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UK materials facility upgraded to support fusion research
The newly completed GBP10 million (USD11.4 million) extension has doubled the size of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Materials Research Facility at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire.
New Nuclear
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Monday, 17 October 2022
IAEA breaks ground on new laboratory block
The International Atomic Energy Agency has held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Seibersdorf facility near Vienna to mark the start of construction on a new nuclear applications laboratories building. The building will house three laboratories: Plant Breeding and Genetics, Terrestrial Environment and Radiochemistry, and Nuclear Science and Instrumentation.
New Nuclear
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Thursday, 6 October 2022
CNL invites academia to join CNRI programme
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has issued a call for proposals for the fourth round of its Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative, which is aimed at collaborative research initiatives on small modular reactors and advanced reactors. CNL has now expanded the programme to invite project applications from Canadian universities.
New Nuclear
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Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Princeton physicists make plasma confinement breakthrough
Physicists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have proposed that the formation of "hills and valleys" in magnetic field lines could be the source of sudden collapses of heat ahead of disruptions that can damage doughnut-shaped tokamak fusion facilities. Their discovery could help overcome a critical challenge facing such facilities.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 30 September 2022
MHI develops reactor with enhanced safety features
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has launched the SRZ-1200 advanced pressurised water reactor design. Developed in collaboration with four Japanese utilities, the 1200 MWe reactor is designed to meet the country's enhanced regulatory safety standards.
New Nuclear
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Thursday, 29 September 2022
New compact particle accelerators could offer game-changing possibilities
Revolutionary laser-driven technology unveiled by TAU Systems aims to place the capabilities of high-energy particle accelerators within reach of engineers and scientists the world over, with potential applications in a wide range of fields including nuclear. The Texas-based company is aiming to offer its first commercial service centres in 2027, after starting prototype applications as early as 2024.
Corporate
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Tuesday, 27 September 2022
NDA teams up with oil and gas decommissioning centre
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the National Decommissioning Centre have signed a three-year collaborative research agreement - the first of its kind between the nuclear and oil and gas decommissioning sectors.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Jacobs to support refurb of UK nuclear research facilities
Engineering group Jacobs has been selected as full lifecycle delivery partner to support infrastructure renewal projects at various facilities run by the UK's government-owned, but operationally-independent, National Nuclear Laboratory.
Corporate
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Thursday, 22 September 2022
UNECE roadmap to net-zero calls for greater use of nuclear energy
Nuclear energy plays a significant role in scenarios which achieve carbon neutrality in North America, Europe and Central Asia, according to a new report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. If advanced reactors are successfully deployed to complement large scale nuclear reactors and there is progress in introducing low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure, then the role for nuclear energy is even greater.
Energy & Environment
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Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Site proposed for Swiss repository
Following a 14-year site selection process, Switzerland's national radioactive waste disposal cooperative Nagra has proposed Nördlich Lägern in northern Switzerland as the site of a deep geological repository. A used fuel encapsulation plant is to be built at the existing Zwilag interim storage facility.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 12 September 2022
Power conversion breakthrough could increase plant efficiency
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratory have successfully tested a new power system based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle to deliver electricity to the grid. The system could dramatically increase the efficiency of power plants including current and new advanced reactor systems as well as gas-fired and concentrated solar plants.
Energy & Environment
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Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Research paper calls for infrastructure rethink to meet net-zero
Governments must invest and break down roadblocks to the deployment of emerging and existing technologies if the world is to move to net-zero by mid-century - including legislative change to allow countries that currently prohibit the use of nuclear energy to consider using it as part of their energy mix, according to a new report by Princeton University and Worley.
Energy & Environment
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Tuesday, 6 September 2022
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