Nuclear – Page 6 – Thinking Port

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:14:05 +0000

In a strategic move to reduce its heavy dependence on Russian natural gas, Belarus has successfully completed its first nuclear power plant (NPP). The Belarusian NPP, featuring two VVER-1200 reactors, now

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Artificial Intelligence Has Entered the Nuclear Industry and Its Early Benefits Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:09:16 +0000

A collaboration between startup Atomic Canyon and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory allowed construction of a sentence-embedding model using 53 million pages of Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents

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Financing the Nuclear Renaissance

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:57:59 +0000

At the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last December, 25 countries underlined the role of nuclear energy in their climate strategies by issuing a

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Mobility, Flexibility, Scalability: SMRs Forging Nuclear’s Future

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:08 +0000

The need for emissions-free power generation, along with the ability to provide more power when and where it’s needed, is driving research and development of smaller nuclear reactors. Energy industry

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Can Nuclear’s Big Recent Wins Propel a True Global Revival?

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:59:12 +0000

While the past year has marked stunning triumphs for nuclear energy, experts caution that high costs, regulatory bottlenecks, and the need for market alignment remain major hurdles on the path to a true

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Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:58:06 +0000

Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more baseload power and emissions-free generation has some companies ready to restart idled

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Nuclear Fuel: The Unseen Barrier Ahead

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:57:18 +0000

As global nuclear ambitions surge, the industry’s fuel supply chain faces critical gaps. Can advanced fuels like HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium) and TRISO (TRi-structural ISOtropic particle fuel)

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Idaho Digital Twin Project Trailblazing for Nuclear

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:57:17 +0000

In 2023, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Idaho State University unveiled the industry’s first near real-time digital twin of a nuclear reactor. The virtual replica of the 5-Wth AGN-201 research reactor

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WoodMac Analysis Says Trump Energy Agenda Will Face Roadblocks

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:13:30 +0000

An analysis from global data and analytics group Wood Mackenzie says Republican control of the White House and Congress means U.S. energy policy will move away from net-zero emissions targets, […]

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Westinghouse, Radiant Secure $5M for Microreactor Tests at INL’s Pioneering DOME Testbed

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:55:53 +0000

Westinghouse and Radiant Industries have secured a $5 million Department of Energy (DOE) award to advance their microreactor designs for testing at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) testbed at […]

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