Decommissioning challenge: Ready for the end of life
Dec 18, 2024 · The IAEA, the European Commission and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency are working with the World Nuclear Association to consolidate the information gathered from different initiatives on assessing waste into a single publication, Status and Trends in Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management.The publication is an attempt to systematically summarise the global status and trends of programmes ...
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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
Building the fusion energy rulebook - Nuclear Engineering …
Dec 19, 2024 · The US NRC anticipates that several different fusion technologies will be commercialised in the 2030s. It wants to complete rulemaking before the decade starts. Developers agree.
AtkinsRéalis selected for Energy Northwest SMR
Dec 17, 2024 · US-based Energy Northwest has selected AtkinsRéalis Group as the Owner’s Engineer for its small modular reactor (SMR) project development in Washington state.
Radiant completes microreactor design phase - Nuclear …
Nov 21, 2024 · California-based start-up Radiant Industries has completed the front-end engineering & experiment design (FEED) phase to test a prototype of its Kaleidos microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory restructure
Jan 2, 2025 · The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has undertaken a strategic review to reassess the role of the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and identify how it can take forward programmes of national significance given …
Candu Monark reactor advances licensing process
Nov 5, 2024 · Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis company and original equipment manufacturer of Candu technology, is entering into a special project with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to develop a plan for a Pre-Licensing Design Review of …
AI’s nuclear opportunity - Nuclear Engineering International
In December 2023 around 100 experts in energy, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) convened at Argonne National Laboratory. They were there to map out the future potential for utilisation of AI in energy, considering five ‘energy mission’ areas that have previously been identified – fossil fuel, carbon management, nuclear power, renewables and energy efficiency.
Japan launches FAST fusion power project - Nuclear Engineering ...
Nov 18, 2024 · Japan’s FAST Project Office proudly announces the launch of the FAST (Fusion by Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) project, which aims to achieve fusion-based power generation by the end of the 2030s.
NANO Nuclear completes public offering
Nov 4, 2024 · US-based start-up NANO Nuclear Energy has closed of the sale of an additional 317,646 shares of its common stock at $17.00 per share in connection with its recent underwritten follow-on public offering.