| 单词 | reactor |
| 例句 | "But we wouldn't lose Hermes. We can remotely operate it. So long as the reactor and ion engines continued to work, we could bring it back." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When the milk in Oregon is tainted by the radiation eruption of a Soviet nuclear reactor, we are forced to see our interdependence. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lewis left the control room and made her way to the reactor. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after taking office as AEC chairman in 1953, Strauss expanded Project Sherwood, an Atoms for Peace program aimed at developing electric power reactors based on nuclear fusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Trying to control that much at once would be like trying to control plutonium in a reactor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Now, the flickering lights of the finale wash over us, spectacular explosions, muzzle flashes, the steady glow of reactor fires. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After Washington, Lawrence and Alvarez planned to fly to Ottawa for a look at the Canadian government’s heavy-water reactor in nearby Chalk River, a design they thought might be adapted for tritium production. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Compton and Lawrence shared an uneasiness about leaving Fermi’s reactor project at Columbia. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The reactors at Hanford, however, were breeding plutonium in sufficient volume to make a test feasible and provide for an unlimited number of plutonium bombs afterward. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That was about three tons of monkey meat—a biological nuclear reactor having a core meltdown. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It assumes the existence of a nuclear fusion reactor— something much safer as well as more efficient than existing fission power plants. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The subtext was the necessity of government funding for more nuclear reactors—including one, it was hoped, at Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We do not have fusion reactors yet, but they are confidently expected in the new few decades. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Why should the Rad Lab get a reactor now when there were more experienced labs all over the country? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence and the Rad Lab, he observed waspishly, had “absolutely no experience in reactor design or operation.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A power plant based on element 94 would require perhaps a hundred pounds of the material, rather than the hundred tons thought to be necessary for uranium reactors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "It was our last thick-gauge cable. If another such problem occurs, we will have to braid lower-gauge lines to carry the current. Also, the power output from the reactor is declining." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After the GAC dashed his dream of a reactor, Ernest mobilized the Rad Lab to find another way of generating a heavy neutron flux. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Generators flooded and shut down, and the reactors overheated, resulting in total nuclear meltdown. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “For a variety of reasons, I think we must say amen,” since the reactors would serve purposes other than the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This involved bombarding samples with neutrons in a small nuclear reactor and carefully counting the gamma rays that were emitted; it was extremely finicky work. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Fissionable material could be stolen from nuclear reactors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When Teller said that Fermi would need tens of thousands of dollars to build a preliminary reactor to test conditions for a chain reaction, Adamson responded scornfully. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That suggested in turn that the Nazis had discovered plutonium, which they intended, like the Allies, to breed in a reactor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He sent Alvarez home to Berkeley to assemble a reactor design team and spread the word that the Radiation Laboratory had a new mission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At home in Berkeley, he spent a weekend scouting locations for a heavy-water reactor, convinced that he was on the verge of securing the project as an adjunct to the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Tritium could be created by bombarding deuterium with copious neutrons in a heavy- water reactor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence pried the necessary salary and staff approvals from Sproul, and committed himself personally to finding money to build Seaborg’s hot lab and reactor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources: radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories, and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That ball of spinning rage—the churning reactor of heat and fire and pain that had been building and building within his chest— finally exploded once and for all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But many viewed more equivocally the Super bomb program in which the reactor program was embedded. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as though he was running on some nuclear reactor; unless he took something in soon, he’d wind down and stop. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z "We'll seal the bridge and reactor room. We can let everywhere else go vacuo, but we don't want explosive decompression in here or near the reactor." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Most felt that the development of a US heavy-water reactor was a perfectly sound idea, given its potential to advance nuclear knowledge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For this, he needed equipment to manage intense radioactivities and, as a capstone, a nuclear reactor—the one nuclear technology that had eluded Lawrence’s grasp. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "I had a few minutes, so I ran through the aerobrake lockdown checklist for the reactor room. Everything's ready for acceleration and the compartment's sealed off." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am now doing a diagnostic on the reactor. I am thinking that Johanssen is busy with the launching training. So perhaps I do this diagnostic for her." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s campaign to add a nuclear reactor to Berkeley’s arsenal of atom-smashing technologies dated back to his wartime effort to wrest Enrico Fermi’s nuclear pile away from Arthur Compton and the University of Chicago. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But government-sponsored reactor development had slowed nearly to a halt since the end of the war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "Chernobyl Diaries": This creepy looking new horror film follows six young tourists as they explore a city near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Weekend Preview: Folklife Fest, 'Stay-Cation,' Children's Day 2012-05-23T20:27:06Z Some sample dialogue: Marty: “Let’s load up the car’s fusion reactor with garbage and find my kids.” Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z A September 2007 strike by Israel that destroyed a nuclear reactor being built in the Syrian desert was accompanied by an ingenious cyberattack that blinded the country’s air defenses. Obama Sees Limited Options for Cyberwar in Syria 2014-02-24T22:03:46Z Instead they are the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which killed close to twenty thousand people and introduced Japan to a new form of nuclear horror caused by out-of-control civilian reactors. Godzilla Returns to Japan 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Some sample dialogue: Marty: “Let’s load up the car’s fusion reactor with garbage and find my kids.” Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Japan, in the wake of the nuclear power catastrophe at Fukushima in March 2011, lost the power from those six reactors, plus they also suspended operations at another particularly vulnerable facility. Climate change can be stopped 2012-12-09T17:00:00Z There are the elderly women who returned to Ukraine’s dreaded exclusion zone, the restricted area around Chernobyl’s reactor four which exploded on 26 April 1986. Rena Effendi, Karin Ruggaber, Katie Paterson: the week's art shows in pictures 2013-05-03T12:00:00Z He is now in the process of mastering slow-roasted Persian lamb accompanied by a pomegranate salad, in hopes of “defusing the tension” over Iran’s nuclear reactors. Cultural Studies: Food Is the Latest Arena for Macho Contests 2012-09-15T00:37:02Z The Thunderbolt’s twin pods, which house a power reserve and hour/minute indicators, was inspired by the 1970s-era A-10 aircraft’s two cylindrical jet reactors. | The Thunderbolt by MB&F 2010-10-13T13:22:00Z The story concerns a hacker who causes a meltdown at a nuclear reactor in China and then manipulates soy futures at the Chicago commodities exchange. The Odd Shadow Over Michael Mann’s “Blackhat” 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Driving past a strip of new car dealerships and fast food restaurants, we suddenly turned into eerie Odaka, one of nine ghost towns within a 15-mile radius of the reactors. L.A. Phil's YOLA players are goodwill ambassadors near Fukushima 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The ensemble is like a pleasurable public recreation hall crossed with the melting core of a nuclear reactor, the local Y as Chernobyl. Review: Marius Bercea at Francois Ghebaly Gallery 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z We spent the next two nights in the reactor core of traditional English-major tourism, the living Elizabethan shrine of Stratford and the incomparable vistas of William Wordsworth’s Lake District. Exploring post-Brexit Britain while the pound is at an all-time low 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr Asgari, responsible for many American deaths, defected in 2007—and his information, Mr Bird reckons, revealed Iran’s nuclear plant near Natanz and led also to Israel’s destruction of a Syrian nuclear reactor. Necessary 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z While the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island prompted American engineers to re-examine reactor designs, the Soviets did not bother. Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Here’s a look at the four reactor types, with tips on how best to relieve that particular brand of emotional turbulence: Distressed by recent turmoil? New book offers coping tips based on your ‘reactor type.’ 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z When the Syrian military awoke the next morning, the reactor being built with North Korean help was a smoking hole in the ground, as were some associated facilities. Obama Sees Limited Options for Cyberwar in Syria 2014-02-24T22:03:46Z I travelled there for work, but toured the exclusion zone around the reactor site and Pripyat in the same manner as tourists do. Chernobyl welcomes the tourists – ‘a messy and morally queasy experience’ 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z An explosion of hydrogen and oxygen sent Elena into the air “like a flipped coin” and destroyed the reactor. Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Three of its reactors sank into meltdowns after the March 2011 tsunami, and radiation contaminates nearby towns. Japan debates radiation as manga shows nosebleed 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Macmillan released his own interpretation of what happened at Windscale, when equipment problems and human error resulted in a raging reactor fire. ‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z This calculation includes spending 10 minutes in front of the burned-out reactor and no more than two hours in Pripyat. In Ukraine, a radioactive nuclear ghost town near Chernobyl is a hot destination 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Then the nuclear reactor shuts down when the tidal wave reaches its seaside dome. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The concert halls are about 170 miles from Fukushima, where nuclear reactors were damaged by the earthquake. Possible Safety Risks Put Met Opera Tour to Japan ?in Jeopardy? 2011-03-30T22:22:24Z Their signature iconography - repeated throughout Haring's work - includes a flying saucer, crawling baby, dolphin, pyramid, television and nuclear reactor. NY exhibit focuses on early career of Keith Haring 2012-03-25T00:46:05Z That week’s host, Richard Benjamin, as the reactor’s spokesman, assures the media throng that everything is fine. Al Franken: My 10 favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ political sketches 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He came upon a news article about the continued cleanup efforts at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that was the site of the 1986 disaster. ‘The Last of Us’ Continues Craig Mazin’s Hollywood Ascent 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Gelb said any risk created by problems at nuclear reactors would be fully evaluated “before the advance team is scheduled to depart in the middle of May.” Possible Safety Risks Put Met Opera Tour to Japan ?in Jeopardy? 2011-03-30T22:22:24Z These guys build nuclear reactors in their back yards. U-Md. professor hooks students on this particle accelerator — by building one 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Somehow the happy screams of children whirling above a neutered reactor sound a lot less comforting than they should. | 'Under Control': ?Under Control,? Documentary on German Nuclear Power Plants ? Review 2011-12-02T05:13:02Z One picture shows the plain, bricklike underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavor; another is a glimpse into the serpentine insides of a nuclear fusion reactor being built in Greifswald, Germany. The Week Ahead: May 2 ? 8 2010-04-30T18:18:00Z Did the Emperor survive being thrown into the second Death Star’s reactor by Vader? The Rise of Skywalker: why no one ever really dies in Star Wars 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z But no, he didn't challenge his colleague from Tehran to talk about nuclear reactors or the Holocaust. "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps": Gekko's back! 2010-05-14T15:15:00Z It caused extreme discomfort in the nuclear establishment for its statement that a serious accident at a nuclear reactor would contaminate “an area the size of the state of Pennsylvania.” Letters to the Editor 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Were the Fukushima meltdowns a man-made disaster or are nuclear reactors inherently unsafe? Do guns or people kill people? 