Source: Washington's Blog
Date: 3/14/2012
The U.S. Is Letting China Steal Its Nuclear Innovations …
Just Like Xerox Let Apple and Microsoft Steal Its Valuable Breakthroughs
Microsoft and Apple grew rich by using Xerox’s innovation.
Xerox’s research arm (called Xerox Parc) invented the “graphical user interface” used by all modern computers.
Bill Gates famously admitted to Steve Jobs that both Microsoft and Apple had ripped of Xerox’s GUI.
Xerox could have made a fortune on its innovation. But it didn’t realize what it had … and failed to capitalize on its breakthroughs (Xerox tried to sue to protect its invention … but years too late, and the lawsuit was thrown out because Xerox had missed the deadline for suing).
The same dynamic is playing out in the nuclear industry.
Specifically, the U.S. created a safer, more efficient form of nuclear energy running on thorium. But – like Xerox Parc – America isn’t doing anything with its innovation, and China is running off with prize.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
12/7/2011 Bill Gates-backed company in discussions with China to develop new generation nuclear reactor
Source: Associated Press via Washington Post
Date: 12/7/2011
BEIJING — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.
“The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste,” said the billionaire during a talk at China’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
Gates said he had largely funded a Washington state-based company, TerraPower, that is developing a Generation IV nuclear reactor that can run on depleted uranium. TerraPower says it has discussed its plans with India, Russia and other countries with nuclear energy programs.
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Date: 12/7/2011
BEIJING — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.
“The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste,” said the billionaire during a talk at China’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
Gates said he had largely funded a Washington state-based company, TerraPower, that is developing a Generation IV nuclear reactor that can run on depleted uranium. TerraPower says it has discussed its plans with India, Russia and other countries with nuclear energy programs.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
7/30/2011 Xinhua: Operating software has serious flaw
Source: NHK World
Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011 01:19 +0900 (JST)
An official of China's Railways Ministry says faulty software at a rail network operation center led to the fatal high-speed train crash in Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province on July 23rd.
The state-run Xinhua news agency aired an interview with the anonymous ministry official on Saturday.
The official said a signaling system near Wenzhou South Station broke down due to a lightning strike, forcing a train to stop. The official said the train was rear-ended by another after starting to move slowly.
The official said a serious flaw in the design of software used to collect data at a railway operation center caused a signaling system to display green, instead of red.
This caused an automatic train control system not to work, allowing the second train to continue running and ram into the first one.
The official also confirmed that the second train should have run ahead of the first, but disruptions in train services changed the order. The official said rail workers failed to deal with the situation properly.
At least 40 people died in the crash. Local residents visited the accident site on Saturday, laying flowers and praying for the souls of the dead.
The Chinese government has nearly doubled the amount of compensation to families of the victims from the sum it initially proposed. It is asking the families to give an answer on whether to accept the compensation by Sunday.
However, the government's apparent efforts to bring an early resolution to the accident are stirring public anger.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that on Friday night, the governing Communist Party re-issued a ban on independent reporting on the accident by domestic media. This apparently shows that the government is desperate to stem discontent among the bereaved families and calm public criticism.
Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011 01:19 +0900 (JST)
An official of China's Railways Ministry says faulty software at a rail network operation center led to the fatal high-speed train crash in Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province on July 23rd.
The state-run Xinhua news agency aired an interview with the anonymous ministry official on Saturday.
The official said a signaling system near Wenzhou South Station broke down due to a lightning strike, forcing a train to stop. The official said the train was rear-ended by another after starting to move slowly.
The official said a serious flaw in the design of software used to collect data at a railway operation center caused a signaling system to display green, instead of red.
This caused an automatic train control system not to work, allowing the second train to continue running and ram into the first one.
The official also confirmed that the second train should have run ahead of the first, but disruptions in train services changed the order. The official said rail workers failed to deal with the situation properly.
At least 40 people died in the crash. Local residents visited the accident site on Saturday, laying flowers and praying for the souls of the dead.
The Chinese government has nearly doubled the amount of compensation to families of the victims from the sum it initially proposed. It is asking the families to give an answer on whether to accept the compensation by Sunday.
However, the government's apparent efforts to bring an early resolution to the accident are stirring public anger.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that on Friday night, the governing Communist Party re-issued a ban on independent reporting on the accident by domestic media. This apparently shows that the government is desperate to stem discontent among the bereaved families and calm public criticism.
Monday, July 25, 2011
7/23/2011 - 7/24/2011 Chinese Bullet Train Derails (Videos)
NHK World: China's high-speed train derails
Sunday, July 24, 2011 01:52 +0900 (JST)
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Sunday, July 24, 2011 23:31 +0900 (JST)
Sunday, July 24, 2011 23:31 +0900 (JST)
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Friday, July 22, 2011
7/21/2011 Chinese fast reactor starts supplying electricity
Source: World Nuclear News
Date: 7/21/2011
Exactly one year after achieving first criticality, China's experimental fast neutron reactor has been connected to the electricity grid.
At 10.00am today, the head of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Sun Qin, declared to workers and officials gathered in the Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor's (CEFR's) control room that the unit had successfully achieved grid connection.
The sodium-cooled, pool-type fast reactor has been constructed with some Russian assistance at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIEA), near Beijing, which undertakes fundamental research on nuclear science and technology. The reactor has a thermal capacity of 65 MW and can produce 20 MW in electrical power. The CEFR was built by Russia's OKBM Afrikantov in collaboration with OKB Gidropress, NIKIET and Kurchatov Institute.
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Date: 7/21/2011
Exactly one year after achieving first criticality, China's experimental fast neutron reactor has been connected to the electricity grid.
At 10.00am today, the head of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Sun Qin, declared to workers and officials gathered in the Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor's (CEFR's) control room that the unit had successfully achieved grid connection.
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| Inside the control room of the CEFR (Image: CNNC) |
The sodium-cooled, pool-type fast reactor has been constructed with some Russian assistance at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIEA), near Beijing, which undertakes fundamental research on nuclear science and technology. The reactor has a thermal capacity of 65 MW and can produce 20 MW in electrical power. The CEFR was built by Russia's OKBM Afrikantov in collaboration with OKB Gidropress, NIKIET and Kurchatov Institute.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
6/15/2011 | Earless rabbits found in Chongqing, China
Source: CCTV
Date:6/15/2011
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Date:6/15/2011
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All rabbits have long ears, but there are a few that do not. These rabbits have recently been found in a villager’s home in Chengkou County of Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. The earless rabbits have bald heads and gray eyes instead of hairy heads and red eyes. The owner of the rabbits said that the mother rabbit used to give normal birth and only this time the new-born were different. The weird news attracted villagers far and near. “Maybe it is because of genetic variation,” said one resident. |
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
5/21/2011 | China's Wen signals easing of Japan imports ban
Source: Reuters
Date: Sat May 21, 2011 4:39am EDT
by: Kim Kyung Hoon
(Reuters) - China is willing to increase agricultural imports from Japan, provided they meet safety standards, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday while visiting the Japanese region battered by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident in March.
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Date: Sat May 21, 2011 4:39am EDT
by: Kim Kyung Hoon
(Reuters) - China is willing to increase agricultural imports from Japan, provided they meet safety standards, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday while visiting the Japanese region battered by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident in March.
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