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In search of the missing xenon (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) ... The high school paradigm in chemistry classes states that 'nothing can force a noble gas atom into chemical bonding' ... In fact, the binding of the external electrons to the ionic core of a noble gas atom decreases when the size of the atom increases, and xenon is one of the biggest rare gases (by order of size ... Xenon atoms are shown in blue shades and oxygen atoms in red shades....

NRL Power Rankings: Round 12 (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
(Source. NRL - National Rugby League Ltd) ... 1. Cowboys (1) ... Expect them to bounce back emphatically against the Knights this weekend. 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Roosters (12). Like the Eels, the Roosters are a pretty good team on paper that is pretty much out of contention for the finals only halfway through the season ... That Broncos team was vastly understrength, but if they can repeat the effort against the Roosters this week they'll be climbing the rankings....

Scout Report: Round 13 teams wrap (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
(Source. NRL - National Rugby League Ltd) ... Here are the key changes for each club this week and what they mean for Fantasy. Raiders v Sea Eagles. Raiders ... Sea Eagles ... Warriors v Broncos. Warriors ... Broncos ... Cowboys v Knights ... Storm ... Roosters v Wests Tigers. Roosters. Dale 'remember me?' Copley is back for the Roosters after being injured early in his first season for the Tricolours and starts at centre, with Aidan Guerra returning to the back row....

Trespass incident at Peach Bottom nuclear plant handled appropriately, Harford and federal officials say

Edit Baltimore Sun 01 Jun 2016
Emergency officials in Harford County, as well as federal nuclear regulators, say they are satisfied the security and staff at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania properly handled an incident Friday night in which a Virginia couple breached the plant's security perimeter. Edward... ....

Russia expands nuclear energy partnerships with African countries

Edit Modern Ghana 31 May 2016
Again, I think it is environmentally friendly [and] will also lead to a better conservation of other resources,” noted Franklin Osaisai, Director-General of Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission. The research centre is to support Nigeria in the use of nuclear for purposes of agriculture and medicine development, explained Sergey Kirienko, General Director of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM)....

>Russia expands nuclear energy partnerships with African countries

Edit Modern Ghana 31 May 2016
Again, I think it is environmentally friendly [and] will also lead to a better conservation of other resources,” noted Franklin Osaisai, Director-General of Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission. The research centre is to support Nigeria in the use of nuclear for purposes of agriculture and medicine development, explained Sergey Kirienko, General Director of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM)....

GA-ASI to Exhibit Predator B RPA at ILA Berlin (General Atomics)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
General Atomics) ... SAN DIEGO - 29 May 2016 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc ... General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., an affiliate of General Atomics, delivers situational awareness by providing remotely piloted aircraft, radar systems, radar, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide ... General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc....

MEXT Committee Issues Report on Requirements for Body to Operate FBR Monju (JAIF - Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
JAIF - Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc) ... At a meeting on May 27, a report was issued by a special committee under Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) that is considering the status and future of the prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR) Monju, owned and operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) ... JAIF - Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc....

A circle that starts in your hand and ends in the cloud

Edit The Register 31 May 2016
Atom-powered home kit so ISPs can pipe VMs into your house. As predicted by The Register, Intel has created an x86-powered reference platform for home gateways that makes the box you use for broadband services an Atom-powered target for virtual machines delivered by carriers ... ....

Sonny Bill Williams signs for Auckland Blues Super Rugby side and NZ Rugby

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 2016
... the Crusaders in 2011 and Chiefs in 2012 before playing two seasons in the NRL with the Sydney Roosters....

Hunter: Conservative criticism of Hiroshima bombing worse than Obama’s

Edit Austin American Statesman 31 May 2016
After the Hiroshima bombing, Russell Kirk wrote to a friend in 1945, “We are the barbarians within our own empire.” Richard Weaver wrote the same year, “The atomic bomb was a final blow to the code of humanity.” ... In 1959—a decade-and-a-half after the use of the atom bomb—National Review editorialized that, “The indefensibility of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is becoming a part of the national conservative creed.”....

Tiny probe could produce big improvements in batteries and fuel cells (University of Washington)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
The nanoscale is a realm so tiny that the movement of a few atoms or molecules can shift the landscape ... Although the material in a battery electrode may look uniform to the human eye, to the atoms themselves, the environment is surprisingly diverse ... To get a better understanding of how chemical reactions progress at the level of atoms and molecules, Li and his colleagues developed a nanoscale probe....

Nuclear Holy Grail Slips Away From Japan With Operator Elusive

Edit Bloomberg 31 May 2016
The country’s nuclear regulator demanded in November a replacement for the government-backed Japan Atomic Energy Agency be found within six months for the Monju fast-breeder reactor ... The so-called fast-breeder reactor -- a cornerstone of its atomic energy strategy dating back to the 1950s -- uses spent nuclear fuel from other plants and is designed to produce more atomic fuel that it consumes ... V ... JAEA declined to comment ... ....
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