2013-03-06T13:12:00Z Historically, no other development in Fermi’s life ranks as high as the nuclear reactor, mighty versions of which produce more than 11 percent of the world’s electricity today. A Remarkable Man Among Remarkable Men and Women 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The earthquake and tsunami destroyed vital cooling systems at the plant, resulting in the melting of three reactor cores and a large release of radiation, forcing about 100,000 people to evacuate. 1 year later, Cyndi Lauper urges support for Japan 2012-03-12T11:31:22Z The Soviet Union was determined not to let the world know that the core of the reactor in Pripyat, northern Ukraine, had exploded. Jared Harris: My wife can't believe how I keep getting bumped off! 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z "They are developing a new type of nuclear reactor that uses nuclear waste," said Noer. Gabby Douglas, Adele among brightest young stars -Forbes magazine 2012-12-17T17:11:10Z A lot of us are reactors—you’re nibbling on your email throughout the day, driven by notifications. Forget about “inbox zero”: The real problem with email isn’t your unread messages 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z But in February, Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that operated the nuclear power plant, determined radiation levels remained dangerously high, forcing it to remove a remote-controlled cleaning robot dispatched inside a damaged reactor. Recalling the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Using the duet — the TikTok function that allows a user to watch someone else’s video and record a response in real time — as his métier, Scott is an equal opportunity reactor. The Most Soothing Man on TikTok 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z I was like, what hair would a person who doesn’t care about an exploding nuclear reactor have? Kate McKinnon on ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘S.N.L.’ and Hillary Clinton 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Sim also visited the Pacific Northwest, where mountain runoff used to cool a nearby contaminated nuclear reactor during the years of the Manhattan Project. Review | Should museums mount exhibitions with a moral agenda? Absolutely. If they do it well. 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The New York City of the M.C.U. is transformed by Stark technology, most prominently the arc reactor. Fusion? We’ve Seen This Movie Before. 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z In one there's the first nuclear reactor ever made and and in others radioactive waste was just thrown down in the 40s when they didn't know any better. Lustmord: ambient's dark star 2013-03-16T03:08:20Z The cave largely keeps his more indulgently shticky side in check, save for a needlessly obfuscating coda set in a freaky research center where albino crocodiles swim in the runoff from nuclear reactor plants. | 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams': Herzog Finds His Inner Cave Man 2011-04-28T21:43:04Z Surely some of the atoms in our bodies were created by us sometime in the last 100 years ago in one of the many nuclear expolsions or nuclear reactors? Brian Cox digested: A summary of Thursday's live Q&A session 2011-03-25T17:58:00Z Niv Sultan stars as Tamar Rabinyan, a Mossad agent who was born in Iran but raised in Israel, sent on a high-risk mission to sneak into Iran and disable a nuclear reactor. Perspective | Expecting little, our TV critic found 25 shows worth watching this fall. (Yes, really!) 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Billy Murray spills a Pepsi on the control board of a nuclear reactor, shorting out the board and causing a meltdown in the reactor’s core. Al Franken: My 10 favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ political sketches 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The government has failed on many fronts since the earthquake hit, but most notably in its refusal to inform its people, truthfully, about the vast amounts of radiation that have escaped the plant’s dilapidated reactors. Back to Fukushima: “It was all very apocalyptic” 2013-05-28T17:18:00Z This barred him from using words like helium and uranium, a challenge when describing how a rocket ship or reactor works. Randall Munroe Explains It All for Us 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Tehran says it needs the program to produce fuel for future nuclear reactors and medical radioisotopes needed for cancer patients. Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site as Guard threatens key strait closure 2012-01-08T12:44:00Z In Britain, the Foreign Office advises against travel to the parts of northeastern Japan hit by the earthquake and tsunami, and to within 37 miles of the reactors in Fukushima. Update: To Japan or Not? Travelers Weigh Risks With Bargains 2011-07-29T19:37:59Z They prepared for a release of large amounts of radioactivity from the reactor. Five strange, terrifying consequences of global warming 2012-08-27T13:24:00Z But in recent days, his behavior has become increasingly erratic -- and erratic on the Charlie Sheen scale is like erratic on the thermonuclear reactor meltdown scale. Charlie Sheen commits career suicide 2011-02-25T15:26:00Z Roseanne has caused such a noxious stink that the whole thing should be cemented up, buried and abandoned for centuries, like a broken nuclear reactor. Roseanne after Roseanne: how the sitcom can carry on without her 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z But many analysts doubted Iran would be able to convert its uranium into special reactor fuel. Iran to load own nuclear fuel rods in Tehran reactor 2012-02-15T12:59:02Z The state’s two reactors are at the Davis Besse and Perry power plants on Lake Erie. Ohio House committee passes bill to save nuclear power plants 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z She even smokes, as if in sympathy with the still-unsecured reactor. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z This is the birthplace of the nuclear Navy, the Idaho National Laboratory, where since 1949 more nuclear reactors have been built than anywhere else. A Rookie’s Road Trip Through Montana, Wyoming and Idaho 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Imagine when not only people, but houses, cars and even nuclear reactors can fall prey to malicious infection. Review | Coronavirus feels like something out of a sci-fi novel. Here’s how writers have imagined similar scenarios. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z “It’s a weakness in my line of work, hoping that people are telling the truth,” admits Ford, who’s the kind of guy you’d trust with both a 14-year-old girl and a nuclear reactor. The Scene of the Crime: A Jury Box? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Officials are investigating the events surrounding a power failure at the Byron nuclear reactor, where steam was vented to reduce pressure after it shut down. Byron nuclear plant glitch under investigation 2012-01-31T12:02:00Z Despite an intense debate about whether to restart the rest of Japan's nuclear reactors that were idled after the disaster, director Nao Kubota said he opted to tell a human story. Japanese film "Homeland" tiptoes into Fukushima nuclear debate 2014-03-05T02:22:56Z That lie, and the questionable machinations of the moon-condo business, are the twin nuclear reactors that power the first season. ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ Review: It’s Only a Paper Moon 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Iran has repeatedly denied it seeks nuclear arms and says its reactors are only for power and medical research. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z A tour guide drives the group into the city of Pripyat, the former home to workers at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, a place that was evacuated after the disaster. ArtsBeat: What Scares Oren Peli? 2012-05-25T19:16:26Z The ship’s ion plasma particle engine sits on the back of a telescopic arm to keep the nuclear reactor that powers it as far away from the crew as possible. Below the Line: Designing ‘The Martian’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z I couldn’t find out how close the fire was to the reactors. Bill T. Jones and Eiko Otake: Opposites Guided by ‘Too-Much-Ness’ 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The first monologue is spoken by a woman whose husband worked at the reactor, and whom she insisted on tending to as he died a gruesome death over two weeks. Talking points 2013-01-23T12:17:25Z He shows how an almost fanatical compulsion for secrecy among the Soviet Union’s governing elite was part of what made the reactor meltdown at Chernobyl not just cataclysmic but so likely in the first place. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z It was June 1981, and Israel had just blown up a nuclear reactor Iraq was building near Baghdad, claiming Iraq was building a bomb. Richard Plepler of HBO Stands Tall in New York’s Cultural Elite 2012-09-21T15:57:49Z One of his primary tools is an arm-mounted energy cannon, which is fed by reactor cores on his back. Welcome to Chicago, Just Don?t Kill Us 2011-06-23T19:45:52Z This was the home of many firefighters who left that fateful night to respond to a blaze at the reactor and then died within days from radiation exposure. Heads Up: Near Chernobyl, Touring a Disaster 2012-05-25T20:11:47Z “You could call him one of the very few atomic reactors in classical music, in a positive way,” said Michael Haefliger, the executive and artistic director of the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Now it is building two sizeable civilian nuclear reactors that should help ease the country’s chronic energy shortfall. Geopolitical friends 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Another reactor at the plant was operating normally. Byron nuclear plant glitch under investigation 2012-01-31T12:02:00Z Nor do they specifically include driving through the red forest near the Chernobyl reactor — where the radiation burned up all the trees, which were then bulldozed and buried. In Ukraine, a radioactive nuclear ghost town near Chernobyl is a hot destination 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Amid all those horrifying images from Japan of death and destruction and the ominous threat of a nuclear reactor meltdown, viewers hunger for a glimpse of hope and miraculous rescue. The TV Watch: Pillar of Relief Coverage: Americans Reconnected With Anxious Families 2011-03-16T00:33:31Z In these two books about the April 1986 explosion of the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, “Midnight in Chernobyl” focuses on the first and second, “Manual for Survival” on the third. Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z You’re the reactor, doing the majority of your work in silence. Talking ‘Why Him?’ With Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Keegan-Michael Key 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Another distillery, Lost Spirits, based in Los Angeles, takes a similar approach, loading whiskey and wood into what its founder, Bryan Davis, calls the reactor. Can a Fine Whiskey Age Overnight? 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The Soviets, who built the first nuclear power plant in 1954, considered themselves the finest reactor engineers in the world, and masters of gigantic engineering projects. Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Web sites and both essentially said the same thing: That outside the zone near the reactors, things are O.K.” Update: To Japan or Not? Travelers Weigh Risks With Bargains 2011-07-29T19:37:59Z This was once the home for the workers at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor until the accident left the area lifeless. 'Chernobyl Diaries': A huge meltdown 2012-05-25T22:54:04Z In 1986 a former technician in the Dimona nuclear reactor in Israel revealed to The Sunday Times of London everything he knew about Israel’s clandestine nuclear weapons program. Books of The Times: Vague, Opaque and Ambiguous: Israel?s Hush-Hush Nuclear Policy 2010-10-13T23:25:00Z Diesel generators were supplying the reactor with electricity, though it hasn't been generating power during the investigation into what happened. Byron nuclear plant glitch under investigation 2012-01-31T12:02:00Z Passersby might take the sounds for the warning alert for an overheated nuclear reactor. Lollapalooza Day 3: Rain, more rain, and a Foo Fighters finale 2011-08-08T05:32:00Z Areas away from the reactors are safe, she said, and “life in Tokyo is as it was before.” Possible Safety Risks Put Met Opera Tour to Japan ?in Jeopardy? 2011-03-30T22:22:24Z The Tehran reactor produces radio-isotopes for use in medical treatments and agriculture. Iran to load own nuclear fuel rods in Tehran reactor 2012-02-15T12:59:02Z But words you would not want him to say, in this situ, are "I'm your new reactor officer." K19: The Widowmaker - live! 2010-10-06T10:48:00Z The physicist was well placed to share the uranium and reactor blueprints that mysteriously ended up in Soviet hands. Splitting atoms, sharing secrets 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z A group of surly miners agree, for the greater good, to dig an emergency tunnel beneath the damaged reactor. Review | A grim ‘Chernobyl’ shows what happens when lying is standard and authority is abused 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z But first it’s crucial to understand your personal reactor type. Distressed by recent turmoil? New book offers coping tips based on your ‘reactor type.’ 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The Indian Point nuclear reactor is only 20.77 miles away from our house. Motherlode: Leaving (an Adult) Child for the First Time 2011-05-26T19:19:20Z While in his mid-20s, he was supervising his sub’s entire nuclear reactor. Books of The Times: What?s a Submarine Officer Doing in the Desert? 2010-09-21T21:23:00Z Initially, our wonderment was at Victory’s immense strength, a product of twin nuclear reactors driving engines that generate an almost-unfathomable 75,000 horsepower. How global warming has changed what it’s like to travel to the North Pole 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z This week’s emergency preparations include setting up shelters, switching traffic patterns so that all major roads led away from shore and getting 16 nuclear reactors in the region ready for the storm. Carolina coast is preparing as Hurricane Florence nears 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The 88-minute animation opens with the U.S. army attacking an Iranian nuclear reactor, and the U.S. navy in the Gulf hitting strategic locations across the county. Iran defeats U.S. navy in defiant animated film 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z It cleans its contaminated sewage with an anaerobic reactor that sanitizes by biological means. Epidemics: A Force for Life-Changing Innovation 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z They include worn control rod switches, the 2,000-ton reactor lid nicknamed Elena, a core so huge that understanding its behavior was impossible. Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z More than 30 of the country's 54 reactors are idled, forcing a nationwide conservation effort this summer. Nobel winner urges Japan to abandon nuclear power 2011-09-06T11:14:08Z You gotta love a lyric that rhymes "tractor" with "nuclear reactor." Review: 'Iron Curtain' turns Cold War into a splashy romp 2011-04-07T19:24:04Z He had responsibility for three nuclear power stations and began his new post, with "impeccable timing", just after the partial meltdown of the reactor at Three Mile Island in the US. Obituary: Sir Terry Pratchett 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Some of the pictures are of South African landscapes: flat, bleak, broken by power lines and reactors. Art Review: Jane Alexander’s Work at St. John the Divine 2013-04-25T20:34:53Z In Connecticut, the Millstone nuclear plant was recently shut down as the waters surrounding it reached nearly 77 degrees, 2 degrees higher than the 75 degrees the reactor was designed to withstand. Five strange, terrifying consequences of global warming 2012-08-27T13:24:00Z This is serious architecture, about as playful as a nuclear reactor. The new Sepentine pavilion is a rhapsody in red 2010-07-06T20:31:00Z “When I heard the diesel generators were lost, I couldn’t square that with reality,” Takashi Sato, a former reactor inspector, says. | 'Inside Japan?s Nuclear Meltdown': ?Frontline: Inside Japan?s Nuclear Meltdown,? on PBS 2012-02-28T00:06:25Z The government is keen to restart the country's reactors once they pass tougher security checks imposed after the Fukushima disaster, to reduce reliance on expensive imported fuel. Fukushima film shows reality sinking in for 'nuclear refugees' 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z He was working in the fourth reactor when it exploded, and today he regularly appears in documentaries and speaks to student groups to ensure that younger people understand the gravity of what happened. Dramatizing the Chernobyl Disaster, for its Survivors 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Zelensky unveiled the plans as he inaugurated a giant structure built to confine radioactive debris reactor No. 4 — a project that cost around $1.7 billion to build and took nine years to complete. Site of Chernobyl nuclear disaster to become official tourist attraction, Ukrainian president says 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z What did the tritium say to the nuclear reactor on their 12th anniversary? Style Invitational Week 1172: Pieces of ‘Pie’ 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "Wow @nbc, a episode of The Event about a nuclear reactor explosion while the people of Japan suffer the same. #classless," wrote Twitter user @lukemcmanamon, of Middleton, Idaho. Bad timing for NBC's 'The Event' nuclear-themed episode 2011-03-15T04:44:00Z The plot holes were big enough to drive a nuclear reactor through. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The city of Pripyat was once a secret Soviet city, closed to anyone but workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and their families. In Ukraine, a radioactive nuclear ghost town near Chernobyl is a hot destination 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z "About every Friday one of the reactors would blow up - again," he joked later in an interview with the Scifi.com website. Obituary: Sir Terry Pratchett 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z His first assignment, in New Delhi, on the peaceful uses of atomic energy, was a highly technical exhibition that included a full-scale mock-up of the graphite reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratories in Tennessee. Jack Masey, Whose Exhibitions Showed American Culture to World, Dies at 91 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The group, which is demanding that the government decommission aging reactors and promote renewable energy, aims to collect 10 million signatures and submit them to the government next March. Nobel winner urges Japan to abandon nuclear power 2011-09-06T11:14:08Z Bateman is an excellent comedic reactor, always aware of just how long to pause in a double take or how much to flicker an eyelid in order to ramp up the joke. Jason Bateman: ‘My dirty secret? Playing the straight man. Because he gets to be in every scene’ 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “In a nation of more than 7,000 islands, small modular reactors -– some just the size of a city bus -– can generate energy locally and conveniently,” he added. US and Philippines sign a nuclear cooperation pact allowing US investment and technologies 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z "The United States will be able to share equipment and material with the Philippines as they work to develop small modular reactors and other civilian nuclear energy infrastructure," U.S. US, Philippines sign landmark nuclear deal 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z The drills, which end Monday, also include an air defence exercise in Japan’s north and simulated attacks on five nuclear reactors including the Fukushima plant. Japanese helicopters train to repel invaders amid nationwide military drills 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z To some observers, the plan’s collapse also raises questions about the feasibility of other planned advanced reactors, meant to provide clean energy with fewer drawbacks than existing reactors. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Environmentalists argue California has adequate power without the reactors and that their continued operation could hinder development of new sources of clean energy. Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK’d plan to keep last nuke plant running 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The 98-8 vote to allow construction of so-called small modular reactors beginning in 2026 came a day after developers of the only such project approved by federal regulators pulled the plug because of rising costs. Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The original Dr No was an early James Bond villain, a ruthless scientist who is boiled to death when he falls into a reactor coolant. Nadine Dorries book and Dr No: The Plot thickens 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z A developer of small nuclear reactors announced on Wednesday that it was canceling a project that had been widely expected to usher in a new wave of power plants. Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The U.S. nuclear industry has brought just two new power reactors online in the past quarter-century. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z They also warn that long-delayed testing on one of the reactors poses a safety risk that could result in an accident, a claim disputed by operator Pacific Gas & Electric. Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK’d plan to keep last nuke plant running 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Small modular reactors limited to 300 megawatts or less would be allowed under the nuclear legislation in January 2026. Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The plan also tasks the Illinois Emergency Management Agency with oversight of newly installed reactors. Illinois Senate approves plan to allow new nuclear reactors 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Although more than two dozen utilities had signed up to buy electricity from the reactors, which would be in Idaho, that number fell short of what NuScale said it needed to move forward. Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z In a deregulated power market, developers have struggled with the enormous capital expense of building a power reactor. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The twin reactors, located midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, began operating in the mid-1980s. Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK’d plan to keep last nuke plant running 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z After that, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency would be responsible for overseeing decommissioning of reactors, environmental monitoring and emergency preparedness. Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The Senate’s 44-7 endorsement opens the door for cutting-edge nuclear technology in so-called small modular reactors, designed to sit on sites for which they produce power, such as large factories. Illinois Senate approves plan to allow new nuclear reactors 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z "You could therefore build big reactors to do this at large scales." How to eat our way out of the climate crisis 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Basic physics dictates that a bigger nuclear reactor will be more fuel efficient than a smaller one. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The pressure vessels are thick steel containers that hold nuclear fuel and cooling water in the reactors. Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK’d plan to keep last nuke plant running 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z “We need to be the leader in clean energy generation and small modular nuclear reactors are a potential part of that portfolio.” Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Environmentalists have criticized the plan, noting that small modular reactors are a decade or more from viability. Illinois Senate approves plan to allow new nuclear reactors 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Operators have fired up the world’s newest and largest experimental fusion reactor, designed as a stepping stone to commercial devices that could yield carbon-free electricity. News at a glance: Avian flu, a gene-therapy setback, and an opera about a fraudulent researcher 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z It also uses the same low-enriched uranium fuel as existing power reactors. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The long trek toward practical fusion energy passed a milestone last week when the world’s newest and largest fusion reactor fired up. First plasma fired up at world’s largest fusion reactor 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The winner of the lucrative contract will then have an option to build three more nuclear reactors in the country. 3 energy companies compete to build a new nuclear reactor in the Czech Republic 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Under the legislation, Illinois would allow development of small modular reactors in January 2026. Illinois Senate approves plan to allow new nuclear reactors 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The doughnut-shaped reactor, 12 meters in diameter, reached a milestone last week when it used magnetic fields generated by superconducting coils to contain a cloud of ionized gas, or plasma. News at a glance: Avian flu, a gene-therapy setback, and an opera about a fraudulent researcher 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z DOE agreed to host the plant at its Idaho National Laboratory, bypassing the long site permitting process commercial reactors ordinarily face. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The original plan was for the reactor to come online in 2016. First plasma fired up at world’s largest fusion reactor 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z At the heart of the production process is a solar reactor that is exposed to concentrated sunlight delivered by a parabolic mirror and reaches temperatures of up to 1500 degrees Celsius. 3D printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z As the host nation, Japan focused on how China has banned imports of Japanese seafood after the recent massive release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, which experienced reactor meltdowns in 2011. G-7 nations back strong supply chains for energy and food despite global tensions 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z JT-60SA will test technologies to be used in ITER, the international fusion reactor being built in France to demonstrate that fusion can generate more energy than goes into producing it. News at a glance: Avian flu, a gene-therapy setback, and an opera about a fraudulent researcher 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Each reactor’s core resides within a double-walled steel cylinder, with a vacuum between the walls to keep heat from leaking out. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Freshly painted machinery gleams under bright lights, as teams of workers in blue boiler suits scurry around above the reactors themselves. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Inside this reactor, which contains a porous ceramic structure made of cerium oxide, a thermochemical cycle takes place for splitting water and CO2 captured previously from the air. 3D printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The shock waves damaged the windows of several buildings at the site, including the passageway to the reactor buildings and the training center, the agency reported. As Winter Nears, Ukraine Braces for Attacks on Energy Grid 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z China also built an artificial cave near the central city of Chongqing known as Project 816 that is a reserve weapons production complex equipped with underground nuclear reactors for producing fuel for warheads. New details of China’s underground nuclear facilities 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The reactor modules sit in a big pool of water, which in an emergency can flood into the vacuum space around a reactor to prevent it overheating. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The main activity at the moment is defueling: removing hundreds of fuel assemblies from deep within the reactor cores, stripping them down, and sending the wastes away for storage at Sellafield. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Until now, structures with isotropic porosity have been applied, but these have the drawback that they exponentially attenuate the incident solar radiation as it travels into the reactor. 3D printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The two new reactors, which will provide a total of 2,300 megawatts, will use Westinghouse’s technology, the government said in a statement. Bulgaria is launching the construction of 2 US-designed nuclear reactors 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The report said China would use new fast-breeder reactors and reprocessing facilities to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons, despite publicly saying the technologies are intended for peaceful purposes. China's defence ministry blasts Pentagon's annual report 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Compared with a conventional reactor’s building, the pool requires more reinforced concrete, the price of which has soared, Buongiorno says. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Because radioactivity decays over time, the NDA believes it will be safer to wait before taking the reactor buildings apart. