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Canada’s particle accelerator centre, TRIUMF and General Fusion have received a Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance grant to advance technology critical to measuring extreme temperatures inside a fusion machine. Funding of more than $800,000 over four years will support the design and delivery of an ultra-fast neutron spectrometer system. This will measure plasma temperatures at fusion conditions of over 100 million degrees Celsius, a key technical milestone that General Fusion aims to achieve at large scale by 2025.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 29 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadian-funding-for-triumf-and-general-fusion-11641409
A research project has highlighted the potential for quantum computing to deliver significant benefits for the design and operation of radiation facilities in the nuclear, medical and space industries, as Professor Paul Smith, Jacobs ANSWERS Technical Director, explains.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Quantum-computing-and-the-nuclear-indust
Russia has relaunched its Ruslan reactor, originally started up in 1979 at the Mayak production association in Ozersk. Ruslan has unique neutron-physical characteristics with no analogues anywhere in the world. After completing its 30-year design life, Ruslan was shut down in October 2011 for modernisation. This entailed a large amount of construction work, equipment replacement and upgrading of vital safety systems.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-mayak-relaunches-ruslan-reactor-after-modernisation-10602555
Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev, at a briefing with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, said 2022 was not an easy year. However, “we reached record results in almost all areas, in terms of our main, gross indicators”. He noted that implementation of the state defence order was 100%. And fulfilment of target revenue ??was more than 105% with a new record of more than RUB1,700bn ($24bn).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 04 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-briefs-russian-prime-minister-on-nuclear-industry-progress-10566339
Sweden’s Studsvik Scandpower and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have initiated a strategic partnership to address the growing need for Quality Assured neutronic simulation in the Advanced Reactor market, according to Studsvik. Studsvik is a global leader in neutronic simulation software while VTT leads development of advanced software for nuclear reactor and power plant modelling such as the Serpent Monte Carlo code.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 07 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsstudsvik-scandpower-and-vtt-partner-to-develop-serpent-software-9829410
Russian fuel company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) said on 13 April that its Central Design and Technological Institute (TISC) had concluded a government contract to design a scientific centre based on a new latest generation synchrotron.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstvel-to-design-new-russian-synchrotron-centre-7871960
The Siberian Circular Photon Source, or Skif, will be built at Koltsovo, a “science city” in the Novosibirsk region of southern Russia. It will be one of the latest generation of synchrotron radiation sources.
The project was approved by a federal government order in 2018. Tvel said the synchrotron and related infrastructure are scheduled to be commissioned in 2024. Total investment in the project will be more than $580m.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/institute-wins-contract-for-novosibirsk-synchrotron-design-4-1-2020
The Middle East’s first major international research centre for science application research, SESAME, will be inaugurated on 16 May in Jordan. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 11 May that it will serve scientists from across the region and beyond researching the peaceful uses of nuclear technology. IAEA has been closely associated with the project and is an observer on the SESAME council. The facility will foster innovative scientific and technological research in areas ranging from biology, archaeology and medical sciences to studying the basic properties of materials science, physics, chemistry, and life sciences.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 May 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssynchrotron-centre-opened-in-jordan-5814925
Scientists at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation scientists have verified that Australian smartphone software Radioactivity Counter can indeed measure radiation exposure.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsansto-tests-smartphone-dosimeter-app-4295324
The UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed a new portable radiation detector that can assess the safety of potentially contaminated areas far quicker than current methods. The prototype was inspired by the aftermath of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London 2006.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 October 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnpl-builds-long-range-alpha-detector