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  Fukushima, Japan (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has been charged with finding a suitable place to store around 880 tonnes of radioactive material that remains inside the Fukushima Daiichi plant's damaged reactors. "Currently, there is no more land available in Fukushima Daiichi", Naoki Maeshiro, ... read more |
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Zelensky: Russian drone strike damages Chernobyl power plantWashington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2025 A Russian attack drone struck the shelter surrounding the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Friday. ... more  
India PM Modi ends foreign tour with nuclear deals in pipelineNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a whistle-stop diplomatic tour Friday having secured significant pledges of support from Washington and Paris to help step up his country's nuclear energy programme. ... more 
GE Vernova advances UK SMR development with new supplier agreementsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has taken a significant step forward in its efforts to deploy Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK. The company has signed new Memo ... more 
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for IAEA disruptions at Zaporizhzhia NPP; Russia jails men who tried to cut power to nuclear plantsKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday accused each other of blocking the rotation of staff from the International Atomic Energy Agency at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. ... more |
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New Belgian government ditches nuclear power exit planBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Belgium's new conservative-led government on Tuesday made a U-turn on a two-decades-old pledge to exit from nuclear power, announcing plans to invest in two new reactors. ... more |
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Aging reactors require a concrete solutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 The structural integrity of concrete in nuclear reactors has long been understood to be affected by radiation exposure, but the specifics remained unclear until now. Researchers from the University ... more 
GE Hitachi selects BWXT to manufacture reactor pressure vessel for BWRX-300Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2025 GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has awarded a contract to BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) for the manufacturing of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the first BWRX- ... more  
Chinese artificial sun achieves record-setting milestone towards fusion power generationSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 27, 2025 The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), often referred to as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a significant scientific achievement by maintaining high-confinement plasma oper ... more
US utilities collaborate to accelerate GE Vernova's BWRX-300 deploymentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2025 GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), announced a partnership with a coalition of utility companies and supply chain partners aimed at ex ... more |
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SMRs and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in 2025: Adapting to New Energy Demands London, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2025 As 2025 unfolds, the nuclear energy sector finds itself at a crossroads, driven by a mix of exciting developments and critical challenges. Small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear technolo ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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US Department of Energy invests $107 million in fusion energy innovationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $107 million to support six projects under its Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives. This initiative, alongside progress in the M ... more 
UT secures $20 million grant for fusion materials researchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Tickle College of Engineering has received a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance materials development for nuclear fusion systems ... more 
Mongolia signs landmark mining deal with French nuclear giantUlaanbaatar (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 Mongolia on Friday signed a $1.6 billion investment deal with French nuclear giant Orano allowing it to exploit a vast uranium deposit in its southwest, a move Paris says will enhance its energy independence. ... more 
IEA forecasts record nuclear electricity production in 2025Paris (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 Nuclear-powered electricity generation is set to hit a record level in 2025, accounting for nearly 10 percent of global production, the International Energy Agency forecast on Thursday. ... more |
Fresh, direct evidence for tiny drops of quark-gluon plasmaUpton NY (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 A new analysis of data from the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reveals fresh evidence that collisions of even very small nuclei with large ones might create tiny spe ... more 
AI powers modeling of safer sustainable nuclear reactorsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 Researchers from Skoltech and the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of UB RAS have developed a machine learning-based model that predicts the properties of molten salts. These substance ... more 
Argonne's research drives innovation in Gen-IV reactor safety and efficiencyLemont IL (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 All U.S. nuclear reactors, which currently provide more than half of the nation's carbon-free power, are first- or second-generation light water reactors. This means they use water as both a coolant ... more 
Raw materials from nuclear wasteBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Is permanent storage the only strategy for dealing with nuclear waste? According to Prof. Kristina Kvashnina of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), there is another option. With support ... more |
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U.S., Thailand agree to peaceful use of nuclear energyWashington DC (UPI) Jan 14, 2025 Officials for the United States and Thailand on Tuesday signed an Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the two nations. ... more 
Russia, Vietnam sign nuclear energy dealHanoi (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 Russia and Vietnam signed an agreement on nuclear energy on Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin aimed at deepening ties between the two long-standing allies. ... more 
Nuclear fusion could one day be viable - but major challenges remainSan Diego CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy. ... more 
Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste meltersLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world ... more |
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Energetic particles could help control plasma flares at the edge of a tokamakMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 The quest for sustainable energy sources capable of meeting global demand remains one of the most pressing scientific challenges. Among these, nuclear fusion-the energy source powering stars-stands ... more |
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Supra thermal ions in burning plasmas physics explained Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 The pursuit of controlled nuclear fusion as a source of abundant clean energy is advancing through inertial confinement fusion (ICF). This method ignites deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel by subjecting it ... more 
ORNL advances safer faster inspection for nuclear reactor componentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2025 A collaboration between Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has streamlined the inspection process for nuclear reactor components, with applications now extendin ... more 
Mystery of supra-thermal ions in fusion plasmas solved by advanced collision modelsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 01, 2025 The pursuit of nuclear fusion as a clean and abundant energy source has made significant strides with the advent of inertial confinement fusion (ICF). This technology relies on compressing deuterium ... more 
Plasma heating efficiency in fusion devices boosted by metal screensPrinceton NJ (SPX) Dec 26, 2024 Heating plasma to the ultra-high temperatures needed for fusion reactions requires more than turning the dial on a thermostat. Scientists consider multiple methods, one of which involves injecting e ... more |
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