Engineering
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense teamed up to create a series of weld filler materials that could dramatically improve high-strength steel repair in vehicles, bridges and pipelines. This novel weld wire could help ...
Dec 13, 2022
0
13
Energy & Green Tech
An unassuming pile of black graphite bricks containing uranium became known famously as Chicago Pile 1, the world's first human-created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Eighty years later, nuclear scientists continue ...
Dec 2, 2022
0
11
Energy & Green Tech
Study one of the first to address nuclear waste production of small modular reactors.
Nov 18, 2022
1
11
Energy & Green Tech
After over a decade of delays, the deafening sound of Finland's new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor finally running its turbine at full power was welcomed with joy—and relief.
Oct 13, 2022
0
22
Energy & Green Tech
New technology developed at the University of Waterloo could make a significant difference in the fight against climate change by affordably converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and other valuable chemicals ...
Oct 6, 2022
0
80
Energy & Green Tech
A nuclear power plant produces 8000 times more power than fossil fuels and is environmentally friendly, but when accidents do occur, they have major repercussions, such as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Nearly 100 people died ...
Oct 5, 2022
2
384
Engineering
With a reasonable and effective calculation method, physicists from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have calculated the maximum allowable offset of simultaneous position and angle ...
Sep 30, 2022
0
4
Energy & Green Tech
Modern pyroprocessing techniques promise to provide domestically sourced nuclear fuel at an affordable cost for next-generation reactors while drastically reducing the volume and toxicity of the remaining waste.
Aug 29, 2022
0
80
Energy & Green Tech
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Thursday it is further postponing the start of the removal of highly radioactive melted fuel from its damaged reactors because of delays in the development of ...
Aug 25, 2022
0
21
Energy & Green Tech
Japan's prime minister on Wednesday called for a push to revive the country's nuclear power industry in a bid to tackle soaring imported energy costs linked to the war in Ukraine.
Aug 24, 2022
0
3
