Nuclear
2025, January, 16, 06:55:00
U.S., RUSSIA SANCTIONS
“The Department of State’s designations aim to reduce Russia’s oil and natural gas revenue through sanctions on operators of significant Russian crude oil production and liquified natural gas projects. We are designating the chief executive officer and members of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom’s (Rosatom),” according to a State Department Fact Sheet.
2025, January, 16, 06:45:00
RUSSIA, VIETNAM NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Vietnam and Russia are already cooperating in the nuclear sector on the construction of a Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology in Vietnam
2025, January, 16, 06:40:00
CHINA NUCLEAR POWER GROWTH
China's total fleet of 58 operable reactors supply about 5% of the country's electricity.
2025, January, 16, 06:35:00
U.S., INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION
India and the USA signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement (also known as a 123 Agreement) in 2008,
2025, January, 16, 06:30:00
U.S., S.KOREA NUCLEAR POWER
The United States and Republic of Korea have worked together on civil nuclear power for more than 70 years.
2024, December, 17, 06:50:00
RUSSIAN FUSION DESIGN
Rosatom describes the TRT as “a tokamak with a long discharge pulse, a strong magnetic field and an electromagnetic system made of a high-temperature superconductor … the construction of the TRT is an important stage in the development of controlled thermonuclear fusion and the creation of a nuclear power reactor in Russia – an environmentally friendly source of energy with virtually inexhaustible fuel resources”.
2024, December, 17, 06:45:00
EVGENY VELIKHOV (1935-2024), RIP
ITER has paid tribute to Evgeny Velikhov (1935-2024), who died on 5th December aged 89, with the following “In Memoriam”:
2024, December, 17, 06:40:00
JAPAN NUCLEAR: THE CHEAPEST
The cost of constructing and operating a new nuclear power plant for 2040 is estimated at 12.5 yen ($0.08) per kilowatt-hour, according to documents released from a trade ministry panel meeting on Monday.
2024, December, 17, 06:30:00
NUCLEAR FOR AUSTRALIA
The report is the second part of a series from independent economic consultants Frontier Energy on modelling the economics of including nuclear in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM): the first part, released in November, established the base case against which to compare cost impacts based on the AEMO Integrated Systems Plan.
2024, December, 17, 06:25:00
BRITAIN BATTERY FOR THOUSANDS
The battery is based on the radioactive isotope carbon-14. It uses its radioactive decay - it has a half-life of 5,700 years - to generate low levels of power.
2024, December, 6, 06:25:00
BRITAIN NUCLEAR EXTENSION
Just last week, the Britain Remade campaign group said hitting the UK's target for a clean energy grid by 2030 will be "almost impossible" without extending the operation of some of the country's nuclear power plants.
2024, November, 26, 06:25:00
GLOBAL NUCLEAR POWER EXPANSION
Reaching global decarbonization targets by 2050 will require a significant expansion of nuclear power.
2024, November, 26, 06:10:00
SOUTH AFRICA'S NUCLEAR POWER
South Africa has a history of uranium production - generally as a by-product of gold or copper mining.
2024, November, 26, 06:05:00
JAPAN FUSION PROJECT
FAST aims to generate and sustain a plasma of deuterium-tritium (D-T) reactions, demonstrating an integrated fusion energy system that combines energy conversion including electricity generation and fuel technologies.
2024, November, 21, 06:35:00
GERMANY WITHOUT NUCLEAR
In Germany, where nuclear power has long been a thorny political issue, operators are much less enthusiastic, despite talks of a nuclear restart surfacing in the wake of the German coalition government's recent collapse.