The development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Dec 14, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
For its supporters, nuclear energy is the world's best—perhaps only—hope to avoid catastrophic climate change. Opponents say it is too expensive, too risky and totally unnecessary.
Oct 11, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Defense is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.
Sep 25, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Too little is known about melted fuel inside damaged reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, even a decade after the disaster, to be able to tell if its decommissioning can be finished by 2051 as planned, a ...
Aug 27, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Nuclear power is a significant source of steady carbon-neutral electricity, making the design and construction of new and next-generation nuclear reactors critical for achieving the U.S."s green energy goals.
Aug 25, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
As the world grapples with a climate emergency brought on by carbon emissions from the large-scale burning of fossil fuels, there is renewed interest in nuclear energy, specifically in the new generation of small modular ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets, produced at the Department of Energy's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been installed and are now under routine operating ...
Aug 10, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
A reactor at a nuclear plant in southern China has been shut down because it is damaged, the operator said Friday, but it insisted there were no major safety issues.
Jul 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Japan aims to hike its 2030 renewable energy target as part of efforts to slash emissions, according to draft documents released Wednesday, but activists described the planned goal as "disappointing".
Jul 21, 2021
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Engineering
In a tunnel 40 feet beneath the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, a Geiger counter screamed. It was 1964, the height of the Cold War. U.S. soldiers in the tunnel, 800 miles from the North Pole, were dismantling the Army's ...
Jul 20, 2021
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