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WEBRosatom opens industrial robot showcase. Rosatom Service (part of Rosatom’s Electric Power Division) has opened the first demonstration hall of industrial robots of the AIM…. Tracey Honney. News.
Russia’s Mayak continues clean-up of Lake Karachai
WEBNov 30, 2016 · The ceremony marking the final backfilling of Karachai took place in November 2015. In December the infilled lake was covered with rock and dirt, effectively transforming it into a near-surface permanent and dry nuclear waste storage facility. The project cost RUB 17bn ($263m) including the construction of an upland channel to …
SMR development tracked by NEA and IAEA studies
WEBMar 21, 2023 · The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has recently published a 73-page study, which tracks the progress of selected small modular reactor (SMR) designs towards deployment. NEA says the SMR designs are at various stages of development, from fundamental research on new concepts to commercial deployment and operation of mature designs. The Nuclear ...
Experiments end at JET after 40 years
WEBOct 18, 2023 · The UK-based Joint European Torus (JET) fusion facility at Culham near Oxford has played a vital role in the development of fusion energy. However, at the end of 2023 JET will be repurposed ready for decommissioning, which will last until around 2040. The first experiment in the world with a deuterium-tritium fuel mix took place at JET in 1991. Subsequent experiments have achieved higher ...
EPRI and NEA to collaborate on waste management for SMRs
WEBTraceyhonney November 1, 2023. The US-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have announced a new collaboration on an upcoming NEA Joint Project focusing on waste management strategies for small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear energy systems.
WNA fuel report sees nuclear growth
WEBSep 12, 2023 · The World Nuclear Association’s (WNA) Nuclear Fuel Report: Global Scenarios for Demand and Supply Availability 2023-2040 sets out three scenarios for future nuclear generating capacity. The Reference Scenario is informed by government and utility targets and objectives; the Lower Scenario assumes delays to the implementation of these plans; and the Upper Scenario considers the potential ...
Nuclear plant lifespan: essential risk assessment modelling
WEBAug 14, 2024 · According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), more than two-thirds of the world’s 442 nuclear power reactors are now over 30 years old and approaching or already surpassing the end of their originally anticipated 40-year lifespan. Around 100 of those reactors globally have already had their operating licences extended.
Uranium price trends sending market signals - Nuclear …
WEBMay 30, 2024 · Global uranium prices, which almost doubled in 2023, have continued the trend with further price rises this year. The spot price of uranium oxide has already exceeded US$106 per pound, returning to a level last seen in 2007 and prior to the tsunami-prompted accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which curtailed much of the optimism nuclear had enjoyed at that time and when ...
Poll reveals high public support for Hinkley Point C
WEBOct 13, 2010 · Almost two-thirds of local people support plans for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, a new poll by independent research company ICM1 has revealed. According to the poll of 1002 people living within Sedgemoor, Taunton Deane and West Somerset and within 25 miles of the site, 63% support the development of Hinkley Point C.