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Rosatom has listed the result for 2023 of the state programme: “Development of Engineering, Technologies & Scientific Research (RTTN Razvitii Tekhniki Tekhnologii I Nauchnikh Issledovanii) in the field of the use of atomic energy in the Russian Federation”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 06 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-lists-results-of-science-and-technology-development-programme-11661393
The physical launch of Russia’s multi-purpose fast neutron research reactor MBIR (Mnogotselevoi Bistrii Issledovatelskii Reaktor) under construction at the Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region, is officially scheduled for launch in 2027. In 2028 it will begin supplying electricity to the site and a pilot programme is planned.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-multi-purpose-fast-research-reactor-to-launch-in-2027-11554106
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the private Japanese fusion company Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) have signed a Communication Framework Agreement to advance tritium breeding blanket technology from its conceptual stage towards commercialisation. It also lays the for future collaboration on thetritium fuel cycle, as well as remote handling and power conversion technologies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 24 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-and-kyoto-fusioneering-extend-co-operation-11541228
The UK Atomic Energy Authority and the private Japanese fusion technology company Kyoto Fusioneering have signed an agreement which aims to advance tritium breeding blanket technology from its conceptual stage towards commercialisation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kyoto-Fusioneering-and-UKAEA-sign-collaboration-ag
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has awarded a three-year contract to US-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to develop a scalable, cost-competitive path to manufacture silicon carbide (SiC) and SiC composite foam materials for advanced fusion power plants.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 03 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgeneral-atomics-to-develop-silicon-carbide-materials-for-fusion-power-plants-11483120
Researchers at Russia’s NRNU MEPhI (National Research University - Moscow Power Engineering Institute) are investigating the accumulation of helium and deuterium in promising "smart" W-Cr-Y alloys for use in thermonuclear reactors. The results of the study were published in the Journal of Nuclear Materials. The interaction of plasma with the inner wall of a fusion reactor are a major obstacle to achieving fusion energy, explained Zori Arutyunyan, Candidate of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, and Junior Researcher at MEPhI’s Department of Plasma Physics.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussian-scientists-develop-smart-alloys-for-fusion-reactors-10853285
The pilot facility would use the company’s proprietary fusion synthesis engine. The tokamak would use superconducting magnets to contain and shape the plasma with microwaves directed into the fuel to heat the plasma to over 100 million degrees Celsius. Silicon carbide would be used in the walls of the liquid metal breeding blanket that would breed tritium and carry heat away from the tokamak.
Fuelled primarily by isotopes of hydrogen found in seawater and capable of generating its own fuel during operation, the plant would provide baseload energy without any harmful emissions or long-lived waste, GA said. Capable of operating around the clock, commercialised fusion power plants would provide “sustainable, carbon-free firm energy for generations”.
“Excitement for fusion energy is at an all-time high, with historic interest from private industry and government,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice-president of the General Atomics Energy Group. “We look forward to working with our partners to make our vision for economic fusion energy a reality.”
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/general-atomics-unveils-concept-design-for-pilot-reactor-10-3-2022