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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle – Environmental Aspects, December 2006, Vol. 2, No. 6

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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle – Environmental Aspects

December 2006, Vol. 2, No. 6

Increasing concerns for the effects of global warming that result from rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have led to a reexamination, even enthusiasm, for nuclear power. Of all the current alternatives to fossil fuels, nuclear fission is the most important source of energy, accounting for 17 percent of the world’s electricity. In the United States, and indeed worldwide, Generation IV reactors and an Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative are actively promoted, but major issues of nuclear waste management and disposal remain unanswered. This issue focuses on the impact of the nuclear fuel cycle on the environment, particularly in terms of the materials that may be part of the waste streams.

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User Research Facilities In The Earth Sciences, February 2006, Vol. 2, No. 1

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User Research Facilities In The Earth Sciences

February 2006, Vol. 2, No. 1

Earth scientists rely on effective access to user research facilities that provide state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation. This thematic issue focuses on some of these facilities and how to use them. Aspects covered include scientific impact, types of facilities and analytical techniques currently available, procedures for gaining access to perform experiments, factors that enable effective usage, and future prospects, particularly in terms of how Earth scientists can best take advantage of new research facilities currently under design and construction.

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Arsenic, April 2006, Vol. 2, No. 2

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Arsenic

April 2006, Vol. 2, No. 2

Arsenic is an element known throughout history as a classic poison. Currently, very small but highly significant concentrations of this element in drinking water supplies are causing massive health problems to many millions of people in some of the world’s poorest nations, and more localised sources related to mining and processing are also a concern. This issue of Elements presents background information on arsenic chemistry, occurrence in the Earth, production and uses, and its toxic properties.

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Water On Mars, June 2006, Vol. 2, No. 3

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Water On Mars

June 2006, Vol. 2, No. 3

During the past several decades, spacecraft data have transformed the planets from astronomical objects into geologic worlds. Mars is the current focus of planetary exploration, and NASA’s objectives for this effort are based on the theme, “follow the water.” This issue addresses new discoveries from spacecraft and from Martian meteorites about where water or ice was (or is) located and about the role of water in determining the mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry of the Martian surface.

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Early Earth, August 2006, Vol. 2, No. 4

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Early Earth

August 2006, Vol. 2, No. 4

The earliest Earth was a strange inhospitable world, yet transitions occurred culminating in the evolution of life within the first billion years. The preservation of a sparse and ambiguous rock record has encouraged debate. Recent studies have greatly refined the nature and timing of key events. This issue reviews current knowledge of the age of the Earth, massive meteorite impacts, the atmosphere and hydrosphere, the rock record, and the emergence of life.

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Glasses And Melts: Linking Geochemistry And Materials Science, October 2006, Vol. 2, No. 5

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Glasses And Melts: Linking Geochemistry And Materials Science

October 2006, Vol. 2, No. 5

Geological interest in studying melts stems from early recognition that melts play a fundamental role in determining the physical and chemical behaviour of magmas and magmatic processes. However, due to the inherent difficulties associated with working at high temperatures, much of the geological research over the last 30 years has used quenched melts or glasses as proxies for melts themselves. The assumption that the structure of the glass resembles that of the melt has been found to be good, at least at the temperature where the melt transforms to a glass. We review how glass research has contributed to our understanding of melt structure and the behaviour of magmas. Emphasis is placed on elucidating the links between our knowledge of the atomic structure of melts and the macroscopic behaviour of magmas such as rheology, diffusion, trace element partitioning and redox behaviour.

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