute report to US Congress. |
Coal Combustion - http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html
Article discusses coal combustion which produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Releases from coal combustion also contain naturally occurring radioactive materials. |
Nuclear Fallout From Nevada Bomb Tests - http://rex.nci.nih.gov/INTRFCE_GIFS/WHTNEW_INTR_97.htm#anchor3455934
National Cancer Institute study to estimate Iodine (I-131) doses from nuclear fallout from Nevada atmospheric nuclear bombs tests. Includes map of US fallout area. |
Tooth Fairy Project - http://radiation.org/
Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) baby teeth study of the levels of radioactive strontium-90 (Sr-90) in baby teeth, to determine whether these levels are higher around nuclear facilities than in the rest of the country. |
Uranium Skies: What Was Aboard Flight 1862? - http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/win2000/fe_win2000uranium.html
Earth Island Institute article on plane crash in Holland exposes a global health threat from depleted uranium (DU) in aircraft. |
Human Toll of Nuke Tests A Lesson for South Asia - http://www.ips.org/Critical/Enviroment/Environ/env1209003.htm
IPS Environment Bulletin discusses the consequence of nuclear weapons tests and fallout on surrounding area populations. |
Victims of the Nuclear Age - http://ambassadors.net/archives/issue8/opinions_nuclear.htm
The nuclear industry underestimate the real cost of nuclear power. Rosalie Bertell calculates the real number of victims of the nuclear age. The Ambassadors. |
Radnet - http://www.davistownmuseum.org/cbm/
Information resource for persons interested in the public safety consequences and radioecological impact of nuclear accidents and industries. Focus is on the dispersion of anthropogenic radionuclides into the biosphere. |
Framatome Owners Group - http://www.fraog.org/
Group with mission of increasing the availability, safety and efficiency of member nuclear power plants. Includes newsletter, technical information, publications and members-only sections. |
Network of Excellence for Research on Severe Accident Phenomenology (SARNET) - http://www.sar-net.org
Severe accident research network supported by the European Commission. Includes project scope and description, organization, activities, references and contact. |
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Independent Safety Committee - http://www.dcisc.org
Committee reviewing the safety of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Provides agenda, annual report, public meeting and contact information. |
History of Nuclear Power Plant Safety - http://users.owt.com/smsrpm/nksafe
Time line covering the period from the 1940s to the present day detailing the development of safety features, practices and emergency systems in nuclear power plants. Includes insights on past incidents and experiments, as well as design basis information. |
International Safety Research - http://www.i-s-r.ca
Provides services worldwide in the areas of risk, safety and emergency management, radiological risk and other types of hazards. Includes company information, service catalogue, publications and contact information. |
RiskSpectrum - http://www.riskspectrum.com
Product family of risk and reliability analysis softwares. Includes product information, service catalogue, FAQ, forum, methods and contact information. |
Melcor - http://melcor.sandia.gov/
Integrated nodalization computer code developed by the Sandia National Laboratories with purpose of analyzing the progression of severe accidents in light water reactor. Includes technical documentation, code capability, patch download and contact information. |
the Sandia National Laboratories Researchers map cracks on the surface prestressed concrete containment vessel.
