Glenn Alan Cheney - 1993: A good description of the activities that led up to the accident.

Farhang Sefidvash: An invitation to join the FBNR project. A description of the FBNR technology, and an invitation to join the project. The discussion touches on the political issue of guaranteed supply which will be needed to make a world nuclear energy industry viable.

2006: Several overview papers, including: (1) Radioactive Materials Transport - Industry Experience (2) Radiation Protection Programmes - for Road Carriers, Sea Carriers and Port Handlers (3) Nuclear Fuel Cycle Transport - The IAEA Regulations and their Relevance to Severe Accidents. The transportation industry has a very good safety record for the handling of radioactive materials. The excessively long time needed for regularity approvals has a measureably negative effect on the fission sourced energy industry. The renewed interest in nuclear power is introducing rapid change in the transportation technology and regulation regimes. Compliance with regulations is further complicated by varying interpretations of the IAEA documents that specify transportation requirements. Another problem is availability of carriers. There are only a limited number of ships designed for the safe transport of radioactive material. When these ships are all busy other shipments are delayed. These days everyone is concerned about security. This is adding further constraints for the transportation of radioactive material.

W.H. Hannum, G.E. Marsh, G.S. Stanford - Scientific American, 2005 December: Nuclear reactors that use a fast neutron spectrum, and pyrometallurgical processing to recycle fuel, are efficient.

Peter Fairley - IEEE Spectrun Online, 2007 Feb: The French are recycling nuclear waste. Should other countries follow suit?

J.A. Weber - 1979 Jan 01: An analysis of the motives, techniques, and degree of success of the environmentalists who oppose nuclear energy in the USA. This book present some helpful insights into the thinking and political strategy of the politically involved environmentalists. Unfortunately, it also includes some rather tired complaints about the evils of big government and the almost magical power of free markets. IF you can sort the wheat from the chaff, this book is worth reading.

Web Site -: There is a declaration here that people can sign to show that they want more nuclear energy used in Canada. You should sign it.

Norman Soloman - 2005 May 5: Reviews the political decisions that are increasing the availability of nuclear weapons. The author contends that we have to forego the benefits of nuclear power because it causes the spread of nuclear weapons. I don't agree with this position. Shutting down nuclear power plants in some countries will not eliminate the interest in nuclear weapons. However, the problem involves many levels of political, military, and cultural maneuvering and the spread of nuclear weapons seems to be one of the unhappy outcomes of all this.

Alain Michel - 2000: A discussion of people's lack of enthusiasm for nuclear energy and the need for emotional presentations to change this. This article points out how fiction influences people - often creating images such as mad scientists that affect real decisions about scientific projects and technology investment. For the nuclear industry this influence has been overhwlmingly negative. A more vigorous presentation of positive aspects of nuclear energy would probably be effective, and it is surprising that the industry leaders have not done this. This leads into a discussion of the general understanding of nuclear fission, and of the steps that could be taken to create fission applications that people like, instead of tolerate. Building new nuclear plants underground instead of in the middle of pristine agricultural land might help, and be well worth the small cost increase. A more confident, realistic, and people oriented approach to gaining public support and even enthusiasm seems to be possible.

2008 Feb: Overview of the containers used and the methods employed to move radioactive material. Millions of radioactive items are shipped routinely by road, rail, and ship. Highly radioactive materials such as used fission fuel is carried in special containers. There has never been an accident that caused any of these containers to release anything. Fission fuel is extremely compact, which reduces the environmental impact associated with moving fuel to its point of use. Moving coal and oil is much more damaging and presents a much high risk for significant harm. Radioactive material is moved in Type A, B, or C containers. Type A is used for material that is only weakly radioactive. Type B is used for highly active material such as spent fuel. Type C is used for weapons grade material. The type B and C containers are indestructable and include radio beacons that make them findable.