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z This results in lower inner temperatures, limiting the fuel yield of the solar reactor. 3D printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, U.S.-based nuclear equipment manufacturer Westinghouse Electric Co. signed an agreement with the Kozloduy plant for a proposed deployment of one or two AP1000 pressurized water reactor units. Bulgaria is launching the construction of 2 US-designed nuclear reactors 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z By carefully adjusting conditions such as temperature and water content inside the reactor, the team could fine-tune how much of the silicon surface the monolayer covered. Researchers create the most water-repellent surface ever 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z DOE has agreed to help a company called Terrapower develop a reactor that will use molten sodium as a coolant. Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z As we watch, a large steel tower is being positioned over the reactor. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Hierarchically ordered designs with channels and pores that are open at the surface exposed to the sunlight and become narrower towards the rear of the reactor have proven to be particularly efficient. 3D printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z In his words, the technology of the new reactors was particularly suited to ensuring “a stable management of the energy system.” Bulgaria is launching the construction of 2 US-designed nuclear reactors 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Energy Department is actually increasing the likelihood of that deadly scenario by supplying a new research reactor with enough weapons-grade uranium for a sizable nuclear arsenal. U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The nuclear expansion includes building more plutonium-producing reactors for missile warheads. China’s rapid buildup of nuclear weapons shows no end in sight, Pentagon warns 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The fuel assemblies, having been in the reactor for years, are highly radioactive and need to be handled with extreme care. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z "This technology has the potential to boost the solar reactor's energy efficiency and thus to significantly improve the economic viability of sustainable aviation fuels," Steinfeld says. 3D printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z As part of its energy diversification efforts, Bulgaria signed agreements last year with France’s Framatome and Westinghouse Electric to receive fresh nuclear fuel for its operating reactors. Bulgaria is launching the construction of 2 US-designed nuclear reactors 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The U.S. has not built an HEU-fueled civilian reactor since the 1970s, and no other country has done so since the 1990s. U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z “But Kim wants to receive Russian technologies — especially satellite technologies, atomic reprocessing technologies and a small reactor for atomic submarines.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in North Korea hails ‘strategic’ upgrade in ties 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Once out of the reactor, the fuel assemblies are placed in a steel-lined cell for dismantling, where the used fuel itself is removed from its casings. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z It can only do so once it is signed and ratified by 44 named countries - the nine with nuclear weapons and 35 others that possess nuclear power and research reactors. What is the nuclear test ban treaty and why is Russia changing its position? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z But fast neutrons are much less able to induce fission in uranium-235, which is essential for the chain reaction to power the reactor. U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z It has been identified as the most efficient reaction for fusion reactors. UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Nearly a quarter of a century later, its two box-like reactor buildings still stand tall against the skyline. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z As they flow through the reactor, the reactants interact weakly with the carbon nanotubes, exposing them to the electric field. An electrical switch to control chemical reactions 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The system as a whole resembles a train of box-shaped reactors running on a circular track. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z So, if the reactor could use LEU fuel, why is the Biden administration funding an HEU version that would violate U.S. nonproliferation policy? U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z She says the key challenges they are focusing on are making the plasma more stable, spreading the power load and looking at improving materials in the reactor to withstand the conditions. UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z But the reactor buildings themselves will be left standing, sealed up against the weather, for another 20-40 years. What happens after a nuclear power station is closed? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z In September this year, Rwanda announced that it had opted for Canadian-German company Dual Fluid Energy to build a nuclear reactor by 2028. Russia to build nuclear plant to meet Burkina Faso's energy needs 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Each reactor in the train would house the metal that undergoes the redox, or reversible rusting, process. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Despite this, the Biden administration decided to use HEU “to keep the size of the experimental reactor small” and to reduce the radioactive waste. U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z But on Saturday the world's most successful reactor will end its last test. UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z They believe Germany's tradition of engineering excellence and world-class nuclear fusion research leaves the nation well-placed to drive reactor development. Can German engineering solve the challenges of fusion? 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The Rwandan government said the reactor will be instrumental to meet the central African country's energy demands and "build resilience" as a result of climate change. Russia to build nuclear plant to meet Burkina Faso's energy needs 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Each reactor would first pass through a hot station, where it would be exposed to the sun's heat at temperatures of up to 1,500 degrees Celsius. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Fast neutrons facilitate the fission of some radioactive, human-made elements produced in reactors and so can reduce slightly the long-lived radioactivity of the nuclear waste created. U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z One of the site's benefiting from JET's research will be the new Iter reactor in southern France. UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Fusion may become a plentiful, future source of carbon-free power, but most schemes produce high-energy neutrons that over time can weaken the reactor’s walls and framework. News at a glance: Endangered plants, diversity in clinical trials, and testing fusion reactor walls 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Small cracks have been found a half-dozen times in the past 20 years in pipes that carry fuel to emergency generators that provide cooling water for a reactor if electricity fails at the V.C. South Carolina nuclear plant gets yellow warning over another cracked emergency fuel pipe 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z This extreme heat would effectively pull oxygen out of a reactor's metal. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z France is one of the most nuclear-powered countries in the world, typically producing over 70% of its electricity with its fleet of reactors. Strained France-Germany ties slow EU decision making 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z The missile, code-named Skyfall by Nato, is said to be powered by a nuclear reactor, which is supposed to activate after solid fuel rocket boosters have launched it into the air. Putin makes nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile test claim 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Once Rooppur starts production, Bangladesh will join more than 30 countries that run nuclear power reactors. Bangladesh gets first uranium shipment from Russia for its Moscow-built nuclear power plant 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The South Carolina company had plans to build two more reactors, but billions of dollars of cost overruns forced it to abandon the project in 2017 and sell to Dominion. South Carolina nuclear plant gets yellow warning over another cracked emergency fuel pipe 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z For this to happen, the reactor would move to a cooler station at temperatures around 1,000 C, where it would be exposed to steam to produce hydrogen. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The operation of the 5 megawatt nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex has been suspended since late September, according to intelligence assessment by U.S. and South Korean authorities, the report said. North Korea halts nuclear reactor, likely to extract bomb fuel - report 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The data inform nuclear models, Monte Carlo calculations, reactor performance calculations and more. Chi-Nu experiment ends with data to support nuclear security, energy reactors 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The fuel is expected to allow the reactor to operate for one year, after which more fuel will have to be loaded. Bangladesh gets first uranium shipment from Russia for its Moscow-built nuclear power plant 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The technology means a radical break from established biotech medicines, which are generated in complex reactors by genetically modified living cells, then isolated and purified. Hungarian and US scientists win medicine Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine discoveries 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The researchers also added a second set of reactors that would circle around the first train, moving in the opposite direction. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Reprocessing of spent fuel rods removed from a nuclear reactor is a step taken before plutonium is extracted. North Korea halts nuclear reactor, likely to extract bomb fuel - report 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Actinide elements, and the chain reactions they can undergo, are important for nuclear weapons and energy reactors. Chi-Nu experiment ends with data to support nuclear security, energy reactors 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In March, it was confirmed that Rolls-Royce Submarines would provide all the nuclear reactor plants that will power the SSN-Aukus vessels. Aukus: UK defence giant BAE Systems wins £3.95bn submarine contract 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z "Now Wylfa is a fantastic site because it can do both potentially giga-watt power but also could do small modular reactors," he said. Rishi Sunak hints Wylfa could be preferred nuclear site 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z This outer train of reactors would operate at generally cooler temperatures and would be used to evacuate oxygen from the hotter inner train, without the need for energy-consuming mechanical pumps. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z North Korea has previously halted the operation of the reactor before restarting it and public confirmation of the purpose of such a move, whether it is for maintenance or for fuel extraction, is usually unavailable. North Korea halts nuclear reactor, likely to extract bomb fuel - report 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Poland is planning to spend $40 billion to build two nuclear power plants with three reactors each, the last one to be launched in 2043. Plans for Poland’s first nuclear power plant move ahead as US and Polish officials an sign agreement 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z When tested in a reactor, the catalysts enabled the reduction of carbon dioxide to methane in one half of the cell, while oxygen was produced from water in the other half. Copper-based catalysts efficiently turn carbon dioxide into methane 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Small modular reactors are nuclear fission reactors that are smaller than conventional ones and thought to be less expensive to build than traditional plants, which the prime minister called the "nuclear technologies of the future". Rishi Sunak hints Wylfa could be preferred nuclear site 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z These outer reactors would carry a second type of metal that can also easily oxidize. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Currently, most of the spent nuclear fuel is stored at various nuclear reactors across the country. AP Interview: Jennifer Granholm says US aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z If Saudi Arabia were to introduce nuclear material into its first nuclear reactor, a low-power research reactor in Riyadh that is near completion, it would void the SQP and its exemptions from regular safeguards. Saudi Arabia says it plans tougher IAEA checks on its nuclear activities 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The bus plowed through dust on the road winding through the Hanford Site, the horizon dotted with specters of reactors that had been dismantled or “cocooned.” Our nuclear legacy and the weight of history | Op-Ed 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Enriched uranium can be used to make nuclear reactor fuel but also nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia getting closer to Israel normalisation deal, prince says 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z As they circle around, the outer reactors would absorb oxygen from the inner reactors, effectively de-rusting the original metal, without having to use energy-intensive vacuum pumps. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z To meet net-zero goals, he said, the government will build more windfarms and nuclear reactors, invest in new green technologies and introduce new measures to protect nature. UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years in contentious climate shift 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z It plans to increase offshore wind capacity five-fold by 2030, increase solar power capacity five-fold by 2035, and approve up to eight new nuclear reactors. Could Sunak's green review threaten UK net zero? 