Innovation News Network

JULY 8, 2022

Professor Brent Heuser discusses the development of accident tolerant nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. Wind and solar power […].

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Innovation News Network

JULY 18, 2023

Great British Nuclear will fuel the rapid development of UK nuclear power stations, adding an estimated £6bn to the country’s economy. The post GBN ignites rapid expansion plan for UK nuclear power stations appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Warwick University is leading a consortium granted £17m to acquire the UK's most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance instrument. The post Warwick University awarded £17M to host UK’s most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance instrument appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Ageing mechanisms of reactor pressure vessel steels at high neutron fluences is crucial for safe operation of LWR nuclear power plants. The post STRUMAT-LTO: STRUctural MATerials research for safe long-term operation of LWR nuclear power plants appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Hedging its bets, the industry is exploring ammonia, batteries, and hydrogen, among other options for powering ships. A small but growing group of analysts, though, are pushing for a zero-emissions technology that already plows the oceans: nuclear propulsion. Nuclear-powered ships can go years without refueling.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Every workday, Sarah Ansari strives to ensure that the nuclear power plant where she works is operating safely. The IEEE member is an electrical design engineer at Arkansas Nuclear One , in Russellville. Ansari entered the field of power engineering during her final semester as a Ph.D. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Innovation News Network

MARCH 13, 2023

The UK and France have established a partnership to accelerate the development of nuclear power and renewable energy sources. The post UK and France partner to advance nuclear and renewable energy sources appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

JUNE 29, 2022

Horizon EUROfusion is celebrating the start of conceptual designs for a power plant to develop clean and safe nuclear fusion energy. EUROfusion will be celebrating the start of its conceptual power plant design activities for Europe’s first-ever demonstration fusion power plant, at a livestreamed event in Brussels on 5 July 2022.

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Innovation News Network

JULY 20, 2022

Bora Gencturk, Associate Professor from the University of Southern California, summarises the findings from various studies looking at storage and transportation issues for spent nuclear fuel. The post Managing the storage and transportation of commercial spent nuclear fuel appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Teslarati

JULY 4, 2022

Yet in recent comments, Musk has highlighted that he believes it’s a mistake to stigmatize nuclear energy today, especially as renewables like solar and batteries are still ramping up. Apart from leading Tesla into new milestones, Musk is also funding the $100 million XPRiZE Carbon Removal competition. I think nuclear has a bad rap.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

Ukraine’s nuclear sector is taking steps to remove Russian influence from its operations. The immediate cause appears to be concern about possible sabotage of nuclear power plants and fuel-handling operations from within—either to cause a nuclear incident or to pave the way for Russian forces to seize or retain control of key installations.

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Innovation News Network

AUGUST 12, 2022

EPRI and Vanderbilt University highlight the importance of incorporating risk insights early in the advanced nuclear reactor design process to shorten schedules and enhance safety. The post Achieving net zero goals through optimising nuclear reactor safety appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

JUNE 30, 2022

Professor Mark Anderson from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses some of the interesting experimental science questions associated with advanced nuclear system coolants and how reactors based on these technologies can help to reduce the environmental impact of power and heat production, as well as stabilising energy costs.

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Electrek

JULY 7, 2022

For the first time ever, wind and solar produced 17.96% more electricity in the month of April than nuclear power plants. . The post Wind and solar produce more electricity than nuclear for the first time in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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Innovation News Network

JULY 20, 2022

A nuclear technology, molten salt reactors (MSRs), once considered to power aircraft during the Cold War, is now on the cusp of lighting our homes. Everything old is new again,’ the title of a Peter Allen song, […]. The post Molten salt reactors: An old technology made new appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday released a study stating that 80% of US coal power plant sites could be converted to nuclear power plant sites in order to help the US achieve net zero by 2050. The post Should the US convert coal plant sites to nuclear? The DOE seems to think so appeared first on Electrek.

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Innovation News Network

MAY 25, 2023

Find out why the nuclear industry must address cost challenges associated with small modular reactors to compete with alternative sources. The post Harnessing the power of small modular reactors to achieve net zero appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

International news services now report that Japan’s Toshiba Corporation (9502.T) For most of our readers this news evokes little surprise. This is merely another chapter of a slow moving financial and accounting train wreck involving nuclear design and construction firm Westinghouse and its troubled Japanese parent, Toshiba.

