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Nuclear Power in the US, Market Outlook to 2025, 2012 Update - Capacity, Generation, Regulations, Power Plants, Companies
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Solar power in Ontario could outshine all U.S. nuclear reactors
Two Queens University studies suggest solar power in southeastern Ontario could produce the same amount of power as all nuclear reactors in the United ...
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Germany`s oldest remaining nuclear plant shuts down
Germany's oldest remaining nuclear reactor has been shut down, part of a move initiated four years ago to switch off all its nuclear plants by the end of 2022. The Grafenrheinfeld reactor in the southern state of Bavaria was taken offline as scheduled overnight, authorities and operator E.ON said Sunday. Grafenrheinfeld went into service in 1981. It is the first reactor to close since Germany ...
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X-energy to irradiate TRISO-X fuel with MIT’s Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
X-energy has reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the Institute’s Nuclear Reactor Laboratory to use its research reactor to irradiate X-energy’s TRISO-X fuel. The irradiation process will provide data in support of licensing X-energy's Xe-100 and other TRISO-based reactors. X-energy’s reactors all use tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) ...
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MRP provides shielding material to support the search for neutrinos
Shielding material to support the search for neutrinos. MRP Systems has recently supplied a block wall enclosure to the ANR funded Project SoLid, which is undertaking a Search of Oscillations at very short distance with Lithium6 Detector at SCK-CEN BR2, in Belgium. The project, which is funded by the French Research Agency ANR, is undertaking a search for one of the most enigmatic ...
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Control Rod Assemblies in Nuclear Reactors - Global Market Size, Average Pricing and Competitive Landscape Analysis to 2020
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Rosatom postpones fast reactor project, report says
Rosenergoatom is expected to receive about RUB280 billion (USD4 billion) less in state funding for the construction of new nuclear reactors in Russia owing to the postponement of its fast neutron reactor programme, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported last week, citing anonymous sources. Rosenergoatom is the nuclear power plant operator subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom. ...
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Reality check shows nuclear energy is the wrong path
Rising costs and re-evaluated risks make nuclear power a poor choice, even for developing nations that can afford it, says José Goldemberg. There are 440 nuclear reactors operating around the world, providing about 14 per cent of the world's electricity supply. Most were installed 30–40 years ago, when the relative cost of producing nuclear energy made it an attractive option. ...
By SciDev.Net
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Big push for small nuclear reactors
Concerns are being raised about the billions of dollars being spent on research to design and build small nuclear reactors for electricity production The world’s big powers are in a race to build a new series of small reactors, which they believe will combine with renewables to create a low-carbon future for the planet. Small modular reactors (SMRs) have hardly been heard of by the ...
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Europe divided along former Iron Curtain over nuclear power
A quarter-century after the collapse of communism, Central Europe faces a new divide: irreconcilable visions of nuclear power that pit nations once on the opposite sides of the Iron Curtain against one another. Germany and Austria, stalwarts of the rich West, have long decided to go strictly nuclear free, while new EU members of the East - hungry for energy to fuel economic growth - are avidly ...
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MIT partnership between test reactors to support nuclear energy research
The Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility (ATR NSUF), centered at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor (MITR) have announced a partnership designed to increase user access to national reactor irradiation and testing capability. NSUF Scientific Director Todd Allen said that with the ATR NSUF fall 2008 solicitation for ...
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A global nuclear renaissance: Is the United States missing out?
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing to examine the renewed interest in nuclear power globally and its prospects in the United States. Demand for energy coupled with the need to develop low-carbon sources has led some nations to focus on nuclear power. But even before the recent financial crisis, issues dealing with material shortages, untested designs ...
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U.S. Government gives TVA license to operate new nuclear reactor
The Spring City reactor that will be the nation's first new nuclear generating plant of the 21st century has gotten the go-ahead from the federal government. The Tennessee Valley Authority says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an operating license for Watts Bar Unit 2 on Thursday. Speaking at a news conference at the plant, TVA President Bill Johnson said the reactor will provide ...
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Japan cuts LNG demand, plans to restart Kansai Electric Power reactor
Japan will soon be witnessing a significant plunge in its consumption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the reopening of its nuclear reactors. Reportedly, the output from the atomic power has been the highest since the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. According to the sources familiar with the matter, the Kansai Electric Power, will bring back the 870 MW No. 4 reactor at its Takahama ...
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EDF and ENEL seal an industrial partnership for the development of nuclear energy in Italy at the Franco-Italian summit
During the Franco-Italian summit now taking place in Rome, in the presence of the French President and the President of the Italian Council, EDF and ENEL confirmed the signing of two industrial agreements on the development of nuclear energy, following the previous agreement in Nice in November 2007. The first agreement announced today sets up a 50/50 consortium between EDF and ENEL to look into ...
By EDF Energy
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Top regulators take important steps to enhance the safety of new nuclear reactor designs
Top nuclear regulators have met at the OECD, in Paris, with vendors, operators and standards organisations, taking important steps to enhance global nuclear safety. With a growing number of countries planning to build new nuclear reactors, an international initiative called the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) was launched in 2007 with the aim of developing innovative approaches ...
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A new approach to engineering for extreme environments
Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, an MIT materials scientist is taking composites to the nanoscale, where entirely new properties, not found in any of the original compounds, can emerge. Michael Demkowicz, an assistant professor in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is ...
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US Government issues loans for the first nuclear reactors in 30 years
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will travel to Waynesboro, Georgia on Thursday to issue approximately $6.5 billion in loan guarantees for two new nuclear reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant. The reactors will be the first new nuclear facilities in about three decades. The terms of the loan agreement were tentatively offered to Southern Company in 2010, but low natural gas ...
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Belgian nuclear reactor shutdown: EU must put pressure on Belgium for transparency; wider EU issues must be addressed
The Belgian nuclear safety authority yesterday announced that it is postponing a decision on the restart of two reactors (Doel 3 and Tihange 2) that were shut down over the summer due to the discovery of fissures in their cores. The authority has asked for more information before any decision to reopen the damaged reactors can be taken. Last week, a study commissioned by the Greens/EFA group (1) ...
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Emerging Nuclear Power Countries - Market Analysis, Policy Analysis and Forecasts to 2030
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