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WEBWork starts at US prototype microreactor site. The US Department of Defense has broken ground at Idaho National Laboratory for the Project Pele prototype mobile microreactor. It will become the USA's first electricity-generating Generation IV reactor as early as 2026. New Nuclear · Wednesday, 25 September 2024.
AECL, AtkinsRéalis to collaborate on advanced Candu design
WEBSep 10, 2024 · AtkinsRéalis' vision of a Candu Monark plant (Image: AtkinsRéalis) AtkinsRéalis unveiled its plans for the 1000 MW Candu Monark, a Generation III+ reactor with the highest output of any Candu technology, last November, saying the new design would build on the commercial success of currently operating Candu units and decades of design development to offer amongst other things a higher output ...
Nucleareurope calls for expansion of EU hydrogen output
WEBMar 20, 2024 · Nucleareurope calls for expansion of EU hydrogen output. Nuclear trade body Nucleareurope has highlighted the benefits of European-based hydrogen production from nuclear energy in a new position paper. Nucleareurope noted a recent survey by McKinsey found that intensive gas buyers expect to reduce their gas demand in …
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
WEBSep 10, 2024 · It follows a successful 168-hour demonstration run for the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) in Shidao Bay (also known as Shidaowan), in Shandong Province, which is currently operating at 2×200 MWt power. The HTR-PM features two small reactors (each of 250 MWt) that drive a …
Bangladesh considering two more nuclear units at Rooppur
WEBThe prime minister, right, with Rosatom's director general, left (Image: ASE/Rosatom) She made the comments during a meeting with Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev, saying "we are interested in building" more nuclear power units at Rooppur, "if there is any scope to do so" and added: "I would request you to utilise Bangladeshi expertise in other nuclear power plant construction projects."
<p>AtkinsRéalis unveils new advanced Candu design</p>
WEBSep 19, 2024 · AtkinsRéalis unveils new advanced Candu design. Tuesday, 28 November 2023. The 1000 MW Candu Monark, a Generation III+ reactor with the highest output of any Candu technology, is currently in the definition phase, the company said at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris, and will feature simplified construction and a …
Helion prepares to build seventh fusion prototype
WEBSep 19, 2024 · Fusion energy developer Helion Energy has broken ground on a new facility in Everett, Washington, which will house its seventh generation fusion prototype, known as Polaris. Construction of the facility, which will also produce helium-3 fuel, is expected to be completed in early-2022. Meanwhile, General Fusion and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories are to collaborate on the development of tritium ...
Chinese molten-salt reactor cleared for start up
WEBSep 10, 2024 · A cutaway of the TMSR-LF1 reactor (Image: SINAP) In January 2011, CAS launched a CNY3 billion (USD444 million) R&D programme on liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs), known there as the thorium-breeding molten-salt reactor (Th-MSR or TMSR), and claimed to have the world's largest national effort on it, hoping to obtain full intellectual property rights on the technology.
US researchers achieve historic fusion ignition
WEBMar 20, 2024 · US researchers achieve historic fusion ignition. Tuesday, 13 December 2022. The first ever controlled fusion experiment to produce more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it was conducted at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on 5 December - a breakthrough that …