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网页Konrad repository approval upheld. The Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment has rejected an application from the Federation for the Environment & Nature Conservation…. Tracey Honney. News.
Russia to use highly enriched Ni-63 for atomic batteries
网页2018年12月21日 · Russia’s Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) announced on 18 December that it has achieved a world first in the conversion of highly enriched Nickel-63 (Ni-63) for integration into an atomic battery with a lifetime of 50 years. MCC (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) has completed the next stage in …
IMSR developer Terrestrial Energy makes strategic move to USA
网页2024年6月26日 · Terrestrial Energy, developer of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), has completed its corporate reorganisation to move its business in the US. It was previously based in Canada. “This aligns Terrestrial Energy with its largest market, commercial partners, and principal shareholders,” the company said.
Westinghouse and Dominion to upgrade Surry NPP
网页2023年5月18日 · The contract supports Dominion’s Subsequent Licence Renewal (SLR) programme to extend the operating life of Surry units 1&2, ensuring the continued delivery of electricity until 2053. This follows a 2021 contract awarded to Framatome for a major Instrumentation and Control (I&C) upgrade. “Our long …
Barakah 3 begins commercial operation - Nuclear Engineering …
网页2023年2月28日 · Unit 1 started up and was connected to the grid in 2020, followed by unit 2 in 2021. Unit 1 began commercial operation in April 2021 and unit 2 in March 2022. Unit 3 was connected to the grid in October 2022. Unit 4 completed hot functional testing in July 2022 and is now in the final stages of commissioning. Once all four units are operating ...
Grossi opens IAEA General Conference - Nuclear Engineering …
网页2023年9月28日 · IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, who has been reappointed for a second four-year term as Director General beginning December 2023, in his opening address to the 67 th General Conference, referred to US President Dwight D Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ speech in 1953. He noted that his vision has become an important, active part of the IAEA’s contribution towards ...
Goodbye to BNFL - Nuclear Engineering International
网页2016年8月9日 · The UK government, as part of a major reduction of public bodies, has decided to finally abolish British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL). The company, which was launched in 1971, grew to manage the UK's nuclear fuel cycle centres and all 26 Magnox nuclear power reactors. It established a US-based decommissioning division in 1990, bought the reactor vendor Westinghouse in 1999, and in 2000 bought the ...
China’s Betavolt develops 50-year nuclear battery
网页2024年1月16日 · Beijing-based Betavolt New Energy Technology has developed a 3V nuclear battery that uses radioactive nickel-63 as the energy source and a diamond semiconductor as the energy converter. Betavolt says atomic are a direct current power source, and can produce pulse power with a higher life by adding supercapacitors as energy storage devices.
NUKEM initiates insolvency proceedings - Nuclear Engineering …
网页2024年4月10日 · NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH (NUKEM) has filed for insolvency under self-administration and is undergoing debtor-in-possession restructuring. Despite this measure, NUKEM says business will continue as normal. NUKEM Technologies GmbH, which is currently 100% owned by Russia’s ASE Group (Atomstroyexport – …