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Researchers at Cern Trap Thorium Isomers in Quest for a Nuclear Clock

The ISOLDE facility. (Photo: CERN)Today’s atomic clocks are exceptional timepieces that won’t lose or gain a second in 30 billion years. But if you&…

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Tension Mounts in Run up to UN Security Council Meeting on Zaporizhia NPP

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Director General Rafael Grossi will brief the UN Security Council on his proposals for safeguarding Ukraine&r…

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PM Asks Fukushima Inspection Team to Brief Public on Results in Transparent Manner

SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Tuesday requested a team of experts to transparently and comprehensively present the outcome of their i…

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Researchers Study Cooling Power Plants With Brackish Groundwater

New analysis led by a University of Wyoming researcher shows that brackish or salty groundwater could replace fresh water to cool coal- and natural gas-fired po…

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IAEA Team in Japan for Final Review Before Planned Discharge of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water

FILE - This photo shows some of about 1,000 huge tanks holding treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma to…

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Contract Signed for Russian Multifunctional Nuclear Service Vessel

The aim is for the vessel to be ready in 2029 (Image: Rosatom)The multifunctional vessel is also designed to safely accept, store and ship "liquid radioactive w…

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Westinghouse, Bechtel and PEJ Push Ahead on Poland AP1000

Seated (from left): Patrick Fragman, Łukasz Młynarkiewicz, Craig Albert; standing (from left): Mark Brzezinski, Anna Moskwa, Poland Minister of Climate and En…

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Regulators Support International Collaboration on SMR Technology

(Image: CNSC)SMRs are being considered by countries across the globe and are "increasingly the primary focus of several nations", the association said, but the …

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iSRS 2023 Has Successfully Concluded to Encourage Innovative Drug Development by Promoting Global Cooperation

The 25th International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences (iSRS 2023) was held in Honolulu, Hawaii from May 22 to 26, 2023. In the symposium, experts sha…

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Harnessing the Power of Small Modular Reactors to Achieve Net Zero

© shutterstock/ParilovTo capitalise on the significant potential of nuclear energy, the industry must address cost challenges associated with small modular…

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Japanese investment supports UK floating NPP design

UK-based start-up Core Power has attracted Japanese investment for its floating NPP (FNPP) project. Some 13 companies, including Onomichi Dockyard and Imabari S…

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NuScale Power joins Romanian Atomic Forum

US-based NuScale Power has joined the Romanian Atomic Forum (Romatom) as a supporting member to champion the association’s nuclear energy goals. Romania a…

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Belgian Regulator Issues Permit for Waste Facility Construction

Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has granted a permit to radioactive waste management agency Ondraf/Niras to construct and operate a su…

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Jacobs and Manchester University collaborate on robotics research centre

The Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-lasting Environments will research new technologies for sectors including nuclear decommissioning, energy …

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ČEZ Seeking Replacement Steam Generators at Temelín

Czech nuclear power plant operator ČEZ has launched what it calls one of its largest nuclear tenders in the past 20 years - for two new steam generators for th…