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Design and R&D of a megawatt lithium-cooled space nuclear reactor was the subject of a recent detailed article in the scientific journal SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica (v.54, Issue 3, pp. 365-376) co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 13 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-gives-details-of-its-nuclear-space-engine-project-11677559
UK-based nuclear start-up newcleo has signed a partnership agreement with the French Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) on development of newcleo's lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnewcleo-teams-up-with-cea-on-reactor-development-11676148
UK-based Tokamak Energy is developing new laser measurement technology to control extreme conditions inside future fusion power. Plasma temperatures inside a tokamak reach over 100m degrees Celsius. The hydrogen fuel must be closely and accurately measured by a specialist laser system to keep the hot plasma stable, hold density and maintain fusion conditions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstokamak-energy-to-develop-new-laser-technology-for-fusion-plant-operations-11616489
UK-based nuclear fusion company Tokamak Energy said it is developing new laser measurement technology crucial for controlling extreme conditions inside future fusion power plants and delivering clean energy to the grid.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 16 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Tokamak-Energy-developing-new-laser-technology
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has delivered uranium nitride coated uranium oxycarbide tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel to NASA's Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion programme. The company says this demonstrates the "flexibility, precision and value" of its Pilot Fuel Manufacturing Facility (PFM).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USNC-delivers-TRISO-particle-fuel-to-NASA
Concreting of the dome of the inner containment (VZO) has been completed at unit 1 of the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Türkiye. The IEC ensures the tightness of the reactor building. To maximise the strength of the containment dome, 422 tons of rebar and over 3,200 cubic metres of concrete were laid. It has high fluidity, which allows it to self-compact and completely fill the space of the structure under its own weight, while maintaining high water-holding capacity, reliability, strength and uniformity of the composition.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 03 June 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-completes-concreting-of-inner-containment-dome-at-akkuyu-1-10909510
A Chinese tokamak device has set a new world record for a steady-state high-constraint mode plasma operation and German researchers have discovered a way to build smaller and cheaper fusion reactors. Meanwhile a US Government Accountability Office report on achieving commercial fusion cautions that several challenges must still be overcome.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 14 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chinese-and-German-milestones-in-fusion-research
Researchers at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) have used muons - cosmic particles - to remotely and non-invasively create a 3D image of the G2 reactor at Marcoule, France, which is undergoing decommissioning.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Team-uses-muography-to-create-3D-image-of-reactor
The new improved plasma retention mode has been demonstrated at the Experiment Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), according to the Hafei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The new plasma operation scenario, Super I-Mode, discovered and demonstrated by a team from Institute of Plasma Physics at Hefei, was reported in a recent paper published in Science Advances.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschinese-east-tokamak-achieves-improved-plasma-retention-10515633
A new mode of improved plasma confinement has been demonstrated at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences announced. It said the new high-confinement and self-organising Super I-mode "represents the reliability and advancement of the machine itself but also offers insights into how to better maintain the plasma operating stably and for long duration".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chinese-tokamak-achieves-Super-I-mode