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In his column for Zeit online on 10 August, Theo Sommer, the respected editor-at-large at Die Zeit, said Germany still needs nuclear power. He asks: “Will the lights go out in Germany in 2023 because we are no longer producing enough electricity?” He says German electricity consumption is currently around 580TWh per year, while the Federal Economy Ministry estimates that demand will increase by 15% to 645 to 665TWh in 2030.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 August 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrespected-german-intellectual-pleads-for-nuclear-8991276
Nine Russian scientific institutes, centres and universities have united into a consortium for the development of new generation nuclear energy technologies, including closed nuclear fuel cycle technologies, fast neutron reactors (FBR), new materials for advanced energy technologies and innovative projects of nuclear power plants, the National Research University - Moscow Power Engineering Institute (NRUN-MEPhI) announced.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussian-academic-consortium-set-up-to-develop-new-generation-nuclear-technologies-8462309
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT’s) Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor on 30 September set a new world record for plasma pressure of 2.05 atmospheres. This is 16% better than the previous record of 1.77 atmospheres set at the same facility in 2005 at a temperature of 35m Celsius and lasting for two seconds. The breakthrough was presented on 17 September at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s fusion summit in Japan. Professor Robert McCrory of the University of Rochester, New York, said the result confirms that the high pressures required for burning plasma can be best achieved with high-magnetic-field tokamaks such as Alcator C-Mod.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-mit-sets-new-fusion-record-5038530
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
The ITER Council has unanimously approved the overall project schedule and the overall project cost (OPC) for the international experimental fusion reactor ITER at a meeting in France.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 29 July 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiter-schedule-approved-first-plasma-due-by-2019