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Work on Tianwan units 7 and 8 and Xudabao units 3 and 4 was launched today at a ceremony attended via video-link by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The four VVER-1200 reactors are part of a series of strategic agreements Russia and China signed in 2018. According to a Kremlin statement, the two heads of state witnessed the pouring of first concrete for Tianwan unit 7 and Xudabao unit 3.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 20 May 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-concrete-poured-for-new-Tianwan-and-Xudabao
Space travel to Mars and beyond may only be possible through the use of nuclear rocket technology, NASA suggests. Such spacecraft would be much faster than conventional craft, cutting the length of the mission and thereby reducing radiation exposure to astronauts.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-rocket-puts-Mars-within-reach
A new era of space exploration is dawning through the application of nuclear energy for rovers on Mars and the Moon, power generation at future bases on the surfaces of both and soon for rockets that enable interplanetary travel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 27 July 2012
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-a-stepping-stone-to-space-exploration