Nuclear

The drones being developed to inspect Fukushima

Companies in the US and the UK are developing cutting-edge drones to help with investigations underway at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Why has China’s nuclear expansion programme stalled?

Completion of the first EPR and AP1000 reactors in China marks a major milestone, but, as Steve Kidd of East Cliff Consulting explains, the nation’s ambitious nuclear expansion programme is no longer on track.

Dynasil’s RMD secures US DOE funding to develop two nuclear technologies

Dynasil’s subsidiary Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD) has been awarded $2m in Phase II technology development grants by US Department of Energy (DOE), for the development of two new technologies for the nuclear energy industry.

SNC-Lavalin to implement 37M fuel in Qinshan CANDU reactors in China

SNC-Lavalin has signed an engineering service contract and a licensing agreement with Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company (TQNPC) to implement 37M natural uranium equivalent (NUE) fuel in the Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactors Units 1 and 2 in China.

World’s biggest nuclear power plants

Nuclear power is one of the main sources of energy with a huge potential. Using a nuclear fission reaction, nuclear power plants produce high amounts of electricity with uranium as fuel. As electricity generated by nuclear power plants emits low greenhouse gas emissions, they are considered as environmentally friendly.

Pre-operational test completed on unit 2 of $32bn Barakah nuclear project in UAE

UAE’s Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has completed hot functional testing (HFT) on unit 2 of the $32bn Barakah nuclear energy plant.

Fortum starts annual outage 2018 at Loviisa nuclear power plant

Fortum has commenced annual refuelling and maintenance outage of its nuclear power plant Unit 2 in Loviisa, Finland, followed by the servicing of Unit 1.

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, California

The 2,256MW Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant (NPP) is the only remaining nuclear power plant in operation in California, US. The two-reactor power plant is scheduled for decommissioning in two phases, in 2024 and 2025, after being in service for 40 years.

US DOE grants $36.4m in funding for fusion energy sciences research

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has approved $36.4m in funding for 37 research awards at universities, national laboratories, and private industry for fusion energy science research.