Atomic Insights Topical Index

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Accidents

• Chernobyl: Fear of the Unknown? by Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski

• The Accident at Chernobyl

• Letter from the Editor: Learning from a Tragedy

• Politics and Market Share: Possible Motives Behind Emphasis

• Chernobyl Health Effects: Best Available Data

• Advice and Sources: The Chernobyl Accident

• Letter from the Editor: Solving the SL-1 Mystery

• Accident Consequences: Design Added to Magnitude

• What Caused the Accident? Plenty of Blame to Share

• January 1961: SL-1 Accident Aftermath

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Breeder Reactors

• Letter from the Editor: Breeding Better Reactors

• Plutonium Fuel Cycle: Under Attack

• Liquid Metal Fast Breeder: Right Answer, Wrong Question

• Light Water Breeder Reactor: Adapting Proven System

Fuel Comparisons

• Plutonium Valuable Fuel or Costly Waste

• Welcome to Atomic Energy Insights

Fuel Recycling

• Can fission by-products make steam? by John Mahler

• Minimizing Waste: Focus on Recycling

• Letter from the Editor: Recycling: Practice What You Preach

• Waste to Energy: Learning to Recognize Waste as Value

• Nuclear Fuel Recycling: Getting Down to Business

• Opposition to Reprocessing: Are the Reports Always True?

Gas Cooled Reactors

• CO2: First Choice for Power Reactors February 1996

• Letter from the Editor: First Nuclear Power Stations

• Pressure Vessel Construction: Lower Pressure Makes it Easier

• Fuel Element Designs: Unique Selection Criteria

• Water vs. Gas Cooled Reactors: Round 1

• Technical Readiness Applying Related Inventions

• Letter from the Editor: The Battle Begins

• Government Support: Official Help in the Sales Department

Graphite Moderated Reactors

• In the beginning: A 1942 Experiment Shows the world it can be done

• CO2: First Choice for Power Reactors

• The Accident at Chernobyl

Health Effects of Low Level Radiation

• Report on the Radiation, Science and Health November 15, 2000 Symposium on the Health Benefits of Low Level Radiation Exposure

• Plutonium: How Deadly is it?

• Letter from the Editor: Exagerated Truths are Falsehoods

• Constant Exposure How Much Radiation is Normal?

• Learning from the Past Lessons from Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Long Term Exposure: Health Studies of Nuclear Pros

• Chernobyl Health Effects Best Available Data

• ATOMIC Advice for Accident Actions

Heavy Water Moderated Reactors

• Some Reactors CANDU: What Others Cannot

• Letter from the Editor: Reactors With a Can-Do Attitude

• Pressurized Heavy Water: Using Available Resources

• Isotope Production: Dual Use Power Plants

• PHWR Problem Areas: Sources of Incidents

Irradiation

• For the Rest of Us - November 16, 2001: Irradiation and Semantics

Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors

• Liquid Metal Fast Breeder: Right Answer, Wrong Question

Nuclear Aircraft

• U.S. Nuclear Rocket Programs

• Letter from the Editor: Confessions of a Stargazer

• How Do Nuclear Rockets Work?

• Rocket Technology Applications Machines with Limitless Capabilities

Nuclear Batteries

• Really Cool Stuff: Batteries that last for Decades

• Nuclear Batteries: Tools for Space Science

• Letter from the Editor: Batteries That Last and Last

• Cassini: Near Term Use of RTGs

• RTG Heat Sources: Two Proven Materials

• Earth Bound RTG Systems: Uses Closer to Home

Nuclear Cost Data

• Too Cheap to Meter - It's Now True

• Atomic Energy: Powerful Job Generator

• Nuclear Cost Data in the United States

• Letter from the Editor:Economics of Electrical Energy

• A Closer Look at Studies: Cost of Controlling Radiation Exposure

• Nuclear Fission Vs.Combustion: Inexpensive Machines AND Cheap Fuel

• Economy of Scale?

• Letter from the Editor Small is Beautiful

• Keep it Simple Complex Systems Cost More

Nuclear Ships

• Why Did the Savannah Fail?

