Nuclear Waste: Solved

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Glass has been on the minds of many lately.

For a while yesterday, “Gorilla Glass” was the most popular search trend on Google, after Corning (NYSE: GLW) began touting the shelved 1962 invention.

Until now, there's been no market for the super-strong glass that's hard to break, dent, or scratch, and that's three times stronger than chemically strengthened soda-lime glass when half as thick.

Analysts say the product is about to undergo a multi-billion dollar bonanza as electronics companies buy tons of it to make frameless TVs thinner than a dime.

And that's not even the most exciting glass story hitting the wire...

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You won't see the full story reported on CNBC, MSNBC, or even FoxNews.

But tucked away in the southwestern corner of Idaho, a $35 million power company prepares to announce the greatest advancement in the history of nuclear power... and with it, instantly receive billions of dollars in federal funding.

By the time their news hits the press, however, early investors could easily pocket as much $32,000.

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Secretive startup turns nuclear waste into glass

Bill Gates has said we need “energy miracles.” And he's poured millions into developing a nuclear reactor that can run on depleted uranium for up to 100 years without fueling.

As Gates works on the reactor side, another company is taking on the waste.

Kurion, widely described as a secretive startup, has developed a way to store nuclear waste in glass or ceramics through a process called vitrification.

The technology could bring the United States into the 21^st century regarding nuclear waste. (We've been doing it the same way — with the same worries — for over half a century.)

And the company has street cred: CEO John Raymont spent 25 years at a nuclear waste management company that was acquired by EnergySolutions (NYSE: ES) in 2007, and VP of technology is Gaetan Bonhomme, formerly of glass behemoth Saint-Gobain.

The advisory board counts both Patrick Moore — founder of Greenpeace — and former Governor Christine Todd Whitman as members.

In a very real and profitable way, nuclear energy is entering a new era. If Obama's $58 billion in loan guarantees to build new plants didn't give it away, the presence of names like Gates, Whitman, and Moore should.

And while you can't get a piece of Gates' venture, TerraPower, or Kurion just yet, I've found an equally exciting opportunity that everyone can get a piece of — but that's being suppressed by major news outlets.

Nuclear's next big name

Only a few companies are unequivocally associated with nuclear power: Areva and Westinghouse, to name two.

The next company that'll reach this status trades for just $0.65, and only a handful of well-informed investors are paying attention to it.

But the three things I'm about to tell you will soon give it a very high profile; a Bloom-Energy-on-60-Minutes type profile.

First, it's signed on with a well-known nuclear company to manufacture and distribute portable nuclear reactors. They can be taken almost anywhere on a flatbed truck to create large amounts of power in remote or grid isolated locations.

Second, it's signed an exclusive deal with a Chinese nuclear corporation to sell nuclear desalination reactors on a global scale, and has already received interest from dozens of countries.

Third, the company will soon be listed on a major U.S. exchange, like the NASDAQ or NYSE.

But the biggest catalyst of all — the one that could send this stock from penny oblivion to a household name — is the one that no news source is fully reporting.

And that's why I've penned a full investor briefing on the company.

I want you to learn about changes coming to the nuclear industry. I want you to learn about what the media isn't telling the public.

But most importantly, I want you to learn more about this company before the story is blown wide open.

Call it like you see it,

Nick

AP1000 Nuclear Reactor China, First in the World

by Inra Sumahamijaya on 24/07/09 at 8:10 am | 1 Comment | Print article | Email article
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Nuclear reactor development in China

Development of nuclear power in the world the first time based on the AP1000 reactor technology from the U.S. Westinghouse Electric announced by China in April 2009 yesterday. Development that began with 5200 cubic meters of poured cement in the island province of Zhejiang Sanmen nuclear. Two unit plant will be built in three stages, and the first reactor will begin operation in 2013 and then resumed the second reactor in 2014.

During the processing for these two reactor units, China will start building two more reactors at the AP1000 based nuknir location Haiyang of Shandong province, as contracts have been signed between Westinghouse with the State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. Pwer (SNPTC) China.

Outside the four reactor units being built, now the country has a total of 11 units of nuclear power plants are operating. Three units of which reakor domestic technologies, two units using Russian technology, four units with technology from France and the rest use the design from Canada. On the basis of demand fulfillment that continues meningkan issues and concerns of global warming recently, China has begun to accelerate its nuclear plant, adding up to 60 GW by 2020.
AP1000 reactor chart

AP1000 reactor chart

Although these countries use a variety of nuclear reactor design, AP1000 will be a major player in this reaknot design, according to SNPTC. Four reactors being built now, using "self-reliance program" of China itself. This means that the country fully entrust AP1000 technology based domestic technological progress. For further, China will build AP1000 reactors for power en masse SNPTC. For development in Sanmen Island for example, the construction of six SNPTC menharapkan nuclear reactor units.

Pouring cement for the reactor in Sanmen China also became the third generation of the major stepping stone for Westinghouse Electric. Toshiba Corp.. (purchased by Westnghouse in 2006) is a supplier of water pressurezed first reactor in the world in 1957 to plant in Shippingport. Pa., And now the company's technology is the basis for nearly half of the number of nuclear power in the world, including the use of technology in 60 percent of U.S. However, the new benerasi from the reactor is not seen as successful as the previous generation. And the AP1000 is the only design that is certified by the Nuclear Regulation Commission (NRC) U.S. Fact Four AP1000 reactors in China in 2007 for 5.3 billion U.S. Dollar is the first reactor from Westinghouse since 1987.

Attention to the AP1000 design is beginning to rise. In the U.S., Westinghouse with AP1000nya has become the technology of choice of about 14 units of new plant, including the six units that have signed contracts by the company. On the other hand, the UK is preparing a new generation of nuclear plant attract companies around Europe, is now taking care of the certification only for two new reactor designs. The first UK-EPR, designed by AREVA and Électricité de France; and other designs using the AP1000.

Source:
Power Magazine, vol.153 2009