INL’s microreactor: A MARVEL machine
Led by Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the Microreactor Applications Research Validation and EvaLuation (MARVEL) project is a liquid-metal cooled microreactor with…
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Nuclear’s pursuit of synfuels
Governments are increasingly recognising that net zero solutions must be found and implemented urgently in order to meet global decarbonisation…
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Framatome boosts blasting operations
People often say that in their business, there is no room for error. When talking about the operations at Framatome’s Pump…
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Used fuel not an obstacle to nuclear
Used nuclear fuel, also referred to as spent nuclear fuel (SNF), is nuclear fuel removed from a reactor following irradiation that…
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Seeking nuclear stability in France
Can Europe come to an agreement on new nuclear? There has been a split in the bloc for decades between…
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SMR shortlist explored
Six small modular reactor (SMR) designs have been selected to progress to the next stage of a UK competition that…
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Novel fuels set for growth
The global market for nuclear fuel is steadily developing as the recent energy crisis and climate change concerns are allowing…
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Exploring the hydrogen option
There is already a market for hydrogen. In its 2023 Global Hydrogen Review the International Energy Agency (IEA) said global…
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Nuclear safety in time of crisis or war
In 1985, at the height of the Cold War, foreign policy and nuclear expert Bennett Ramberg published a paperback titled Nuclear…
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Decommissioning plutonium reactors
The nuclear arms race which characterised the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s resulted in the construction in both the USA and…
