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UK government launches Great British Nuclear to accelerate nuclear development and oversee competition for funding next generation technologies

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—Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps On top of the GBN competition launch, the government also announced today a grant funding package totalling up to £157 million (US$206 million): Up to £77.1 Winning projects include: over £10.5

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3 MIT-led teams win DOE NEUP funding for next-gen nuclear technologies

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The FHR is a new reactor concept that combines high-temperature graphite-matrix-coated particle fuel developed for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors; liquid salt coolant developed for molten salt reactors; and safety systems originating with sodium fast reactors. Seawater uranium.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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The largest by far is Iter , a collaborative international effort to build a massive tokamak in Cadarache, France. national labs and universities as well as international research institutes. The molten salt will likely be a mixture of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride, known as FLiBe.

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Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies for Li-ion battery applications

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A number of licences have recently been granted for patents within the IP pooled portfolio. It has been conducting research on batteries for over 30 years, including extensive work on advanced materials, particularly molten salts, lithium iron phosphate and nanotitanates. Its sole shareholder is the Québec government.