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‘Machine 4’ at Culham in England will house the largest pulsed power driver in the world
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 11 August 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/tractabel-signs-agreement-for-uk-facility-that-will-demonstrate-net-gain-8-3-2023
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) under construction at Saint-Paul-les-Durance in southern France is facing more delays, ITER director general Pietro Barabaschi said in an interview with AFP.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-delays-for-iter-10511382
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has developed a new laser-welding ‘robotic snake’ capable of operating inside fusion energy power plant pipework. The DEMO snake, which is now patented technology, will be deployed and operated remotely inside a hazardous environment without being touched by humans. It can also work effectively in pipes packed together, with little space for access.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-develops-laser-welding-robotic-snake-9754916
An 80-page report by the US Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC), “Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas” published in December says the US should build a fusion pilot plant (FPP) by the 2040s.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-report-urges-aggressive-approach-to-fusion-research-8443475
Oxford-based First Light Fusion (FLF), which is researching a number of alternative research directions to develop inertial confinement fusion ICF) for energy generation, announced on 29 August that it had successfully fired the first test ‘shot’ on one of the six limbs of its newly-constructed pulsed power machine. Machine 3 remains on track to be commissioned into service by the end of 2018, FLF said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 30 August 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssuccessful-test-shot-for-oxford-inertial-confinement-fusion-company-6728400
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has a problem with the world’s largest stocks of reactor-grade plutonium. The international association Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy view this as a one-time opportunity to benefit several advanced nuclear energy developments, none of which are acknowledged by DECC. By Brendan McNamara
Weak, short distance radiation makes it warm; so it is safe to hold but not to swallow. UK reactor grade plutonium is unsuitable for making weapons. And small-scale uses of UK plutonium could never go critical
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmarter-uses-for-plutonium