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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 Reactor

Should the Pentagon Invest in Microreactors?

(imaginima/Getty Images; NASA)It’s not clear whether the Department of Defense should continue to develop new types of microreactors — primarily because …

Nuclear Technology

K Nuclear Plant Robots to Clean up the Big Space Mess!

The UK Atomic Energy Authority is working on a robotics solution, previously used in nuclear reactors, that could reduce space litterImage: ShutterstockRobots u…

Nuclear Reactor

Japan Adopts Plan To Maximise Use Of Nuclear Energy

The Japanese government has adopted a plan to extend the operation of existing nuclear power reactors and replace aging facilities with new advanced ones. The m…

Nuclear Reactor

Prototype SMR Safety System Completed

X-Energy Reactor Company (X-energy) and Paragon Energy Solutions have worked for two years to deliver, install and test the reactor protection system prototype,…

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…

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…

Nuclear Reactor

Development Of Nuclear Fuel 'Complete' For RITM-200S Floating Power Project

Rosatom says that the development of nuclear fuel for its Modernised Floating Power Units project - featuring RITM-200S reactors - has been completed.How the fl…

Nuclear Reactor

Borssele Earmarked For Two New Reactors

he Dutch Council of Ministers has designated the existing Borssele nuclear power plant site as the preferred location for two new reactors. It has also called f…

Nuclear Power Plant

China's Demonstration HTR-PM Reaches Full Power

The demonstration High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) at the Shidaowan site in Shandong province of China has reached its initial ful…

SMR

Small Modular Reactors Aren’t Difficult Nuclear Waste Generators

Many experts believe small modular reactors (SMRs), which are generally classified as nuclear power reactors with an electrical output of 300 MW or less, offer …

SMR

How SMRs Can Aid Romania’s Energy Independence

Small modular reactors (SMRs) offer Romania a reliable, affordable, and clean energy source, writes Mihai Darie of Last Energy.

Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. Developing Domestic Uranium Strategy -Energy Secretary

The United States is working on supplying its own uranium for existing and advanced nuclear reactors that could become commercial in the future to reduce depend…

Nuclear Reactor

Key Milestone Achieved in Development of Molten Chloride Fast Reactors

Georgia-based utility Southern Company and nuclear reactor design firm TerraPower have installed a test facility at TerraPower’s laboratory in Everett, Washing…

Nuclear Fusion

How Nuclear Fusion Reactors Like This One Could Change the World

Amid an energy crunch and spiralling household bills, there is renewed interest in fusion energy