Nuclear
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.
2024, November, 21, 06:20:00
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR ICEBREAKERS
Three project 22220 icebreakers have already been built and are now operating in the Arctic – Arctic, Siberia and Ural. Construction of icebreakers Yakutia and Leningrad is now underway and a contract for the construction of Stalingrad has been signed.