AtkinsRéalis selected for Energy Northwest SMR
Dec 17, 2024 · US-based Energy Northwest has selected AtkinsRéalis Group as the Owner’s Engineer for its small modular reactor (SMR) project development in Washington state.
Building the fusion energy rulebook - Nuclear Engineering …
Dec 19, 2024 · The US NRC anticipates that several different fusion technologies will be commercialised in the 2030s. It wants to complete rulemaking before the decade starts. Developers agree.
Decommissioning challenge: Ready for the end of life
Dec 18, 2024 · The IAEA, the European Commission and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency are working with the World Nuclear Association to consolidate the information gathered from different initiatives on assessing waste into a single publication, Status and Trends in Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management.The publication is an attempt to systematically summarise the global status and trends of programmes ...
Japan launches FAST fusion power project - Nuclear Engineering ...
Nov 18, 2024 · Japan’s FAST Project Office proudly announces the launch of the FAST (Fusion by Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) project, which aims to achieve fusion-based power generation by the end of the 2030s.
Radiant completes microreactor design phase - Nuclear …
Nov 21, 2024 · California-based start-up Radiant Industries has completed the front-end engineering & experiment design (FEED) phase to test a prototype of its Kaleidos microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
AI’s nuclear opportunity - Nuclear Engineering International
In December 2023 around 100 experts in energy, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) convened at Argonne National Laboratory. They were there to map out the future potential for utilisation of AI in energy, considering five ‘energy mission’ areas that have previously been identified – fossil fuel, carbon management, nuclear power, renewables and energy efficiency.
DOE awards HALEU enrichment contracts
Oct 22, 2024 · The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Louisiana Energy Services (Urenco), Orano Federal Services, General Matter and American Centrifuge Operating (Centrus) to provide enrichment services to help establish a US supply of …
Candu Monark reactor advances licensing process
Nov 5, 2024 · Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis company and original equipment manufacturer of Candu technology, is entering into a special project with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to develop a plan for a Pre-Licensing Design Review of …
NANO signs deal to site microreactors at INL
Dec 12, 2024 · US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office to evaluate the feasibility of siting, construction, commissioning, operation and decommissioning of the company’s ‘ZEUS’ and ‘ODIN’ experimental microreactors at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), one of the foremost research sites for nuclear ...
Joint development deal on thorium reactors - Nuclear Engineering ...
Nov 28, 2024 · DeepGEO and Copenhagen Atomics have signed a collaboration agreement that will see the companies work together on thorium reactor technologies.…