Recent progress and perspective on batteries made from nuclear waste

NK Katiyar, S Goel - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2023 - Springer
Sustainable energy sources are an immediate need to cope with the imminent issue of
climate change the world is facing today. In particular, the long-lasting miniatured power …

Assessing the environmental sustainability and justice dimensions of nuclear electricity under circular economy and energy transition frameworks

P Ghisellini, R Passaro, S Ulgiati - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2025 - Elsevier
This study is framed within the international political context that shows on one side the risks
of nuclear plants of being under attack in conflicts among countries (eg, the present war …

Key science goals for the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope

MD Johnson, K Akiyama, L Blackburn, KL Bouman… - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has led to the first images of a supermassive black
hole, revealing the central compact objects in the elliptical galaxy M87 and the Milky Way …

The European Commission's Green Deal is an opportunity to rethink harmful practices of research and innovation policy

MJ Bernstein, T Franssen, RDJ Smith, M de Wilde - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The European Union's Green Deal and associated policies, aspiring to long-term
environmental sustainability, now require economic activities to 'do no significant harm'to EU …

Controversy and consensus in the design of a consent-based siting process for radioactive waste

SP Tuler, T Webler - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Crafting a successful plan to store nuclear waste in the United States from commercial
nuclear reactors and defense-related activities has been stymied by multiple technical …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the nuclear isotope tapestry: Applications, challenges, and future horizons in a dynamic landscape

H Yang, Q Feng, W Xu, Y Tang, G Bai, Y Liu… - Eco-Environment & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nuclear isotopes, distinct atoms characterized by varying neutron counts, have profoundly
influenced a myriad of sectors, spanning from medical diagnostics and therapeutic …

The politics of percentage: Informating justice in the US clean energy rush

JM Smith - Critique of Anthropology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Within days of taking office in January 2021, President Biden signed an executive order
establishing the Justice40 initiative, which directed federal agencies to ensure that at least …

Participatory Science Communication Through Consensus Conferences: Legitimacy Evaluations of a German Consensus Conference on Genome Editing

L Dendler - Science Communication, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Considering growing deliberative turns within and beyond science communication coupled
with calls for their systematic evaluations, this paper presents a legitimacy framework to …

Aligning subjective and objective 'truth'in nuclear waste management: on the new role of emotions in contemporary repository siting policy

H Lagerlöf, J Pettersson - Emotions and Society, 2023 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
To site repositories for spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste, nuclear waste management
(NWM) actors need public support. In the past, NWM actors have tried to build public support …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of public acceptance assessments for site selections in the small modular reactors using system dynamics

KB Jang, TH Woo - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the feasibility of siting a nuclear power plant (NPP) within a densely
populated university campus. Site selection for NPPs is a complex process involving …