• Marine Nuclear Propulsion: The Undeniable Facts

• Nuclear Research Ship: Japanese Learn Nuclear Techniques as Sea

• Historical Repetition? Will Nuclear Propulsion follow Steam Propulsion?

Nuclear Waste

• Yucca Mountain: Right Answer; Wrong Question

• Can fission by-products make steam? by John Mahler

• Nuclear Waste Mountain: Unnecessary Sense of Urgency

• Letter from the Editor: Delay Does not Indicate a Crisis

• Guest Column: Do Not Eat the Glass

• Concerns of the Opposition: Not Irrational

• Common Myths: Is nuclear waste a huge problem?

• Letter from the Editor: Recycling: Practice What You Preach

• Waste to Energy: Learning to Recognize Waste as Value

• Nuclear Fuel Recycling: Getting Down to Business

• Opposition to Reprocessing: Are the Reports Always True?

Small Nuclear Power Plants

• Letter from the Editor: Portable Nuclear Power

• ML-1 Mobile System: Reactor in a Box

• Army Nuclear Plants: Summary Table

• Prefab Reactors: Reliable Power for Off-Grid Users

• Economy of Scale?

• Letter from the Editor Small is Beautiful

• Keep it Simple Complex Systems Cost More

• SL-1: Designed for Remote Power and Heat

• Nuclear Power Barges: Russians Build on Ice Breaker Lead

• MH-1A: Pioneer Barge Built In America

• PM-3A Design and Construction: Rapid Pace to Fulfill a Need

• Letter from the Editor: PM-3A, Pioneer in Antarctic Research

• How Clean is Clean?: Blasting Out Frozen Soil

• A Question of Economics: The Answer Depends on the Assumptions

• Valuable Tool for Antarctic Research: PM-3A Technical Characteristics

Politics of Nuclear Energy

• Ask Atomic: What was your point regarding the 760 million mile per gallon carburetor?

• How I developed my atomic insights

• Fusion versus Fission - Difficult versus Easy

• Saying the 'N' word - Nuclear - in polite company

• Atomic Energy: Powerful Job Generator

• Rooting for the Underdog Small Nations Often Need Atomic Power

• Ike Was Right We Need Atoms for Peace

• Ike Was Right Oil is Obsolete

• Plutonium Politics Leads to Unusual Logic

• Why Throw Away a Priceless Resource? by Theodore Rockwell

• The United States Should Lead the Way by Michael Fox

• Politics and Market Share Possible Motives Behind Emphasis

• Learning from a Tragedy Letter from the Editor April 1996

Technical History Stories

• In the beginning: A 1942 Experiment Shows the world it can be done

• Why Did the Savannah Fail?

• U.S. Nuclear Rocket Programs

• Light Water Breeder Reactor: Adapting Proven System

• ML-1 Mobile System: Reactor in a Box

• CO2: First Choice for Power Reactors

• SL-1:Designed for Remote Power and Heat

• Letter from the Editor: Solving the SL-1 Mystery

• Accident Consequences: Design Added to Magnitude

• What Caused the Accident? Plenty of Blame to Share

• January 1961: SL-1 Accident Aftermath

• Offshore Power Systems: Big Plants for a Big Customer

• MH-1A: Pioneer Barge Built In America

• PM-3A Design and Construction: Rapid Pace to Fulfill a Need

• Letter from the Editor: PM-3A, Pioneer in Antarctic Research

• How Clean is Clean?: Blasting Out Frozen Soil

• A Question of Economics: The Answer Depends on the Assumptions

• Valuable Tool for Antarctic Research: PM-3A Technical Characteristics

• Additional Reading: Sources Used in PM-3A Stories

Water Cooled Reactors

• "Water: Best Coolant for the 1950s Subs" December 1995

• "Controlling Power" December 1995.

• "Technical Hurdles" December 1995

• "Protection for Fuel Elements" December 1995

• Nuclear Research Ship: Japanese Learn Nuclear Techniques as Sea

• SL-1: Designed for Remote Power and Heat

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