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Nuclear waste train launch in Colorado set for June
17 May 2024 13:32 GMT
… will move commercial nuclear waste, including spent fuel rods from nuclear power stations to … disposal sites.
The Office of Nuclear … 17 different types of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) containers, known as casks …
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Reflections on nuclear power agreement with China
17 May 2024 13:54 GMT
… earlier, and the matter of radioactive waste disposal.
Opinion
We emphasise … the first place?
Spent nuclear fuel is the fuel (uranium rods) that has been … as highly radioactive. They are typically stored in spent fuel pools at …
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory begins examining fuel rods from Global Nuclear Fuel
10 May 2024 20:51 GMT
… several new fuel rods developed by GE Vernova’s Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) that … for long-term storage.
The fuel rods were manufactured at GNF’s … successful irradiation, the high burnup fuel rods were shipped to ORNL to …
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High-Burnup Nuclear Fuel Rods Delivered for Examination After Having Completed Three Cycles of Commercial Operation
09 May 2024 13:02 GMT
High-burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), … zero emissions by 2050.”
The fuel rods were manufactured at GNF’s … through Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas LLC in Wilmington, and Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co …
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A new push for U.S. uranium
20 May 2024 06:43 GMT
… company provides uranium for nuclear power and vanadium for … can be converted into fuel for nuclear reactors — between … that can convert yellowcake into nuclear fuel rods.)
In 2022, President … domestic production of nuclear fuel. The 54 nuclear power plants …
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The Promise of Nuclear Energy Brings the West to Mongolia
14 May 2024 15:18 GMT
… is booming for clean nuclear energy, which generates electricity … about the disposal of nuclear waste, and the potential … this can be enriched into fuel rods.
The Spiritual Energy Centre … investigation.) The French anti-nuclear network Sortir du Nucléaire …
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Sarytogan Graphite tests confirm “super-premium” nuclear specification
14 May 2024 02:15 GMT
… moderator surrounding the uranium fuel rods to slow down the … .
Growing market
These nuclear applications adds another layer … investment in nuclear power. Graphite used as nuclear moderators … advanced industrial uses, including nuclear.
Other tests
Long-cycle …
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Post-irradiation testing of high-burnup fuel under way
10 May 2024 18:31 GMT
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High burnup fuel rods manufactured by GE Vernova's Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF … years in a commercial nuclear power reactor.
The fuel shipment arrives at … their high burnup fuel," said Frank Goldner, a nuclear engineer at …
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French company hosts Russian nuclear experts in Germany to prepare fuel rod factory conversion
10 May 2024 13:04 GMT
… the local nuclear fuel rod factory that supplies nuclear plants across … workers from state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom … Framatome subsidiary has produced nuclear fuel rods since the 1970s and … and especially true for nuclear power,” said Christian Meyer …
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Professor Emeritus David Lanning, nuclear engineer and key contributor to the MIT Reactor, dies at 96
09 May 2024 21:03 GMT
… him a pioneer in nuclear fuel cycle management.
Lanning was … and handle its highly radioactive components.
Lanning supervised … fuel rods — including Lanning’s own thesis. He received his PhD in nuclear … management, and design of nuclear fuel, as well as making …