UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory restructure
2025年1月2日 · The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has undertaken a strategic review to reassess the role of the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and identify how it can take forward programmes of national significance …
Building the fusion energy rulebook - Nuclear Engineering …
2024年12月19日 · The US NRC anticipates that several different fusion technologies will be commercialised in the 2030s. It wants to complete rulemaking before the decade starts. Developers agree.
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).
Decommissioning challenge: Ready for the end of life
2024年12月18日 · The IAEA, the European Commission and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency are working with the World Nuclear Association to consolidate the information gathered from different initiatives on assessing waste into a single publication, Status and Trends in Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management.The publication is an attempt to systematically summarise the global status and trends of programmes ...
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.
China’s first CAP1400 reactor powers up
2024年11月5日 · China’s domestic Guohe One nuclear project at Huaneng Group’s Shidaowan site in Rongcheng, Shandong Province, has been connected to the power grid, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA).
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.
Nuclear power: ruling the waves? - Nuclear Engineering International
2024年11月28日 · While nuclear propulsion has long been used for submarines, aircraft carriers and icebreakers in the Arctic Sea and a floating nuclear power plant provides power to a site in Russia, civilian marine deployments of nuclear technology have remained scarce.
Tricastin 1 approved for operation beyond 40 years
2023年8月16日 · France's Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN – Nuclear Safety Authority) has adopted a decision setting the requirements governing the continued operation of unit 1 at the Tricastin NPP in Drôme. This is the first reactor in the French nuclear fleet to receive a positive opinion from ASN following its fourth periodic safety review (PSR), namely after approximately 40 years of operation.
General Fusion achieves plasma breakthrough - Nuclear …
2024年12月5日 · Canada’s General Fusion has published peer-reviewed scientific results in Nuclear Fusion confirming record achievements in plasma compression using its Magnetised Target Fusion (MTF) technology. The results verify that during the company’s Plasma Compression Science (PCS) experiment series, it produced significant fusion neutron yield by compressing plasmas in the spherical tokamak ...