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Japan completes tests on floating seismic isolation system for SMRs
A team led by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has completed a series of large-scale demonstration tests to develop a new floating seismic isolation system (FSIS) for small modular...
NLL and University of Leicester collaborate to connect academia and industry
The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NLL) and the University of Leicester have cemented and expanded their long-standing strategic collaboration. NLL CEO Professor Paul Howarth said: “I...
MoltexFLEX publishes new graphite research
Scientists at UK-based MoltexFLEX have published new research on how graphite interacts with the molten salt to be used in the company’s FLEX reactor design. Together with scientists...
Assystem and Dassault Systèmes partner on advanced modular reactors
France-based Assystem and Dassault Systèmes are to combine their nuclear engineering and digital expertise to support the use of digital twin technology in next-generation...
NASA completes initial phase of lunar nuclear reactor project
NASA has completed the initial phase of its Fission Surface Power Project, which sought to develop concept designs for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor that...
University of Manchester and Kinetrics agree on co-operation
The UK University of Manchester's Dalton Nuclear Institute and Canada-based nuclear services company Kinectrics have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on...
Russia completes R&D on molten salt research reactor project
Russia’s Mining & chemical Combine (MCC - part of Rosatom) in Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk) has completed all R&D on a project for a molten salt research reactor (IZhSR -...
Kazakhstan’s nuclear industry and research facilities to strengthen co-operation
Kazakhstan’s Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMP) and Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of research for the development...
Russian specialists develop equipment to produce nitrogen for advanced fuel
Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM - part of Rosatom fuel company TVEL) have built an enlarged laboratory stand to study the...
Transmutex raises finance for thorium fuelled subcritical nuclear system
Geneva-based Transmutex SA has announced new round of financing to develop its nuclear energy technology”. The Swiss startup, founded in 2019 by scientists from the European...
TerraPower Isotopes distributes first of Actinium-225 samples
US-based TerraPower announced that the TerraPower Isotopes team has distributed the first samples of Actinium-225 to two pharmaceutical companies. The Actinium-225 will be used as...
Framatome to collaborate with Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research
Framatome has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Poland National Centre For Nuclear Research (NCBJ - Narodowym Centrum Badan Jadrowych) to explore...
INL receives irradiated next-generation fuel for testing
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has received a shipment of used next-generation light water reactor LWR) fuel from a commercial NPP to...
New nuclear research centre for Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet,) is to establish a new centre, DTU Nuclear Energy Technology, headed by Bent Lauritzen, a senior researcher...
Canada explores use of isotopes used in space exploration
Nuclear Innovation company Nuclear Promise X (NPX) and the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council (CNIC) are collaborating to explore the feasibility of producing isotopes for possible use...
Lloyds, Zodiac, HD KSOE and Kepco to jointly develop nuclear-powered ship
UK-based Lloyd’s Register (LR), international shipping company Zodiac Maritime, and South Korea’s HD KSOE and Kepco E&C have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop...
Russian scientists develop organic compound to make used fuel reprocessing more efficient
A team of Russian scientists from several large scientific centres have created an organic compound that helps to more effectively separate and components of used fuel...
Framatome to support development of Lutetium-177 separation
Framatome has signed a service agreement with Global Morpho Pharma for the development of a high-capacity technology for the purification of medical radioisotope non-carrier-added...
COP28: IAEA and OPEC Fund strengthen cooperation on climate mitigation
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) have agreed to strengthen joint efforts in the area of nuclear science...