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The government plans to increase offshore wind capacity five-fold by 2030, increase solar power capacity five-fold by 2035, and approve up to eight new nuclear reactors. Climate change: Is the UK on track to meet its net zero targets? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The attacks have damaged the plant, and most of its reactors have been shut down. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is Shut Down 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Both reactor trains would run continuously and would enerate separate streams of pure hydrogen and oxygen. Solar design would harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The June 6 destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Russian-controlled territory led to deadly flooding, ruined crops in one of the world’s breadbaskets and lowered the level of water used to cool Zaporizhzhia’s reactors. ‘Stop it!’ UN’s nuclear chief pushes Iran to end block on international inspectors 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z The vessels are thick steel containers that hold nuclear fuel and cooling water in the reactors. Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Rwandan officials said Tuesday that the reactor won’t produce any electricity for the country’s grid. Rwanda will host a company’s 1st small-scale nuclear reactor testing carbon-free energy approach 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Above, a Russian soldier in front of reactor number 1 in May. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is Shut Down 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Fuel was removed from the reactor core and federal regulators were notified of “permanent cessation of power operations.” Shuttered Michigan nuclear plant moves closer to reopening under power purchase agreement 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Grossi said North Korea’s program, including enrichment and construction of new reactors, has been growing without international monitoring or assessment of its safety. ‘Stop it!’ UN’s nuclear chief pushes Iran to end block on international inspectors 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z “Analysis has demonstrated that the reactor vessels for both Units 1 and 2 currently meet the NRC’s acceptance criteria,” Hosn wrote. Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z It asserts that with its approach, nuclear fuel is used “up to a hundred times better” than in traditional light water reactors. Rwanda will host a company’s 1st small-scale nuclear reactor testing carbon-free energy approach 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z But when the power was cut again several days ago, the plant used an unusual emergency method called “island mode”: using power generated by its single reactor to run its own cooling system. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is Shut Down 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The first reactors would be around the nuclear plant on the Hanford site and are projected to come online by 2030. Oops! Are we about to make a WPPSS-style nuclear power mistake again? | Op-Ed | Op-Ed 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The radioactive wastewater has accumulated since three of the plant’s reactors were damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Fukushima nuclear plant’s operator says the first round of wastewater release is complete 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “We are in full compliance with industry guidance and regulatory standards regarding our program to monitor, evaluate and ensure reactor vessel safety.” Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The reactor is expected to be operational by 2026, with testing of the technology to be completed by 2028, Rwanda’s government said in the statement. Rwanda will host a company’s 1st small-scale nuclear reactor testing carbon-free energy approach 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z But shutting down nuclear reactors isn’t a fast process, and even when it’s shut down, the plant still needs to be cooled. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is Shut Down 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Will small reactors be the vehicle by which Energy Northwest “rhymes” with its earlier nuclear fiasco? Oops! Are we about to make a WPPSS-style nuclear power mistake again? | Op-Ed | Op-Ed 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z It continues to grow because cooling water used on the damaged reactors leaks into the reactor basements, where it mixes with groundwater. Fukushima nuclear plant’s operator says the first round of wastewater release is complete 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z PG&E agreed in 2016 to shutter the plant by 2025, but at the direction of the state changed course and now intends to seek a longer operating run for the twin reactors. Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The CEO of the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board, Fidel Ndahayo, said the deal is part of a strategy of partnerships with startup companies developing small modular nuclear reactor technologies. Rwanda will host a company’s 1st small-scale nuclear reactor testing carbon-free energy approach 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z And the decision means that for now, the U.K. will continue to be excluded from participation in ITER, the giant international fusion reactor project under construction in France, of which Euratom is a member. U.K. participation in the world’s largest fusion experiment is in doubt 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z By that time the Washington Public Power Supply System, which had earned the derisive nickname pronounced “Whoops,” in 1982 defaulted on $2.2 billion in bonds issued to finance construction of those reactors. Oops! Are we about to make a WPPSS-style nuclear power mistake again? | Op-Ed | Op-Ed 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z There has not been one fatality from radiation exposure at a reactor in this country ever. Nuclear power: ‘We need emission-free energy’ 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z According to the NRC, embrittlement occurs as a result of reactor operation when neutrons from the nuclear fuel irradiate the steel plates and welds used to construct the reactor vessel. Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z But Matthews, the professor, said “the claim that there is no hazard from a test reactor is overstated.” Rwanda will host a company’s 1st small-scale nuclear reactor testing carbon-free energy approach 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Large amounts of radioactive wastewater have accumulated at the Fukushima plant since a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed its cooling systems and caused three reactors to melt. Japan announces emergency relief measures for seafood exporters hit by China’s ban 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z They completed only one reactor, Plant 2 at the Hanford site. Oops! Are we about to make a WPPSS-style nuclear power mistake again? | Op-Ed | Op-Ed 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Germany switched off its last three nuclear reactors in April, completing a process that received wide political support after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in 2011. Scholz dismisses talk of keeping nuclear energy option open in Germany 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z The utility postponed further testing in favor of using results from similar reactors to justify continued operations, they said. Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Russian troops seized the station, Europe's largest nuclear facility with six reactors, in the days after the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ukrainian drone attacks Russian town near major nuclear plant 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Radioactive wastewater has accumulated at the Fukushima plant since a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed cooling systems and caused meltdowns in three reactors. U.S. envoy visits Fukushima to eat fish, criticize China’s seafood ban over wastewater release 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z So when I read that X-energy, a Maryland-based company, agreed to supply up to 12 “small modular reactors” to Energy Northwest in Central Washington, my reaction was: Seriously? Oops! Are we about to make a WPPSS-style nuclear power mistake again? | Op-Ed | Op-Ed 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The radioactive wastewater has accumulated since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that wrecked the plant and caused meltdowns in three of its reactors. Japan’s PM visits fish market, vows to help fisheries hit by China ban over Fukushima water release 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z He noted that unlike most other reactor safety components, the pressure vessel has no independent backup system that can be called upon if it should crack or fracture and lose essential cooling water. Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Vogtle’s Unit 3 and Unit 4 are the first new American reactors built from scratch in decades. Georgia Power customers could see monthly bills rise another $9 to pay for the Vogtle nuclear plant 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The groups are still striving to repair the damage to their businesses caused by the meltdowns of three reactors. Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The researchers were particularly interested in two different forms of cesium—cesium-137 and cesium-135—which are produced at different ratios depending on whether they were borne from a reactor or a nuclear explosion. Germany’s radioactive boars are a bristly reminder of nuclear fallout 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z But the pact has taken effect because it needs ratification by the eight nations that had nuclear power reactors or research reactors when the U.N. UN chief warns that rise in global distrust and improvements in nukes are `recipe for annihilation’ 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The groups are still striving to repair the damage to their businesses caused by the meltdowns of three reactors at the power plant caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Japan asks China to urge citizens to halt harassment after start of Fukushima wastewater release 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Georgia Power says it has spent $10.2 billion on its share of construction costs for Vogtle Units 3 and 4, built alongside two earlier reactors that have been operating for decades. Georgia Power customers could see monthly bills rise another $9 to pay for the Vogtle nuclear plant 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z But Takahara said the scarcity of information from inside the nuclear reactors makes planning and development of the necessary robotic technology and a facility for the melted fuel removal extremely difficult. Removing Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant’s wastewater 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z A power plant company in Canada wants to store waste from its reactors within half a mile of one of the Great Lakes. Granderson: Nuclear power could save our air quality. At what cost to the water? 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z But Takahara said the scarcity of information from inside the reactors makes planning and development of the necessary robotic technology and a facility for the melted fuel removal extremely difficult. At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Japan's environment ministry on Sunday said tests of seawater near the Fukushima nuclear power plant did not detect any radioactivity, days after the discharge of treated water that had been used to cool nuclear reactors. Four killed in Vietnam coal mine collapse 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Each reactor can power 500,000 homes and businesses without releasing any carbon. Georgia Power customers could see monthly bills rise another $9 to pay for the Vogtle nuclear plant 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The water will be released over 30 years, but as long as melted fuel stays in the reactors, it requires cooling water under the current prospect. Removing Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant’s wastewater 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z There are roughly 440 operating nuclear reactors in 32 countries, with upwards of 60 more currently under construction. Granderson: Nuclear power could save our air quality. At what cost to the water? 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z But it is just the beginning of the challenges ahead, such as the removal of the fatally radioactive melted fuel debris that remains in the three damaged reactors, a daunting task if ever accomplished. At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Japan's environment ministry on Sunday said tests of seawater near the Fukushima nuclear power plant did not detect any radioactivity, days after the discharge of treated water that had been used to cool nuclear reactors. Super typhoon Saola threatens northern Philippines 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Liz Coyle, the executive director of Georgia Watch, a consumer advocacy group that signed the agreement, said the reactors will never be cheaper than alternative sources of power. Georgia Power customers could see monthly bills rise another $9 to pay for the Vogtle nuclear plant 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Spent fuel removal from the Unit 1 reactor’s cooling pool is set to start in 2027. Removing Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant’s wastewater 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Japan's environment ministry on Sunday said tests of seawater near the Fukushima nuclear power plant did not detect any radioactivity, days after the discharge of treated water that had been used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z But as long as the melted fuel stays in the reactors, it requires cooling water under the current prospect. At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z But it’s just the beginning of the challenges ahead, such as the removal of the fatally radioactive melted fuel debris that remains in the three damaged reactors, a daunting task if ever accomplished. