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Seeking enhanced materials for nuclear reactors
One of India's largest commercial and research nuclear reactor facilities lies just south of Arunkumar Seshadri's hometown of Chennai, India.
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India closer to building world’s biggest nuclear plant: EDF
French energy group EDF took Friday a key step towards helping to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant in India, a project blocked for years by nuclear events and local opposition.
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Sri Lanka expels ship carrying nuclear material for China
Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday expelled an Antigua-registered ship that entered the island's territory without declaring a radioactive cargo bound for China.
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Czechs ban Rosatom from nuclear tender, rule out Sputnik vaccine
The Czech government said Monday it would eliminate Russia's Rosatom from a multi-billion-euro tender to build a new nuclear plant unit and would no longer consider buying Sputnik V vaccines.
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Iran brushes aside concerns over ‘peaceful’ nuclear programme
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday sought to allay Western concerns over his country's decision to enrich uranium to 60 percent purity…
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UAE begins commercial operations of first Arab nuclear plant
The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that its Barakah nuclear power plant has started commercial operations, in a first for the Arab world.
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Framatome launches new subsidiary in Central Europe
Framatome has announced the launch of Framatome Kft., a wholly owned subsidiary focused on automation systems for industry customers in Hungary and Central Europe.
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BWXT awarded additional Nuclear Thermal Propulsion work for NASA
BWX Technologies, Inc. reports that it is continuing its groundbreaking Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) design, manufacturing development, and test support work for NASA.
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New project to research nuclear decontamination robots
Scientists from Lancaster and Manchester Universities are to investigate the best way to use robots to help clean up radioactivity with a 1.49 million pound grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UKRI.
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How many countries are ready for nuclear-powered electricity?
As demand for low-carbon electricity rises around the world, nuclear power offers a promising solution.
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Framatome commissions high-precision measurement facility in Jeumont, France
Framatome commissions a new high-precision test measurement facility at its manufacturing plant in Jeumont, France.
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Scientists find explanation for abnormally fast release of gas from nuclear fuel
Scientists at MIPT have found a possible explanation for the anomalously fast release of gas from nuclear fuel.
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Wireless tech a ‘game changer’ for nuclear power plants
Safety concerns are always a part of the debate around nuclear power and its place in a growing global shift toward cleaner, low-carbon sources of energy.
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Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity
New research has demonstrated that a magnetic uranium compound can have strong thermoelectric properties, generating four times the transverse voltage from heat than the previous record in a cobalt-manganese-gallium compound.
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The NWMO 2020 annual report celebrates progress and resilience
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) continued throughout 2020 to make progress on Canada's plan for the safe, long-term management of used nuclear fuel despite the challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Olkiluoto 3: Framatome teams all set for fuel loading
The Olkiluoto 3 EPR reactor completes a decisive stage of its commissioning. The Finnish safety authority (STUK) has authorized the fuel load for the Olkiluoto 3 EPR reactor.