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WEBSep 20, 2024 · News, features and analysis covering the global nuclear energy sector, supported by World Nuclear Association
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 ...
New Nuclear - World Nuclear News
WEBNANO Nuclear Energy's novel heat exchanger concept, intended for use in the Zeus microreactor, a technical audit of the Antares R1 thermosiphon-cooled microreactor, a study to develop purity tests for molten salts, and a screening process to identify potential sites for nuclear-powered data centres have been chosen to receive funding from the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's ...
First CGN Hualong One reactor enters commercial operation
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Unit 3 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the first of two CGN-designed Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site.
Nuclear to be part of US clean hydrogen hubs
WEBUS President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm have announced seven regional clean hydrogen hubs that will share USD7 billion in federal funding to accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen. Nuclear energy features in the plans of several of them, including a large nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility at Constellation's LaSalle ...
India's long-term development strategy sees nuclear expansion
WEBSep 18, 2024 · The long-term low-emission development strategy - or LT-LEDS - submitted by India to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change includes a three-fold increase in nuclear energy capacity by 2032 and will also explore the potential deployment of small modular nuclear reactors.
Poland narrows down nuclear sites - World Nuclear News
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Lubiatowo-Kopalinio is a coastal location whereas Zarnowiec is lakeside (Image: PEJ) The choice was announced by Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ), the government company that is progressing its policy to deploy up to …
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
WEBSep 10, 2024 · The nuclear island of HTR-PM Demo (Image: Tsinghua University) 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.
<p>AtkinsRéalis unveils new advanced Candu design</p>
WEBSep 19, 2024 · 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 …
Nuclear fusion: New initiatives outlined at IAEA's FEC 2023 ...
WEBFrom left, Bowie, Grossi and Chapman (Image: UK Atomic Energy Authority) The event, being held in the UK for the first time since 1984, was opened by International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi who began by wishing a "happy 40th anniversary" to the soon-to-close JET ( the Joint European Torus), "the first tritium experiment in Europe, breaker of scientific records ...