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WEBUS DOE updates Nuclear Liftoff Report. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issues an updated version of its Pathways to Commercial Liftoff – Advanced Nuclear…. Tracey Honney. News.
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WEBArtificial intelligence could clearly benefit the US energy system but, an expert symposium concluded, it offers specific and transformational opportunities to its nuclear industry to rapidly deploy clean energy assets, secure critical networks and reduce the capital and operational costs of next-generation energy technologies. Tracey Honney.
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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 ...
IAEA releases 2023 nuclear data
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Nuclear power data for 2023, collected by the IAEA, has been released in two new annual publications: Nuclear Power Reactors in the World and Operating Experience with Nuclear Power Stations in Member States (). Electricity production from nuclear power rose by 2.6% in 2023 compared with 2022, according to the operating data provided by member states to IAEA’s comprehensive and publicly ...
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa approved for restart - Nuclear Engineering …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · The mayor of Kashiwazaki in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture has reportedly indicated his willingness to approve the restart of two reactors (units 6&7) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP. “We have reached a stage where we can accept a possible request for reactivation,” Masahiro Sakurai said during a …
China to build first thorium molten salt NPP in Gobi Desert
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Now China plans to build the world’s first NPP based on molten salt in the Gobi desert. Construction will begin in 2025 with the aim of developing safer and more environmentally friendly nuclear energy. The reactor does not need water for cooling, since it uses liquid salt and carbon dioxide to transfer heat and generate electricity.
South Africa seeks to revive PBMR project
WEBFeb 10, 2020 · The Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) drew up plans to acquire 24 PBMR reactors over the next 20 years to contribute 4000MWe to the southern African grid. A large number of domestic and foreign subcontractors became involved in the project, which developed a massive supporting …
Goodbye to BNFL - Nuclear Engineering International
WEBAug 9, 2016 · The UK government, as part of a major reduction of public bodies, has decided to finally abolish British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL). The company, which was launched in 1971, grew to manage the UK's nuclear fuel cycle centres and all 26 Magnox nuclear power reactors. It established a US-based decommissioning division in 1990, bought the reactor vendor Westinghouse in 1999, and in 2000 bought the ...