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Preliminary Design Completed on Russian Prototype Fusion Reactor

The preliminary design of Russia's proposed TRT tokamak nuclear fusion reactor has been completed by JSC NIIEFA.The project, being carried out by specialist…

Nuclear Fusion

Carbon-14 Diamond Battery Is World First, Say UK Scientists

英国原子能管理局和布里斯托大学的科学家研制出世界上第一块碳-14 金刚石电池，它可以为设备供电数千年。左侧的薄电池使用寿命可达 5000 多年（图片来源：UKAEA）该电池以放射性同…

Nuclear Reactor

Agreements Represent Step Forward for Nuclear in Uzbekistan, Says Uzatom

Strategic agreements signed by Uzbek interests during a conference held in Samarkand include cooperation agreements with international organisations, business i…

Nuclear Reactor

NANO Announces Flurry of Microreactor MoUs

Recent memorandums of understanding signed by microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy will see it work with the US Department of Energy on evaluating the fea…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Canada Considers Financing for Polish Nuclear Power Plant

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced it has received a letter of intent from Export Development Canada, for up to CAD2.02 billion (USD1.45 billion) to potenti…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vietnam Resumes Ninh Thuận Nuclear Project

Aerial view of the planned location of the Ninh Thuận Nuclear Power Plant on the south coast of VietnamVietnam’s National Assembly has approved the conti…

South Korea

IAEA Assesses Korea’s Nuclear Safety Regulations

Members of the IRRS mission to South Korea in discussion with staff from a nuclear facility (Photo credit: IAEA)An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Int…

Nuclear Fuel

Orano Signs Japanese MOX Fuel Contracts

MOX fuel assembly (Credit: MHI)The Orano group has signed two mixed oxide (MOX) fuel manufacturing contracts with the Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries …

Nuclear Reactor

Argentine Neutron Beam Laboratory Receives Key Kit

The low-angle neutron scattering instrument transferred from the Paul Sherrer Institute in Switzerland is in place at the Argentine Neutron Beam Laboratory.(Ima…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Australian Report Questions Nuclear’s Cost Competitiveness

The draft of the annual GenCost report which has been opened for public comment says nuclear technology has no unique cost advantage over other energy technolog…

Philippines

IAEA Reviews Philippines Nuclear Infrastructure Development

The Philippines has made progress in implementing the recommendations of an International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear infrastructure review mission in 2018, a …

Nuclear Equipment

US Regulators Approve Evinci Microreactor I&C Platform

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the instrumentation and control platform for Westinghouse Electric Company's eVinci microreactor.eVinci (I…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Shimane 2 Restarts After 13 Years Being Offline

Unit 2 of the Shimane nuclear power plant in Japan's Shimane Prefecture was restarted on 7 December, Chugoku Electric Power Company announced. It becomes th…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazakhstan Holds Talks With France on 1st Nuclear Power Plant

Kazakhstan on Friday said that its energy minister had held talks with French officials and companies in the running to build the Central Asian country's fi…

Nuclear Reactor

South Africa ‘Committed to New Nuclear and PBMR’

The South African government remains committed to the use of nuclear energy and is planning to revive its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme and embark on new…