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Japan’s Fukushima worker radiation monitoring validated. Japan is accurately monitoring occupational radiation exposure of workers involved in handling treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP, according…. Staff Writer. News.
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 had enjoyed at that time and when ...
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LCOE and the true value of nuclear power. New analysis from the US Department of Energy points to the more than the positive market fundamentals favouring mass development of nuclear. Staff Writer.
China to build first thorium molten salt NPP in Gobi Desert
Jul 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.
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 modern and advanced engineering ...
More fusion progress for China - Nuclear Engineering International
Sep 6, 2023 · China's new-generation tokamak, Huanliu-3 (HL-3), has made significant progress operating in high-confinement mode (H mode) under a plasma current of 1 million amperes for the first time, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. The experiment took place at CNNC’s Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
TerraPower breaks ground on planned Natrium NPP
Jun 12, 2024 · The projected commissioning date is now 2030. Bill Gates, discussing the ground-breaking ceremony on his GatesNotes personal blog, claims: “Kemmerer, Wyoming will soon be home to the most advanced nuclear facility in the world.”. He says: “The plant was designed by TerraPower, a company I started in 2008.
Cameco and Brookfield Renewable to acquire Westinghouse
Oct 13, 2022 · Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Renewable Partners, together with its institutional partners (the consortium), are forming a strategic partnership to acquire Westinghouse Electric Company. Brookfield Renewable, with its institutional partners, will own a 51% interest in Westinghouse and Cameco will own 49%. Traceyhonney October 13, 2022.