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The water has been distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. South Korean protesters call for government action on Fukushima water 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z An earthquake followed by a tsunami in 2011 wrecked the nuclear power plant, destroying its cooling system and causing reactor cores to overheat and contaminate water within the facility with highly radioactive material. The science behind the Fukushima waste water release 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z At this juncture, it’s not clear if the reactors will continue operating beyond the expiration of their licenses in 2024 and 2025 — and if so, for how long — since many regulatory and legal hurdles remain. Environmental group suffers setback in legal fight to close California’s last nuclear power plant 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z About 880 tons of radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the reactors. At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z A magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11, 2011, triggered a massive tsunami that destroyed the plant’s power supply and cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and spew large amounts of radiation. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z For example, to calculate decay heat in nuclear reactors. Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out against the Bomb She Helped Create 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Since the disaster, power plant company Tepco has been pumping in water to cool down the reactors' fuel rods. The science behind the Fukushima waste water release 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The U.S. nuclear industry has been through a tough stretch, with reactors retiring and its share of energy production slipping since 2012. Environmental group suffers setback in legal fight to close California’s last nuclear power plant 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The reactor top is still covered with debris from the explosion 12 years ago and needs to be cleaned up after putting a protective cover to contain radioactive dust. At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Highly contaminated cooling water applied to the damaged reactors has leaked continuously into building basements and mixed with groundwater. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Wellerstein: You sort of think, oh, you turn a reactor off, it's off. Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out against the Bomb She Helped Create 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Tokyo has proceeded cautiously in the 12 years since three reactors at the Fukushima plant, north of Tokyo on Japan’s east coast, suffered meltdown following a calamitous earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Japan begins releasing treated water from Fukushima nuclear plant into Pacific Ocean 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The operating license for the Unit 1 reactor expires next year, and the Unit 2 license expires in 2025. Environmental group suffers setback in legal fight to close California’s last nuclear power plant 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Inside the worst-hit Unit 1, most of its reactor core melted and fell to the bottom of the primary containment chamber and possibly farther into the concrete basement. At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z He says the water would be released gradually over the span of 30 years, but as long as the melted fuel stays in the reactors, it requires cooling water, which creates more wastewater. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z So when they were producing reactors across the country, they were using her designs and they wanted her to come and look at what they were doing 'cause she was the expert. Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out against the Bomb She Helped Create 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The tsunami swamped backup power and cooling systems at the Fukushima plant, eventually causing meltdowns at three of six reactors. Explainer: Fukushima: Why is Japan releasing water and is it safe? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z He noted an experimental removal of a small amount of the melted debris from the No. 2 reactor is set for later this year using a remote-controlled giant robotic arm. China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Similar explosions occur at the two other damaged reactors over the following days. Events at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z About 880 tons of fatally radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the reactors. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Dec. 16: Japan says damaged reactors are in stable state of "cold shutdown". More than a decade after nuclear meltdown, Fukushima water release begins 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The water was distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Explainer: How Japan will release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt. China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Tepco has described the effort to remove highly radioactive fuel debris from reactor cores as an "unprecedented and difficult challenge never attempted anywhere in the world". More nuclear challenges await Japan after Fukushima water release 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, a remote-controlled underwater vehicle successfully collected a tiny sample from inside Unit 1’s reactor — only a spoonful of the melted fuel debris in the three reactors. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z As the water passes through the reactors, it picks up nuclear materials. Japan Begins Releasing Treated Radioactive Water at Fukushima 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The water that has accumulated at the plant since the 2011 disaster is partly recycled to keep the damaged reactors cool, since the tsunami destroyed the plant’s cooling systems. The Fukushima nuclear plant is ready to release radioactive wastewater into sea later Thursday 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Highly contaminated cooling water applied to the damaged reactors has leaked continuously to building basements and mixed with groundwater. China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Japan and Tepco plan to remove molten fuel while it is exposed to air because it is difficult to fill the badly damaged reactor cores with water. More nuclear challenges await Japan after Fukushima water release 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Once all the spent fuel is removed, the focus will turn in 2031 to taking melted debris out of the reactors. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z As the electron antineutrinos travel from the reactors to JUNO, many will oscillate into muon or tau antineutrinos that the detector can’t see. China’s new underground lab could answer long-standing neutrino mystery 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The plant was wrecked in a 2011 tsunami and the water has mostly been used to cool damaged reactors. Hong Kong to activate control measures on seafood from Japan 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Some technical issues at the reactor also played a role in delaying the restart to Aug. 25, an EDF spokesperson told Reuters. France issues 'red alert' over heatwave in south 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Japan's plan to release treated water from the damaged nuclear reactor has attracted criticism at home and abroad, including from the fishing industry which fears reputational damage. Fishing industry has some 'understanding' on Fukushima water release - Japan govt 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z But debris removal methods for two other reactors have not been decided. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The water has mostly been used to cool nuclear reactors damaged in 2011 when tsunami waves crashed into the plant on the coast north of Tokyo after an earthquake. Japan PM to meet fishing industry leaders over Fukushima water 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z That includes different types of uranium as well as deuterium, a hydrogen isotope that, in large amounts, could be used in reactors to make tritium, a nuclear weapons component. US tightens export controls of nuclear power items to China 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The reactor has been offline since March 27 and had been scheduled to restart on Sunday. France issues 'red alert' over heatwave in south 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z It has the potential to generate vast quantities of energy without the environmental concerns that plague fossil fuels and with far fewer of the radioactive risks associated with traditional nuclear fission reactors. Math’s ‘Hairy Ball Theorem’ Has Surprising Implications 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Inside the worst-hit Unit 1, most of its reactor core melted and fell to the bottom of the primary containment chamber and possibly further into the concrete basement. At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Georgia Power Co. says workers will transfer 157 fuel assemblies into the reactor core at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, in the next few days. Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Deeper into the land of hypotheticals, the right superconductor could enable scalable nuclear fusion reactors to offer an abundant source of carbon-free energy, Speller says. The Superconductor Sensation Has Fizzled, and That's Fine 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Water temperature levels for cooling purposes at the Bugey plant and another reactor along the Rhone river in the southeast were also seen surpassing the government's guidance by Aug. 24, Refinitiv data showed. France issues 'red alert' over heatwave in south 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z In a nutshell, fusion reactors begin by taking a fuel such as hydrogen and subjecting it to intense heat and pressure, which rips it into its constituent parts to form plasma. Math’s ‘Hairy Ball Theorem’ Has Surprising Implications 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The water was used to cool the reactors destroyed by the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Fukushima nuclear disaster: Activists march against Tokyo's waste plan 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z There are already three reactors operating at the plant. Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the Fukushima plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and contaminate their cooling water. South Koreans rally in Seoul against Japanese plans to release treated nuclear wastewater into sea 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z It has plans to expand that plant by two Rosatom reactors - a project that is financed by a 10 billion euro line of credit from a Russian bank. Putin needs money to fund Ukraine war; U.S. and its European allies are helping him to make it 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z There’s a fundamental engineering hurdle when building fusion reactors: How do you contain plasma that’s 10 times hotter than the sun’s core? Math’s ‘Hairy Ball Theorem’ Has Surprising Implications 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The Zaporizhzhia plant with its six reactors has been controlled by the Russian military since the early days of Moscow's invasion in February 2022. Kyiv says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant switched to reserve power line 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Two reactors have been operating for decades, while the third reactor entered commercial operation on July 31, becoming the first new nuclear unit built from scratch in the United States in decades. Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Nuclear fusion reactor cooling could become safer and easier. Energy breakthrough or resistance letdown? Here's what's so super about superconductors 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The dependence on Russian nuclear products - used mostly to fuel civilian reactors — leaves the U.S. and its allies open to energy shortages if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to cut off supplies. Putin needs money to fund Ukraine war; U.S. and its European allies are helping him to make it 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z A zero in the magnetic field means a leak in the container, which spells disaster for the whole reactor. Math’s ‘Hairy Ball Theorem’ Has Surprising Implications 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z None of the plant's six reactors produce electricity. Kyiv says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant switched to reserve power line 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z But most focus in the U.S. currently is on smaller nuclear reactors, which advocates hope can be built without the cost and schedule overruns that have plagued Vogtle. Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The dependence on Russian nuclear products — used mostly to fuel civilian reactors — leaves the U.S. and its allies open to energy shortages if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to cut off supplies. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z There are about 60 reactors under construction around the world - 300 more are in the planning stages. Putin needs money to fund Ukraine war; U.S. and its European allies are helping him to make it 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z This is why the leading design for fusion reactors, the tokamak, has a doughnut-shaped chamber. Math’s ‘Hairy Ball Theorem’ Has Surprising Implications 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Separately, the station's Russian-installed administration said the Number 4 reactor had been moved from a "hot" to a "cold" shutdown because of signs of a steam leak. Kyiv says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant switched to reserve power line 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Regulators have said loading fuel into the fourth reactor will be the trigger for deciding whether Georgia Power’s spending decisions were prudent. Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Europe is in a bind largely because it has 19 Russian-designed reactors in five countries that are fully dependent on Russian nuclear fuel. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The reactors will provide energy when the wind and solar aren’t supplying any power, which, she said, will ensure a grid “that’s also stable.” Biden’s climate change agenda adds nuclear to the mix but it’s still second fiddle to wind and solar 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Niger accounts for about 10 percent of France’s uranium supply for its nuclear reactors. A Shrinking Footprint in Africa for France, the Former Colonizer That Stayed 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z One of the six reactors needs to be in "hot shutdown" to produce steam for the plant's own needs. Kyiv says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant switched to reserve power line 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The fiasco exposed problems in building nuclear reactors in the U.S. from drawing up easy-to-use construction plans to making them an affordable, carbon-free power source. Judge tosses charges against executive in South Carolina nuclear debacle, but case may not be over 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Finland, which relies on Russian power at two out of its five reactors, scrapped a trouble-ridden deal with Rosatom to build a new nuclear power plant. