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German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'

German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'

Nuclear Power Plant
10-01-2023

Hungary Expects Paks Ii by 2032, Plans Fresh Paks Operating Extension
Hungary's Energy Minister Csaba Lantos said the Paks II plant is now expected to be completed in 2032, which would be two years later than previously suggested.A rendering of the Paks II plant (Image: Paks II)In an interview with Hungary's
Nuclear Reactor
10-01-2023

Chinese Tokamak Achieves Super I-Mode
A new mode of improved plasma confinement has been demonstrated at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences announced. It said the new high-confinement and self-organis
Nuclear Technology
10-01-2023

Further Cost Refinements Announced for First Us SMR Plant
The approval of a new budgetary plan and an updated agreement on cost reimbursements for the USA's first power plant based on NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR) technology is a key milestone for the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP), the
Nuclear Technology
10-01-2023

Cooling 100 Million Degree Plasma With a Hydrogen-Neon Mixture Ice Pellet
Plasmoid behavior of pure hydrogen and hydrogen mixed with 5 % neon. In this experiment, a new Thomson Scattering (TS) diagnostic system operating at (an unprecedented rate of) 20 kHz was used to (i) measure the density of the plasmoid at the moment it pa
Nuclear waste
07-01-2023

Borehole Disposal Projects Under Way n Malaysia and Ghana
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is providing technological and engineering support for the first-of-a-kind construction and implementation of borehole disposal facilities for disused sealed radioactive sources, as part of a pilot project und
Nuclear Decommissioning
07-01-2023

Holtec Debuts Innovative Decommissioning Technology
The company said the HI-CUT technology used at Indian Point unit 3 has exceeded expectations and "revolutionises" segmentation of reactors undergoing decommissioning.The gantry-operated HI-CUT device in use for the segmentation of upper reactor
Nuclear Decommissioning
06-01-2023

Permit Issued for Final Grafenrheinfeld Dismantling Work
Germany's PreussenElektra has received the second and final permit for the dismantling of the single-unit Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant (KKG) from the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection.Grafenrheinfeld (Image
Nuclear waste
06-01-2023

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Completion Delayed Again
The Rokkasho reprocessing plant (Image: JNFL)JNFL said it decided to revise the completion date of plant due to the ongoing conformity review for Design and Construction Plans and construction works to enhance safety complying with new regulatory requirem
SMR
06-01-2023

Copenhagen Atomics Puts Forward SMR Design for UK Appraisal
UK Atomics - a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics - has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its small and modular thorium molten salt reactor to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (
SMR
06-01-2023

NuScale Marks SMR Progress in USA, Romania
NuScale Power Corporation has submitted an application for approval of its updated small modular reactor design to US nuclear regulators. The company has also signed a contract with Romania's RoPower Nuclear S.A. for front-end engineering and desi
Nuclear Technology
06-01-2023

Argonne Researchers Win Defense Programs Award for Nuclear Safety Work
stock image only - Argonne National LaboratoryAward recognizes work carried out in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers to secure America's stockpile.A multi-laboratory team including researchers from the U.S. Depa
Nuclear Fuel
06-01-2023

Poland / Annual Survey Shows Big Increase In Support For Nuclear Energy
Warsaw has already signed deal for first commercial reactorsCourtesy Lukas Plewnia/Creative Commons.Seventy five percent of residents of the municipalities of Choczewo, Gniewino and Krokowa support the construction of a nuclear power station in their imme
Nuclear waste
06-01-2023

Lithuania / Consortium Chosen To Plan Dismantling And Waste Management At Ignalina
Project could offer important lessons for UK nuclear power station cleanupIgnalina has two Soviet-era RBMK units that were shut down permanently in 2004 and 2009. Courtesy INPP.A consortium comprising Westinghouse Electric Spain, US-based engineering comp
SMR
06-01-2023

Nuclear In Space / Work Begins On Design Of ‘Made In Italy’ Mini Reactor
Agreement paves way for cooperation on development and roadmap towards productionUS space agency Nasa haas chosen three companies to provide an initial design concept for a fission surface power system. Courtesy Nasa.Italy’s National Agency for
Nuclear Power Plant
05-01-2023

Samsung completes design of CMSR Power Barge
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge - a floating nuclear power plant based on compact molten salt reactors - and obtained the basic certification of the design from the Ameri
Nuclear Power Plant
05-01-2023

Outer Containment Dome Completed at Russia’s Kursk-Ii Unit 1
Work has been completed on installation of the domed part of the outer containment of the reactor building at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. First, the lower part of the dome was assembled - a large-sized structure weighing 235 tons, followed
SMR
05-01-2023

Nuscale Completes Standard Plant Design Project
US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard Plant Design (SPD) project for its VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of schedule. The NuScale Power Module is a small pressurised water reactor designed to generate 70MWe, which a
Nuclear Power Plant
05-01-2023

OL3 Resumes Operation in Test Mode
Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) has started generating power in test mode. The launch of the reactor was successful, although it was delayed for several hours. "It takes a long ti
Nuclear Reactor
05-01-2023

Russia Completes Preliminary Design for Molten Salt Reactor
Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of Power Engineering (Nikiet - part of Rosatom) has completed the preliminary design of a research molten-salt reactor for the Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC) in Krasnoyarsk as
Nuclear Fuel
05-01-2023

More Delays for Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant
The completion of Japan’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture will be delayed by two years, according to senior officials with Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL), operator of the facility. This is the 26th postponement since the proj
Nuclear Technology
05-01-2023

Russia’s Nuclear Industry Looks to Robots
Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored for cooperation in the field of robotics. Technored, founded in 2018, is now based in Skolkova. It is Russia's largest developer and manufacturer of standard robotic solution
Nuclear Reactor
05-01-2023

Gidropress to Develop Fast Microreactor
OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of the Department Fast Neutron Reactor Installations at Gidropress, said this is a completely new p
Nuclear Technology
05-01-2023

Rosatom Develops New Technology for Decontamination of NPP Equipment Using Ozone
A technology unique to the Russian nuclear industry has been developed by order of Rosatom’s fuel company Tvel at the Troitsk Institute for Innovation & Fusion Research (Triniti) as part of Rosatom’s Unified Industry Technical R&am
Nuclear Fuel
04-01-2023

Russia’s Kola Npp Produces First Hydrogen
A new Russian designed electrolysis unit has produced its first hydrogen at the Kola NPP. Hydrogen is used for cooling the turbogenerators that generate electricity at the plant. Previously this was produced by old-type alkaline electrolysers. The new one
Nuclear Reactor
04-01-2023

CHINA’S NEW BREEDER REACTORS MAY PRODUCE MORE THAN JUST WATTS
JUTTING OUT FROM THE coast of China’s Fujian province, Changbiao Island may seem small and unremarkable. It is anything but. This is where the China National Nuclear Corp. is building two fast-neutron nuclear breeder reactors, the first of which

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