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Floating nuclear power plants to be mass produced for US coastline
UK-based Core Power has announced that it plans to mass produce a fleet of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) using advanced reactor design and modular shipbuilding to be anchored off the US coast ...
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Russia’s 1200 MW monster nuclear reactor eyes 100-year vessel of pure power
Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom has completed the welding of the upper half of the VVER-1200 reactor vessel ...
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European partnerships for fast reactor development
France's Hexana has formed a strategic partnership with Belgian engineering firm Tractebel to support the development of its ...
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IAEA assesses safety of Bolivia’s first nuclear research reactor
The reactor will also be the basis for training students in nuclear specialties. The pool-type 200 kWt SM-3 high-precision ...
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INL’s enduring mission: How high-flux thermal irradiation testing became a foundation for US nuclear leadership
Seventy-five years ago, the sweeping landscape of the Idaho desert over the Snake River Aquifer was a land of sagebrush, ...
To Unlock Limitless Energy, Scientists Needed a Secret Ingredient—And They May Have Just Found It
The new material could be key to finally building a successful fusion reactor.
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General contractor to begin site preparation for BN-1200 power unit at Beloyarsk NPP by autumn
YEKATERINBURG. Feb 20 (Interfax) - The general contractor for the construction of the BN-1200 power unit at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant in the Sverdlovsk region, Atomstroyexport, plans to start ...
Nuclear fusion: WEST machine beats the world record for plasma duration
WEST, a tokamak run from the CEA Cadarache site in southern France and one of the EUROfusion consortium medium size Tokamak ...
China’s EAST reactor keeps the fire of magnetic fusion burning
Chinese scientists sustain plasma at 100 million degrees C for 1,066 seconds in EAST, advancing nuclear fusion research.
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Aging reactors: For the first time, researchers verify the effect of radiation on concrete expansion
But only now have researchers been able to explore in detail the way that neutron radiation from nuclear reactors can impact concrete's longevity. "Concrete is a composite material made up of multiple ...