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Company is spin-out from Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/germany-s-proxima-raises-eur20-million-for-qi-stellerator-reactor-4-4-2024
Addressing Atomexpo 2024 in Sochi, southern Russia, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called for nuclear energy to remain a field of international cooperation, and expressed regret that the field was riddled with ideological debates. “As long as infrastructure determines energy cooperation, ideology should have nothing to do with [it],” he said. He added that, whereas nuclear energy had been “a victim of ideology” recently, Europe had “overcome” discrimination, “thanks mostly to the fact that France is a pro-nuclear country”. He added: “We were able to win our debates in Europe and make it recognised that generating electricity in a nuclear way is sustainable, safe and cheap.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsszijjrt-criticises-politicisation-of-nuclear-energy-11635619
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest report, Electricity 2024, dedicates a significant amount of space to nuclear power – a departure from its previous studies which treated it as peripheral. In its press release on the new report, IEA says the increase in electricity generation from renewables and nuclear "appears to be pushing the power sector's emissions into structural decline". Over the next three years, low-emissions generation is set to rise at twice the annual growth rate between 2018 and 2023. Global emissions from electricity generation are expected to decrease by 2.4% in 2024, followed by smaller declines in 2025 and 2026.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 26 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-acknowledges-significance-of-nuclear-energy-in-new-report-11463539
The Joint European Torus (JET) at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) Culham facility has performed its final experiments, marking the end of 40 years of groundbreaking experiments. JET delivered pulse number 105,842 on 18 December over four decades after it delivered its first pulse on 25 June 1983. UKAEA CEO, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, who was present for the final plasma experiment, said: “This is the final milestone in JET’s 40-year history. Those decades of research using JET by dedicated teams of scientists and engineers have played a critical role in accelerating the development of fusion energy.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjet-to-be-repurposed-after-delivering-final-plasma-11405916
The European Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to reform the European Union's electricity market design. The agreement now needs to be endorsed and formally adopted by both institutions.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 16 December 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Agreement-reached-on-EU-electricity-market-reform
‘What needs to happen now is for reactors to be rolled at scale and at pace’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/landmark-consensus-recognises-need-to-accelerate-nuclear-energy-12-3-2023
Reflecting a decision by the European Parliament in November, the European Union (EU) Council has included nuclear energy, along with renewables, among the technologies to be included in the EU Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseu-states-accept-nuclear-as-a-strategic-net-zero-technology-11365400
The Japan Torus-60 Super Advanced (JT-60SA) fusion device, the world's largest operational superconducting tokamak, has been launched at Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science & Technology (QST) in Naka in a joint ceremony by Japan and the European Union (EU). The ceremony was attended by European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson; Japan’s Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Masahito Moriyama; and Japan’s Minister of State for Science & Technology Policy, Sanae Takaichias well as other senior politicians and industry representatives. They were able to witness a plasma operation from the control room.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjt-60sa-fusion-device-inaugurated-in-japan-11351881
The Netherlands has established an effective programme for managing its used fuel and radioactive waste for its current needs, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste & Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning & Remediation (ARTEMIS) mission. The Government of the Netherlands, the Authority for Nuclear Safety & Radiation Protection (ANVS) and the Central Organisation of Radioactive Waste (COVRA) have demonstrated a commitment to safety, innovation and openness, the review team concluded.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-reviews-used-fuel-and-radwaste-management-in-netherlands-11352003
The successful operation of the Japan Torus-60 Super Advanced (JT-60SA) fusion device, the world's largest operational superconducting tokamak, has been marked by Japan and the European Union in a ceremony to inaugurate the facility.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 02 December 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japan-and-EU-mark-first-plasma-from-JT-60SA-fusion