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Blog Post: Contracts to demo novel space propulsion technologies May 18, 2022
The US Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies and Avalanche Energy to demonstrate the next generation of nuclear propulsion and power capability for small spacecraft. ...read more
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Blog Post: Fukushima-Daiichi / Japan’s Nuclear Regulator Gives Initial Approval To Water Discharge Plans May 18, 2022
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has granted an initial approval for Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco) plan to release water from the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station into sea, saying there are no safety issues. The ...read more
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Blog Post: French regulator gives update on corrosion issue May 18, 2022
Bernard Doroszczuk, President of France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire , told a parliamentary hearing that the "discovery of unexpected stress corrosion" had led to checks of 35 welds so far, a third of the total to be examined by the end of June. ...read more
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Blog Post: Regulator backs Fukushima water discharge plan May 18, 2022
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has endorsed Tokyo Electric Power Company's plan to discharge treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. It will give its official approval of the plan following a 30-day public comment period. ...read more
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Blog Post: Review of Finnish used fuel disposal facility licence begins May 18, 2022
Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has started reviewing Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used fuel disposal facility after concluding the company has provided sufficient material. ...read more
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Blog Post: Versatile Test Reactor / US DOE Chooses INL Over Oak Ridge As Preferred Site May 17, 2022
The US Department of Energy has published a final environmental impact statement for the Versatile Test Reactor, a 300-MW sodium-cooled, fast-neutron reactor that would help develop advanced nuclear technologies. The DOE has chosen the Idaho National ...read more
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Blog Post: MIT expands fusion collaboration May 17, 2022
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center is to expand its fusion energy research and education activities under a new five-year agreement with its spinout company Commonwealth Fusion Systems. ...read more
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Blog Post: NRC to Conduct Pre-Decisional Enforcement Conference to Discuss Niowave Inc. May 17, 2022
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Blog Post: Ukraine / Energoatom Head Says Soviet-Era Site Is ‘Promising’ For New Nuclear May 17, 2022
Ukraine is looking at new sites where it can build commercial nuclear power plants once the war with Russia is over, with the “most promising” location in the east of the country where a new unit was under construction during the Soviet era. Plans ...read more
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Blog Post: Korean conglomerate to cooperate with TerraPower May 17, 2022
South Korea's SK Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TerraPower of the USA to jointly develop "next-generational technologies" needed for small modular reactors. ...read more
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