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Assystem has partnered with the University of York in the UK to launch a PhD focused on researching the development of a digital twin for a complex component which is essential to produce fusion energy. Assystem said investing in research is a vital step in the journey to realising the commercial viability of fusion, which is a strategic goal for the UK as it prepares to build a prototype fusion power plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsassystem-and-york-university-co-operate-on-fusion-digital-twin-development-11474083
Researchers at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM - part of TVEL) together with specialists from the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR - part to Rosatom) have completed initial tests of samples of products made from silicon carbide in NIIAR’s BOR-60 research reactor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 27 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-scientists-test-silicon-carbide-cladding-11030360
US-based X-Energy Reactor has joined forces with Kinectrics - engineering, testing and certification services company - to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale helium test facility (HTF).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 07 April 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsx-energy-and-kinectrics-collaborate-on-design-of-helium-test-facility-10738743
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has embarked on a five-year partnership with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This £3m ($3.6m) arrangement seeks to better understand the performance and behaviour of materials required for use in future commercial fusion power plants.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-partners-with-oak-ridge-national-laboratory-on-fusion-10679854
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Sheffield have entered a partnership that is set to drive the development of fusion technology and the UK's future fusion industry. The collaboration will see Sheffield appoint two Chairs who will establish new research programmes to address global fusion challenges.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UKAEA,-University-of-Sheffield-to-collaborate-on-f
US-based TAU Systems is poised to bring particle accelerators to a multitude of users by harnessing the latest laser technology. Until now high-energy particle accelerators have been the exclusive domain of countries and governmental organisations. Because of their enormous size and very high cost, access for engineers and biotech professionals is severely limited. TAU Systems will use the latest laser technology to make electrons surf on three-dimensional plasma waves and accelerate them to ultra-high energies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstau-systems-to-build-a-new-generation-of-compact-particle-accelerators-10061161
University of Sheffield researchers have developed a new simulation of the most dangerous radioactive fuel debris remaining in the nuclear reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfukushima-simulant-material-to-boost-clean-up-efforts-9458406
Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM, part of Rosatom’s TVEL fuel company) have developed samples of experimental fuel claddings made of a composite material based on silicon carbide, TVEL said. The work is part of a programme to develop new generation accident tolerant fuel, which will significantly improve the safety of nuclear power plant operation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussian-scientists-develop-plastic-fuel-claddings-made-of-silicon-carbide-9414419
Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker, Leader, will be protected by an ice belt made of extra strong steel, according to Sergey Golosienko, deputy head of the research and production complex of the KM Prometey Central Research Institute.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsspecial-steel-protection-for-russian-icebreaker-leader-8176836
TVEL and the Czech research center Řež have signed a cooperation agreement in materials science studies and research. TVEL, the nuclear fuel manufacturer subsidiary of Russia’s Rosatom, announced today that Czech scientists will conduct experiments on the irradiation of nuclear construction materials in the CVŘ research reactor and also carry out pre-irradiation and post-irradiation studies.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 01 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rosatom-plans-fuel-research-in-Czech-Republic