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US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has completed manufacture of a 3.7-metre-long heat pipe that will be used to support the Nuclear Test Reactor (NTR) Westinghouse aims to operate by 2026.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 04 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-manufactures-heat-pipe-for-evinci-microreactor-10648065
The 12-foot (3.7 metre) long heat pipe manufactured by Westinghouse Electric Company in a project supported by the US Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Project (ARDP) is one of the largest of its kind made and will be used to support a test reactor the company aims to operate in 2026.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Major-component-manufacture-is-eVinci-milestone
Westinghouse Electric Company have announced a partnership with EDF to explore the functionalities of Westinghouse’s EnCore enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) technology. Westinghouse will study its EnCore fuel in an EDF reactor for potential deployment across the EDF nuclear fleet after 2030. This will be the largest R&D programme on enhanced fuel that Westinghouse has conducted in Europe to date.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 29 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-and-edf-co-operate-on-accident-tolerant-fuel-9883963
A special report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, released on 5 May, is a comprehensive global study on the central importance of minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements in a secure and rapid transformation of the global energy sector. The 287-page report recommends six key areas of action for policy makers to ensure that critical minerals are available to accelerate the transition to clean energy, rather than becoming a bottleneck.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 07 May 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-report-looks-at-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions-8725909
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy on 31 January confirmed that it had allocated $111.2 million to three industry entities for the development of accident tolerant fuels (ATF).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 February 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdoe-confirms-funding-for-atf-development-6979331