Japan launches FAST fusion power project - Nuclear Engineering ...
2024年11月18日 · Japan’s FAST Project Office proudly announces the launch of the FAST (Fusion by Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) project, which aims to achieve fusion-based power generation by the end of the 2030s.
Radiant completes microreactor design phase - Nuclear …
2024年11月21日 · California-based start-up Radiant Industries has completed the front-end engineering & experiment design (FEED) phase to test a prototype of its Kaleidos microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The Kaleidos microreactor is one of the designs could be tested at INL’s DOME microreactor test ...
Hunterston B decommissioning approved - Nuclear Engineering …
2024年11月19日 · The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted consent to EDF Energy’s application to start decommissioning the Hunterston B nuclear power station.
AI’s nuclear opportunity - Nuclear Engineering International
In December 2023 around 100 experts in energy, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) convened at Argonne National Laboratory. They were there to map out the future potential for utilisation of AI in energy, considering five ‘energy mission’ areas that have previously been identified – fossil fuel, carbon management, nuclear power, renewables and energy efficiency.
Great British Nuclear unveils SMR shortlist
2024年10月1日 · Great British Nuclear (GBN) has concluded the initial tender phase of the technology selection process for its small modular reactor (SMR) competition.
Terrestrial Energy steps up IMSR development
2024年9月13日 · US-based Terrestrial Energy, developer of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Numerical Advisory Solutions (NAS) based in Cary, North Carolina, to collaborate further on site evaluation, plant development, and project deployment for its IMSR.
NEA launches nuclear roadmap initiative
2024年9月24日 · The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is to create a new Joint Undertaking on Roadmaps to New Nuclear to bring together like-minded countries to rebuild their capability to implement successful nuclear energy new build projects. To date 13 countries have expressed interest in the initiative – Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, France, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, the UK ...
Oldbury accelerates decommissioning with innovation
2024年11月21日 · The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has supported the use of a novel and innovative approach at the Oldbury NPP site, which has significantly sped up one part of its decommissioning programme. Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS), formerly Magnox Ltd, cut all of the electrical cables entering ...
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Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse: Navigating the nuclear power generation industry’s environmental impact. While the environmental challenges associated with nuclear power are significant, there are strategies that can be employed to mitigate these impacts and promote biodiversity conservation
Russia to build small NPP in Mongolia
2024年10月23日 · An agreement for the construction of a low-power NPP (ASMM – Atomnoi Stantsii Maloi Moshnosti) near New Karakorum may be signed in the first half of 2025, Russian Ambassador to Mongolia Alexey Evsikov told Izvestia.The two sides are also discussing projects using peaceful nuclear energy for power generation, medical purposes, agriculture and other fields, the diplomatic mission added.