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Nuclear Reactor Test Requirements Put DRACO Launch Plans On Hold
A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...
US to study proliferation risk of HALEU nuclear fuel, after warning by scientists
The U.S. agency in charge of nuclear security is commissioning a study on the proliferation risks of a more-enriched uranium ...
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Bill Gates’ Terrapower permitted to unleash 345 MW sodium-cooled nuclear reactor
The Natrium technology features a 345 MW sodium-cooled fast reactor with a gigawatt-scale molten salt-based energy storage ...
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Sweden Begins Construction on World's Second Deep Geological Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel
Sweden has broken ground on its final repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)—a milestone reached after 40 years of research ...
Nuclear company building Oak Ridge test facility preps for $525M sale to BWX Technologies
Oak Ridge will be home to its testing facility and its fuel production facility through subsidiary TRISO-X. BWXT wanted to ...
Sweden starts building 100,000 year storage site for spent nuclear fuel
How to store deadly radioactive waste until it is safe is a question that has dogged the nuclear industry since commercial ...
Where Will All of Big Tech’s Nuclear Waste Go?
Nuclear waste is spread across 94 different nuclear sites in the U.S. and has no permanent home. Big Tech is going to add more to the pile.
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Russia starts making nuclear fuel for 300 MW Gen IV lead-cooled fast neutron reactor
The automated facility has already made mockup nuclear fuel bundles for the BREST-OD-300 core design, as per Rosatom.
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A nuclear fuel company promising $4.5B project and 1,000 jobs is wooing an Eastern WA city
The city of Richland is considering selling 425 acres of former Hanford nuclear site land for a $ ... nation establish a domestic supply of high-assay, low-enriched uranium, or HALEU, for nuclear ...