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Nuclear reactors use nuclear fission to heat water and produce steam that generates electricity without emitting carbon dioxide or pollutants while operating. Biden’s climate change agenda adds nuclear to the mix but it’s still second fiddle to wind and solar 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The reactor is the first nuclear power unit constructed from scratch in the U.S. in over 30 years. First new nuclear plant unit constructed in past 30 years goes online in Georgia 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z "Such a regime is difficult for the reactor plant, its duration is limited by the project's design and it can result in failure of the main equipment of the energy unit," Energoatom said on Telegram. Kyiv says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant switched to reserve power line 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The reactor was seven years late and $17 billion over budget — more than doubling the unit’s original cost. Judge tosses charges against executive in South Carolina nuclear debacle, but case may not be over 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Westinghouse Electric Company to supply fuel for two reactors after its contracts with Rosatom subsidiary Tvel expire over the next seven years. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z There are now roughly 94 commercial nuclear reactors operating at 55 power plants in 28 states, according to the Energy Information Administration. Biden’s climate change agenda adds nuclear to the mix but it’s still second fiddle to wind and solar 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The facility, also known as Plant Vogtle, has two other older reactors that went online for commercial operation in the late 1980s. First new nuclear plant unit constructed in past 30 years goes online in Georgia 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The loss of the dam also threatens the water available to cool the reactors of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Ukraine War Is an Environmental Catastrophe with Global Consequences 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z It is the first nuclear reactor built from scratch in the U.S. in more than three decades. Judge tosses charges against executive in South Carolina nuclear debacle, but case may not be over 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z It has plans to expand that plant by two Rosatom reactors — a project that is financed by a 10 billion euro line of credit from a Russian bank. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The Energy Department is now promoting next-generation, advanced nuclear power reactors like the Vogtle plant as well as smaller, less expensive nuclear power plants that can be built more quickly. Biden’s climate change agenda adds nuclear to the mix but it’s still second fiddle to wind and solar 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is the second such nuclear reactor to go online in the U.S. in the 21st century. First new nuclear plant unit constructed in past 30 years goes online in Georgia 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z It said utilities in the bloc had enough uranium inventories to fuel its nuclear power reactors for three years. EU sees 'no immediate risks' if Niger cuts uranium supplies 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z A fourth reactor is also nearing completion at the site, where two earlier reactors have been generating electricity for decades. 1st US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Those reactors, experts said, will be fully reliant on Russian nuclear fuel for years, if not decades, to come. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z One of the reactors partially melted down and was destroyed, emitting radioactive gas. Biden’s climate change agenda adds nuclear to the mix but it’s still second fiddle to wind and solar 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The output from nuclear energy has actually fallen by around a third in the past decade due to ageing reactors. Renewables, nuclear and fossil fuels: The UK's changing energy mix 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The reactor was producing power at 98% of capacity on Friday, according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission records. Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The third and fourth reactors were originally supposed to cost $14 billion, but are now on track to cost their owners $31 billion. 1st US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The West has been reluctant to target Russia’s nuclear exports, however, because they play key roles in keeping reactors humming. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z It could enable a perfectly efficient power grid, levitating trains, commercially viable fusion reactors—the typical list goes on. Viral New Superconductivity Claims Leave Many Scientists Skeptical 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Fermi led a group that was building an experimental nuclear reactor beneath the football field at the University of Chicago. This Lost Woman of the Manhattan Project Saw the Deadly Effects of Nuclear Radiation Up Close 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Deciding whether Georgia Power’s spending decisions were prudent is supposed to begin once fuel is loaded into the fourth reactor. Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z BWX Technologies, based in Lynchburg, Va., will build the nuclear fission reactor at the heart of the engine. NASA Seeks a Nuclear-Powered Rocket to Get to Mars in Half the Time 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Nuclear power plants produce no emissions, though experts warn that nuclear energy comes with the risk of reactor meltdowns and the challenge of how to safely store radioactive waste. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Canada’s plans to make nuclear power a central part of its decarbonization strategy are taking shape with major announcements around large nuclear builds, small modular reactors and medical isotopes. Universal Music earnings boosted by strong sales 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Canada’s plans to make nuclear power a central part of its decarbonization strategy are taking shape with major announcements around large nuclear builds, small modular reactors and medical isotopes. In challenge to Tesla, major automakers launch EV charging network 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Georgia Power said Friday that it’s making final preparations to load the 157 fuel assemblies into the reactor core. Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z A series of 23 reactors were built and tested, but none were ever launched to space. NASA Seeks a Nuclear-Powered Rocket to Get to Mars in Half the Time 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z There are about 60 reactors under construction around the world — 300 more are in the planning stages. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Canada’s plans to make nuclear power a central part of its decarbonization strategy are taking shape with major announcements around large nuclear builds, small modular reactors and medical isotopes. Visa discloses further demands from US Justice Dept. over antitrust probe 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The plant’s six reactors have been shut down for months, but it still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features. UN watchdog says landmines are placed around Ukrainian nuke plant occupied by Russia 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z "And in order to provide steam for the station's own needs, the reactor plant of power unit No. 4 was transferred to the 'hot shutdown' state." Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant makes shutdown transition for maintenance 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z That is high enough to ensure that it stays in orbit for more than 300 years, or long enough for radioactive elements in the reactor fuel to decay to safe levels, she said. NASA Seeks a Nuclear-Powered Rocket to Get to Mars in Half the Time 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z None of the plant's six reactors has been producing electricity. New IAEA complaint about anti-personnel mines in Russian-held nuclear plant 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z “If you ask their impact on the environment, honestly, we can only say we don’t know,” Shozugawa, referring to dozens of radionuclides whose leakage is not anticipated at normal reactors, he says. Fukushima plant water release within weeks raises worries about setbacks to businesses, livelihoods 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The Annapolis, whose main mission is destroying enemy ships and submarines, is powered by a nuclear reactor but is armed with conventional weapons. US sends another submarine to South Korea, adding to show of force against North Korea 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The chilly waters of the Columbia River were tapped to cool nuclear reactors, and the site was far from prying eyes in population centers. The untold story of the Manhattan Eight: FBI’s secret spying on Hanford women 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z From groundbreaking to operations, construction of the first reactor at Hanford took 11 months. 'Oppenheimer' and what it misses about Hanford | Op-Ed 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z She wore baggy overalls into the reactor building, vomited in the morning in the women's bathroom – which by the way, she had all to herself – and got right to work. What the Film Oppenheimer Probably Will Not Talk About: The Lost Women of the Manhattan Project 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The treated water is a less challenging task at the plant compared to the deadly radioactive melted debris that remain in the reactors, or the continuous, tiny leaks of radioactivity to the outside. Fukushima plant water release within weeks raises worries about setbacks to businesses, livelihoods 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Ukraine's armed forces had said the day before that "operational data" showed "explosive devices" had been placed on the roofs of those two reactor units. Russia yet to grant access to Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor roofs - IAEA 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z After partial meltdowns at three nuclear reactors in 2011 at Fukushima, in Japan, China has limited the construction of nuclear plants to a few locations close to the coast. Why Heat Waves Are Deepening China’s Addiction to Coal 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Workers simultaneously built massive chemical processing plants, which they called Queen Mary buildings because of their size, to separate plutonium from fuel elements that had been processed in the reactors. 'Oppenheimer' and what it misses about Hanford | Op-Ed 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z They're talking about a problem that came up with the slugs, which are metal elements on the reactor that hold fuel. What the Film Oppenheimer Probably Will Not Talk About: The Lost Women of the Manhattan Project 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The tanks where water used to cool the reactor cores is stored will reach their capacity in early 2024. Hong Kong’s seafood businesses brace for a sales slump as Japan plans to discharge radioactive water 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z The massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and contaminating their cooling water, which has leaked continuously since then. Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant prepares to release diluted radioactive water into the sea 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z They have been doing this since the lab was founded in 2011, just months after a devastating tsunami flooded the reactors, causing a radiation leak. Facts are up against fear ahead of Fukushima water release 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, other radioactive substances billowed from smokestacks, flowed from the reactors into the Columbia River and were buried or released in the surrounding countryside. 'Oppenheimer' and what it misses about Hanford | Op-Ed 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z After the war, Leona's expertise in nuclear pile design led her to a job overseeing the operation and construction of the plutonium production reactors in Hanford, Washington. What the Film Oppenheimer Probably Will Not Talk About: The Lost Women of the Manhattan Project 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has for days warned of the grave threat at the facility, most recently saying Russian forces had mined the roof of several reactors. Russia calls on NATO to discuss Ukraine nuclear plant at summit 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Grossi said he was still pushing for access to the rooftops of reactors where Ukrainian officials accused Russia of planting explosives. Ukraine’s president hails the country’s soldiers from a Black Sea island to mark 500 days of war 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z For the plant to be decommissioned, the radioactive debris inside the melted reactors must be removed. Facts are up against fear ahead of Fukushima water release 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z But the operation of nuclear reactors inevitably creates plutonium, and plutonium can be used to build atomic bombs. 'Oppenheimer' and what it misses about Hanford | Op-Ed 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The book explores the scientific, ethical, and personal quandaries faced by scientists like herself who built the world’s first nuclear reactor. What the Film Oppenheimer Probably Will Not Talk About: The Lost Women of the Manhattan Project 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The U.N. atomic watchdog has repeatedly cautioned over the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, in northern Ukraine, after a reactor exploded in 1986. U.N. nuclear agency pushes for access to Zaporizhzhia plant roof after reports of Russian explosives 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has for days warned of the grave threat at the facility, most recently saying Russian forces had mined the roof of several reactors. Ukraine spy chief says nuclear threat at Zaporizhzhia plant subsiding 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z And to do that, they must first discharge the water that has been used to cool the reactors since a tsunami crippled the plant in 2011. Facts are up against fear ahead of Fukushima water release 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z After a 45-minute bus ride through the desert, visitors can tour the world’s first large-scale nuclear reactor, which is virtually unchanged from when it began producing plutonium in 1944. 