A Glossary of High-Energy Physics Terms - http://physics.bu.edu/ATLAS/glossary/glossary_terms.html
Essential vocabulary. |
A+ Materials Science and Engineering Glossary - http://www13.brinkster.com/justinmc/glossary/
Terms used frequently in materials science and engineering. |
Astrophysics - http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryfa.htm
Indexed and cross-referenced glossary of Astrophysics terms. |
Dictionary of Astrophysical Terms and Phenomena - http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/springdale/230/astrodic/index.html
Features definitions according to textbook and goblin theory. |
Dictionary of Composite Materials Technology - http://composite.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm
An expanded version based on the print edition by Stuart Lee containing terms from the composites industry and related materials topics. |
Glossary of Energy Terms - http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/energyglossary.html
A very large collection published by the United States Department of Energy. |
Glossary of Nuclear Terms - http://www.anlw.anl.gov/anlw_history/glossary.html
From Argonne National Laboratory. |
Glossary of Physics Terms - http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1glossary.shtml
Definitions with cross-references to online textbooks. |
Holography - http://www.web-runners.com/LaserExPress/glossary.htm
Glossary of holography terms. |
Uranium Industry Glossary - http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf51.htm
Terms commonly used in discussion of the uranium industry and the nuclear fuel cycle. |
Fast Breeder Reactor
Nuclear Glossary
Essential Guide to Nuclear Age Survival
Fast Breeder Reactors: An Engineering Introduction by A. M. Judd
The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor : An Environmental and Economic Critique (Paperback)
by Thomas B. Cochran
Status of Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors/Idc246 (Technical Report Series, No 246) (Paperback - September 1985)
Fission product release and transport in
liquid metal fast breeder reactors
by G. W Keilholtz
Theory, design, and operation of liquid metal fast breeder reactors,
including operational health physics by Steven R Adams
A 3500-Mw(t) low-temperature sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor
for deslination by R. C Olson
Shielding and control materials for the gas-cooled fast breeder reactor
An improved numerical method for the steady state
and transient thermal-hydraulic analysis of
fast breeder reactor fuel pin bundles
(Massachusetts Institute ... Nuclear Engineering.
Thesis. 1978. Nucl. E) by Farrokh Seifaee
Flow-induced vibrations in the 300-MW(e)
gas-cooled fast breeder reactor demonstration plant:
A scoping study (GA-A) by L. J Halvers
Archaeological reconnaissance
and test excavations
in the Clinch River Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
Plant Site area: A report submitted to the University
of Tennessee by Gerald F Schroedl
Thermal stress analysis of the 300-MW(e)
gas-cooled fast breeder reactor
grid plate (GA-A) by A. S Chuang
Survey of suppression of sodium fires
in liquid metal fast breeder reactors
(ERDA) by Russell A Hemstreet
Two dimensional fuel motion analysis
during loss of flow accidents
in a liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor by Roger Willard Carlson
A porous body model for predicting
temperature distributions
in wire wrapped fuel and blanket assemblies of a
liquid metal fast breeder reactor (Massachusetts
... Mechanical Engineering. Thesis. 1975. Sc. D) by Ehsan Ullah Khan
An improved numerical method
\ for the steady state
and transient thermal-hydraulic analysis of
fast breeder reactor fuel pin bundles (Massachusetts Institute
... Nuclear Engineering. Thesis. 1978. Nucl. E) by Farrokh Seifaee
Fast reactor fuel meltdown
test facility requirements
by C. E Branyan
Application of the Power Burst
Facility to fast reactor
fuel meltdown tests
by C. E Branyan
Diffusion of radioactive fluid
through soil surrounding
a large power-reactor station
after a core meltdown accident
by J. H Pitt
The development of APRIL. MOD2:
A computer code for core
meltdown accident analysis of
boiling water nuclear reactors
by S. H Kim
Probability of containment failure
due to steam explosions
following a postulated core
meltdown in an LWR
by M. L Corradini
An assessment of fuel foaming
potential
during core meltdown accidents
by August W Cronenberg
MARCH (meltdown accident response
characteristics) code description
and user's manual by R. O Wooton.
Preliminary analysis of the containment
failure probability by
steam explosions following a
hypothetical core meltdown in a LWR
by M. L Corradini
Review of in-vessel meltdown models
by J. B Rivard
W h a t - w o u l d - y o u - d o?
W h e n ? - A r e - y o u - i n - s h o c k?
1. Form a team of scientists and mathematicians.
Locate and map the underground accelerators,
injectors, reactors, walkways, and known escape routes.
(Include probable escape elevators and routes that may
have been partially constructed or unknown.) Don't forget
to seal the Control Room as soon as possible. Also Seal
the walk routes and escape elevators from the Control Room.
2. Seal the constructs completely, begining with those
located in populated areas.
3. Keep statistics. Plan a method of extinction.
4. Why be shy, inform everyone of the danger and prepare for evacuation.
