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Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse: Navigating the nuclear power generation industry’s environmental impact. While the environmental challenges associated with nuclear power are significant, there are strategies that can be employed to mitigate these impacts and promote biodiversity conservation
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Birchwood Park: a nuclear hub evolution. A remarkable journey brings Birchwood Park from its historical roots with wartime munitions production to its present-day prominence as a cutting-edge nuclear technology hub supporting next generation technologies.
Uranium price trends sending market signals - Nuclear …
May 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 …
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Why Nuclear Engineering International is the first choice for civil nuclear power professionals. Published continuously since 1956, Nuclear Engineering International provides technical insight behind the news headlines for all aspects of civil nuclear power generation and its related supply chains. News, analysis and in-depth articles cover topics from frontend fuel cycle to power …
French safety institute to be merged with regulator and CEA
Feb 14, 2023 · The French government has announced plans to transfer the competences of the Institute for Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety (IRSN - Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire) to other institutions. The aim is to strengthen synergies at a time when France is seeking to expand its nuclear programme. The Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier …
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Oldbury accelerates decommissioning with innovation. The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has supported the use of a novel and innovative approach at the Oldbury…
Copenhagen Atomics: the story so far
Jul 24, 2024 · Molten salt test loops. Copenhagen Atomics makes these available for sale to other molten salt researchers. The test reactor is necessary to prove the accuracy of the simulations as well as material, production methods and volatile fission product removal.
China to build first thorium molten salt NPP in Gobi Desert
Jul 31, 2024 · China has announced the construction of a nuclear power plant that will be fuelled by liquid fuel based on molten thorium salt. The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) has been engaged in research in this area since 2011 …
China’s Betavolt develops 50-year nuclear battery
Jan 16, 2024 · Beijing-based Betavolt New Energy Technology has developed a 3V nuclear battery that uses radioactive nickel-63 as the energy source and a diamond semiconductor as the energy converter. Betavolt says atomic are a direct current power source, and can produce pulse power with a higher life by adding supercapacitors as energy storage devices.
AtkinsRéalis unveils new Candu Monark reactor
Nov 30, 2023 · AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin Group) unveiled its new Candu Monark reactor design at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris. The 1,000 MWe Candu Monark, with the highest output of any Candu technology, is currently in the definition phase. AtkinsRéalis says “it leverages Candu technology's tested and reliable design features together with the most …