Nuclear fusion

Nuclear Technology

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 unprec…

Nuclear Reactor

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 N…

Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fusion Could Help Us Meet Our Climate Goals Sooner

One of the limitations of Direct Air Capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide removal from, for example, the lower atmosphere – where, as we know, is currently at …

Nuclear Fusion

'Big challenges': Choosing A Nuclear Career in Japan

The 2011 Fukushima disaster made working in the nuclear industry unappealing for many Japanese students, but a new government push to revive the sector could st…

Nuclear Reactor

Romanian Government Approves Draft Law For Cernavoda Expansion

A draft law on the agreement to build two new reactors at Romania’s Cernavoda NPP was adopted by the government on 19 December and will now be submitted t…

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Formally Enters BWRX-300 SMR in UK Race for New Nuclear

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to UK authorities…

France

Energy Crisis Deepens as Nuclear Reactors Remain Offline in France

Major French utility Electricite de France SA (EDF) said it will again extend maintenance outages at some of its nuclear reactors by several months, meaning Fra…

Uranium Project

GE Hitachi And Holtec Submit SMR Designs For UK Assessment

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to the UK Departm…

Nuclear Reactor

Second Belarus Unit Targets Start-up In First Quarter 2023

The second unit at the nuclear power plant in Belarus is now expected to be connected to the country's power system in the first three months of 2023, accor…

Nuclear Power Plant

ACORE Encourages Diversity In Domestic Solar Manufacturing Buildout

As the U.S. renewable energy economy expands, intentional commitments for equitable economic and workforce development will be critical to achieving the nation&…

Nuclear Technology

Chinese Nuclear Plant Starts Supplying Industrial Heating

China's first nuclear energy industrial heating project has officially been completed and put into operation at the Qinshan nuclear power plant in Zhejiang …

Nuclear Technology

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough With ‘Scientific Energy Breakeven’

LLNL’s National Ignition Facility target chamber. Image: LLNLResearchers at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have reported a fusion fi…

Nuclear Reactor

U.S. To Reveal Scientific Milestone On Fusion Energy

The scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have achieved a net energy gain for the first time, in a fusion experiment using lasers, …

Nuclear Fusion

EIT InnoEnergy Invests in Start-up for Commercially Viable Fusion

EIT InnoEnergy has announced its latest investment in Sweden-based Novatron Fusion Group AB. The company is developing a new proprietary fusion power concept, a…

Nuclear Fusion

Tokamak Energy ST80-HTS Hailed as Next Step to Grid Fusion

Tokamak Energy has revealed plans for its latest prototype fusion reactor, claiming grid fusion is just over a decade away.