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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment for Research Reactors (INSARR) team of experts said the Philippines is committed to the safe operation of the Philippine Research Reactor-1 (PRR-1) Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education & Research (SATER) facility. This followed completion of recent commissioning tests and the start of its utilisation for training and education. The team also found the need for further improvement in the reactor’s operational organisation structure, its maintenance and operating procedures.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-reviews-safety-at-philippines-research-reactor-11331498
South Korea has begun preparations to begin building a nuclear fusion reactor after 2035. It aims to produce electric power around 2050 in a bid to keep up with the intensifying international competition for the future clean and limitless energy, the Ministry of Science, Information & Communication Technology said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 02 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-korea-plans-to-build-fusion-reactor-after-2035-10638362
Ontario Tech University has begun pre-licensing activities for a new facility to support its undergraduate nuclear engineering programmes and for applied nuclear engineering research. The facility will be unique in Canada.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-university-launches-subcritical-assembly
Scientists at the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have obtained some initial results from their investigations into cubes of uranium which were part of Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons programme, the American Chemical Society (ACS) reported on 24 August. Brittany Robertson, a doctoral student who works at PNNL will present the work at ACS Fall 2021 meeting.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 August 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-scientists-investigate-uranium-cubes-from-nazi-germanys-nuclear-programme-9032569
Milestones achieved within a recent two-week period demonstrate what nuclear technology is all about, what it is doing and can do for humanity, Agneta Rising, World Nuclear Association director general, said ahead of the Association's Strategic eForum 2020.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 09 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-Worlds-of-possibilities-with-nuclear-techno