Nuclear waste? No thanks
Kyrgyzstan has blocked a shipment of 1800 tonnes of uranium-contaminated waste from the UK’s nuclear power programme, following opposition from environmental groups. British Nuclear Fuels had been planning to process its contaminated graphite at the country’s Kara Balta uranium processing facility (Â鶹´«Ã½, 25 September, p 15).
Mars voyagers
Six Russian volunteers aim to mimic the stresses of a mission to Mars – without leaving Earth. They will spend 500 days locked up in a mock space-station module with limited supplies of food, water and oxygen. Researchers from the Russian Institute of Medical and Biological…
