Future Nuclear Reactor
A unique Chinese nuclear reactor will help engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) design power plants that would be immune to a "China Syndrome"-type meltdown. Part of what makes the pebble-bed reactor safe is the way the . [... more]
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Pond-Powered Biofuels: Turning Algae into America's New ...
Just three years ago, Colorado-based inventor Jim Sears shuttered himself in his garage and began tinkering with a design to mass-produce biofuel. His reactor (plastic bags) and his feedstock (algae) may have struck soybean farmers as a laughable ... [... more]
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CRITICAL MASS: mid, round, bracelet, day/date, latte MOP ...
 Ladies' watch from the Reactor Critical Mass series is a masterpiece of timekeeping. With its distinctive sculpted case and unidirectional timing bezel, it is a perfect combination of beauty and aesthetic proportion. Reactor's extreme construction makes [... more]
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FUSION: rectangle, bracelet, black nitride, black MOP ...
Fusion is the next step in the evolution of Reactor. Featuring the same DNA that makes all Reactor watches so durable, Fusion offers a more refined, elegant look, while sacrificing nothing in strength. The oversize rectangular case is forged from solid 31 [... more]
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ELECTRON: ridged modified rectangle, bracelet, date, ...
Men's limited edition watch from the Reactor 'Electron' series features Swiss automatic quartz movement with 90 day power reserve as well as stainless steel construction with 24k gold-plating and exhibition case back. One of 500 limited edition pieces [... more]
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FUSION: rectangle, bracelet, 2-tone, white MOP dial ...
Fusion is the next step in the evolution of Reactor. Featuring the same DNA that makes all Reactor watches so durable, Fusion offers a more refined, elegant look, while sacrificing nothing in strength. The oversize rectangular case is forged from solid 31 [... more]
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CRITICAL MASS: mid, round, bracelet, day/date, 2-tone, ...
Ladies' watch from the Reactor Critical Mass series is a masterpiece of timekeeping. With its distinctive sculpted case and unidirectional timing bezel, it is a perfect combination of beauty and aesthetic proportion. Reactor's extreme construction makes [... more]
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Leave the new oil ETF to the pros
Buying individual commodities is for the experts, even when risk is diluted in an exchange-traded fund. Here are safer ways to ride the commodities boom. China is poised later this year to begin operating what it calls "Artificial Sun," a [... more]
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Mini Reactors Show Promise for Clean Nuclear Power's Future
NuScale's reactor and module containment unit (bottom right) is nearly 10 times smaller than the Westinghouse AP1000 standard design (bottom left) and sits below ground, while standard steam turbines, generators and condensers (top left) make for ... [... more]
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Continued: Building the Big Reactor >>>
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - This is what a fusion lab is supposed to be like. As I walk in, a woman's voice is on the speakers, counting down from 10. Banks of chairs face banks of computer monitors, where data is literally streaming across application ... [... more]
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Reactor Too Costly To Keep
Nuclear engineers in France are preparing to deal with a potentially incendiary problem-removing 5000 tons of sodium coolant from the Superphenix fast-breeder nuclear reactor in the Rhone Valley. When Superphenix was commissioned in 1984, the ... [... more]
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CRITICAL MASS: mid, round, bracelet, day/date, powder ...
Ladies' watch from the Reactor Critical Mass series is a masterpiece of timekeeping. With its distinctive sculpted case and unidirectional timing bezel, it is a perfect combination of beauty and aesthetic proportion. Reactor's extreme construction makes [... more]
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