'Oppenheimer' and what it misses about Hanford | Op-Ed 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Ukraine says Russia has planted ‘objects resembling explosive devices’ on the roofs of two reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Ros Atkins on... the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z "In particular, access to the rooftops of reactor units 3 and 4 is essential, as well as access to parts of the turbine halls and some parts of the cooling system at the plant." IAEA has seen no sign of explosives at Zaporizhzhia yet, more access needed 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the specter of a potentially “catastrophic” provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest but has its six reactors shut down. Ukraine and Russia trade accusations of imminent attack on Europe’s largest nuclear plant. 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z “We are going to stay here with you for decades to come until the last drop of the water which is accumulated around the reactor has been safely discharged.” IAEA chief visits Fukushima before radioactive water is released 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z There, on the banks of the Columbia River north of Richland, thousands of construction workers — including, after the war, my grandfather — built the world’s first large-scale nuclear reactors. 'Oppenheimer' and what it misses about Hanford | Op-Ed 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Since the disaster, power plant company Tepco has been pumping in water to cool down the Fukushima nuclear reactors' fuel rods. Fukushima: Anxiety and anger over Japan's nuclear waste water plan 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The British Ministry of Defence said in April that satellite footage from March showed Russia had set up "sandbag fighting positions on the roofs of several of the six reactor buildings" at the plant. IAEA has seen no sign of explosives at Zaporizhzhia yet, more access needed 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z A statement issued by the Ukrainian armed forces quoted "operational data" as saying that "explosive devices" had been placed on the roof of the station's third and fourth reactors on Tuesday. Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of plotting imminent attack on nuclear station 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The water Japan plans to discharge into the Pacific was mainly used to cool damaged reactors at the Fukushima power plant, which was destroyed in 2011 by an earthquake and tsunami. Atomic Agency Clears Japan to Release Fukushima Water 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z These reactors were constructed not to generate electricity — Eastern Washington already had plenty of that from Grand Coulee Dam, which came online in 1941. 'Oppenheimer' and what it misses about Hanford | Op-Ed 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Fukushima nuclear disaster: UN watchdog approves plan for water release 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The water was distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake. Explainer: How Japan plans to release Fukushima water into the ocean 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z "If detonated, they would not damage the reactors but would create an image of shelling from the Ukrainian side," the statement on Telegram said. Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of plotting imminent attack on nuclear station 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Already, parts of two reactors have been hit by artillery and by a large-caliber bullet, though most engineers believe the plant is strong enough to withstand such attacks. Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Is Just One of Innumerable Problems for Its Neighbors 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z The water to be released, which has been mainly used to cool damaged reactors, will have traces of tritium, an isotope that is hard to remove from water. Japan would welcome EU lifting restrictions on food 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z A massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and their cooling water to be contaminated and leak continuously. Regulators begin final safety inspection before treated Fukushima wastewater is released into sea 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Members of his government briefed international representatives on the possible threat to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, whose six reactors have been shut down for months. Wagner leader calls for rebellion against Russian defense chief, Kremlin orders his arrest 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z None of the reactors at the plant is producing electricity. Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of plotting imminent attack on nuclear station 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z According to Ukrainian officials, the Russians recently mined the cooling pond that keeps the reactors from melting down and have begun to withdraw some of their own experts, an ominous sign, they say. Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Is Just One of Innumerable Problems for Its Neighbors 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z The power station exploded after a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami crippled the coastal plant, overheating the reactor cores. Is Fukushima Wastewater Release Safe? What the Science Says 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Stark-Watzinger made clear that she doesn’t want a return of the old-style nuclear reactors, despite calls for that from some within her libertarian Free Democratic Party. Germany sees opportunity in nuclear fusion, but funding for research remains uncertain 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z A massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and their cooling water to be contaminated and leak continually. Japanese fisheries head opposes a plan to pump treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the sea 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Russian troops seized the station, Europe's largest nuclear facility with six reactors, in the days following the Kremlin's invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of plotting imminent attack on nuclear station 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z India-US ties had not lived up to their promise following a landmark civilian nuclear deal in 2005 because a liability law passed by India three years later hobbled purchase of reactors. How Modi and Biden turbocharged India-US ties 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The Zaporizhzhia plant, with its six reactors, is currently under Russian occupation. Ukraine war: Living without water in a town devastated by dam breach 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Indian Point Energy Center generated about a quarter of the electricity used in New York City and suburban Westchester County until its two reactors were shut down in 2020 and 2021. Plan to discharge water into Hudson River from closed nuclear plant sparks uproar 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z U-235 in fairly low concentrations is used as fuel in commercial nuclear reactors; in high concentrations, it can power nuclear weapons. The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine — an expert explains their health effects 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z That body of water feeds a giant on-site cooling pond — larger than the National Mall in Washington — and water from the pool is, in turn, pumped to the plant’s six reactors. Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Occupied by Russia, Faces a New Risk 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z From there, assembly of the reactor itself was planned to begin in 2018. World’s Largest Fusion Project Is in Big Trouble, New Documents Reveal 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z His visit follows a disastrous breach last week in the massive Kakhovka dam nearby, which jeopardised reservoirs from which the reactors get cooling water. IAEA's Grossi says measures taken to ensure Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant security -RIA 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Grossi said that there is a discrepancy between water level readings taken at a thermal power plant near the reactors and measurements taken in the reservoir itself. Grossi arrives at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to assess safety. 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The American Centrifuge Plant in Ohio will also be key to producing another, more concentrated form of enriched uranium crucial to the development of smaller, safer and more efficient next-generation reactors. The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The design minimizes the risk that the reactors could ever run short of the water needed to prevent a meltdown. Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Occupied by Russia, Faces a New Risk 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant uses a cooling pond to keep its six reactors from potentially disastrous overheating. U.N. nuclear chief's visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant delayed 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The pond provides water to cool the nuclear fuel inside the plant’s six reactors as well as spent nuclear fuel. U.N. Monitor Aims to Cross Front Line in Ukraine to Inspect Nuclear Plant 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The dam, further down the Dnieper River, helped keep water in a reservoir that cools the plant’s reactors. U.N. nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’ 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, in the United States, next-generation reactors remain in the design stage. The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z There is no immediate danger at the plant, however, because the cooling pond is full, and the reactors require much less water than they normally would have. Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Occupied by Russia, Faces a New Risk 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant uses a cooling pond to keep its six reactors cool. IAEA's Grossi expected in Kyiv ahead of trip to nuclear plant 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The water level is closely monitored and five of the nuclear plant’s six reactors are in cold shutdown mode, which greatly reduces the amount of water they require to ensure safety. U.N. Monitor Aims to Cross Front Line in Ukraine to Inspect Nuclear Plant 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Ukraine recently said it hoped to put the last functioning reactor into a cold shutdown. U.N. nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’ 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Its reactor would include a sodium-based battery that would allow the plant to ramp up electricity production on demand, offsetting fluctuations in wind or solar production elsewhere. The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Because of the war’s threats to the plant, five of the reactors have been in “cold shutdown” mode since last year, an idle state in which they do not produce power. Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Occupied by Russia, Faces a New Risk 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The water in the pond is also expended very slowly, they add, because the reactors are not producing power and water does not evaporate quickly during the cooling process. IAEA's Grossi expected in Kyiv ahead of trip to nuclear plant 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z He added, however, that it would be almost impossible to blow up the reactors. U.N. Monitor Aims to Cross Front Line in Ukraine to Inspect Nuclear Plant 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z That’s a process in which all control rods are inserted into the reactor core to stop the nuclear fission reaction and generation of heat and pressure. U.N. nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’ 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The tanks storing the water used since the accident to cool the reactor cores will reach their capacity in early 2024. Japan nuclear plant conducts tests before discharging treated radioactive wastewater into sea 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The first reactor came online during the Soviet era and, in 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl plant in northern Ukraine set off the worst nuclear accident in history. Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Occupied by Russia, Faces a New Risk 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Water to cool the plant’s six reactors and perform other critical safety functions is supplied via a pond on the facility’s grounds that is fed by the reservoir. The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog travels to Ukraine to assess the aftermath of the dam disaster. 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z It has its own ponds to keep its reactors cool even though they are not producing power. Ukraine: nuclear plant's cooling ponds stable despite emptying reservoir 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Already, five of the plant’s six reactors are in a cold shutdown. U.N. nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’ 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z All six reactors are now in “cold shutdown” — a state in which electricity is no longer generated— after the final reactor was switched over Thursday. U.N. nuclear watchdog wants to check water levels near Zaporizhzhia plant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Water cools both the reactor cores and the spent nuclear fuel and, as a result, the plant relies on a large and constant supply. Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Occupied by Russia, Faces a New Risk 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The lone reactor that was still operating at Europe’s largest nuclear plant was shut down because of the threat to its water supply. Last Reactor at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Dam Collapse 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z In a precautionary move, Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency put into “cold shutdown” the last operating reactor at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which relies on water from the reservoir for cooling. Ukraine Attacks Along a 600-Mile Front, While Grappling With Flood Crisis 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z |
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