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Electrek

JULY 26, 2023

Wind, solar, and nuclear generated up to 55% of total power in Texas in the record-breaking end-of-June heat – keeping the natural gas share below 50%. more… The post Thanks to wind and solar, Texas has kept the power on and the costs down appeared first on Electrek.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

They house hundreds of thousands of computer servers and disk drives and have brought cloud computing, more powerful search engines, and faster Internet service. Pack Nuclear and computer engineer Life member, 82; died 2 December 2022 Pack was a nuclear power engineer until the late 1990s, when he shifted his focus to computer engineering.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

The new solar and wind brought the total available installed generating capacity of renewable energy sources (including hydropower, biomass, and geothermal) up to 376.33 GW) alone now exceeds that of not only nuclear power (103.27 Further, there may be as much as 218,646 MW of new solar in the three-year pipeline.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

EIA’s latest “ Electric Power Monthly ” (with data through December 31, 2023) reports that the combination of utility-scale and small-scale (e.g., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) outproduced nuclear by almost a quarter (24.7%). drop in power from wind turbines as well as 5.9% rooftop) solar increased by 16.1%

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Teslarati

JANUARY 20, 2023

Over the years, Musk has clarified on Twitter that he actually supports solutions such as nuclear energy, and amidst the Russia-Ukraine war, the CEO highlighted the need for greater oil and gas output. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. Just send a message to simon@teslarati.com to give us a heads up.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Nuclear power could be the next ‘clean’ fuel to power our cars after scientists discovered a new form of uranium which could enable the manufacture of nuclear power plants small enough to fit inside your car.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. The EIA also expects wind power generation to grow 11% from 430 billion kWh in 2023 to 476 billion kWh in 2025. Get started here. –ad*

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Green Cars News

MARCH 23, 2012

As Japan’s government prepares to restart dozens of nuclear power plants, idled since the Fukushima disaster last year, there is concern that electric cars could become tainted by their association with nuclear generation.

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Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2024

There is only one larger one, which is in a nuclear power plant,” he said. As per the Brandenburg Ministry of the Environment, the Jänschwalde power plant uses 44.9 Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. We have one of the largest industrial wastewater treatment plants in Germany here.

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2023

For utilities, battery energy storage is one of the most helpful new technologies they can employ to reduce fossil fuel dependence and increase the reliability of their associated grid. By holding onto excess power generated during lulls in demand, power companies can more easily address peak demand and, importantly, reduce costs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2017

This was the result of growing renewable power generation, switches from coal to natural gas, improvements in energy efficiency, as well as structural changes in the global economy. The decline was driven by a surge in shale gas supplies and more attractive renewable power that displaced coal.

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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2023

Fresh emphasis on nuclear fission would possibly produce stream efforts for renewable power silly. The post Excess human focal point in shape communicate appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Earth’s shape has modified for billions of years. It continues to modify. GREG SUTLIFF , Harrisburg, Pa.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor Also getting a second look: nuclear power!

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Baua Electric

MARCH 2, 2024

Photo: Tesla Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows. Renewables curbed emissions rise in 2023 The bad news is that energy-related emissions rose in 2023.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The European Commission wants to label some natural gas and nuclear power plants as sustainable, calling them “transitional” sources of energy in rules proposed yesterday. But that label comes with strings attached, and many, from environmental groups to countries, call the proposal a greenwash.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Veracruz noted that it had an abundant supply of water and cheap electricity , thanks to Mexico’s only nuclear power plant. If you have news tips, email us at tips@teslarati.com ! The post Tesla flooded with new invitations from Mexican States vying to host automaker appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

It added that government subsidies will also be used to augment the venture, which will serve sectors such as automotive, power, electronics, and industrial markets. It added that government subsidies will also be used to augment the venture, which will serve sectors such as automotive, power, electronics, and industrial markets.

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2023

electric power demand through 2050 in all cases,” noted the EIA. The Inflation Reduction Act will significantly impact renewable energy sources within the United States since it provides incentives for wind and solar power generation. The EIA states that renewables are increasingly meeting power demand.

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2023

This is, at least, if the transition to electric vehicles also involved greater reliance on clean electricity from sources such as wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and nuclear. Studies have indicated that such communities tend to reside in closer proximity to major sources of air pollution, such as highways and power plants.

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