Bouygues Construction is to collaborate with France's CEA on the design and construction of the Astrid reactor prototype. Ten organisations are now involved in the project.
The installation of the new Titan supercomputer at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) marks the start of a new era of scientific supercomputing, including in nuclear energy research._72x48.jpg "Kiriyenko and Zhvachkin, September 2012 (Rosatom) 72x48")
An experimental lead-cooled nuclear reactor will be built at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC). If successful, the small BREST-300 unit could be the first of a new wave of Russian fast reactors.
Areva is boosting its US capabilities by building a new technical centre and by forming an alliance with Northrop Grumman to provide cybersecurity support for nuclear facilities._63x48.jpg "Astrid (CEA) 63x48")
Bouygues Construction is to collaborate with France's CEA on the design and construction of the Astrid reactor prototype. Ten organisations are now involved in the project._47x48.jpg "Prism (GE-Hitachi) 47x48")
The University of Manchester is to provide expert input to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy in its promotion of the use of Prism fast reactors to dispose of the UK's plutonium stocks.
Apart from programs to develop large sodium-cooled fast reactors, Russia is also pushing ahead with a small modular fast reactor cooled by lead-bismuth eutectic, the SVBR-100.