Sentences with phrase «next generation reactors»

Next generation reactors we are building right now can burn fuel more efficiently and produce less waste — and even burn the waste from older reactors.

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The Energy Department focuses on the next generation of energy technologies — from advanced nuclear reactors to algae biofuels — conducting basic research in its network of 17 national laboratories, and aiding private companies struggling to bring risky new technologies to market.

And we're now inviting bids to help develop the next generation of small modular reactors.

In its efforts to develop safer, cheaper, and more efficient nuclear reactors, the Idaho National Laboratory has researched half a dozen next - generation reactor designs; these two (the sodium - cooled fast reactor and the very - high - temperature reactor) are the most promising.

JAEA engineers are also designing a next - generation fast reactor, but there has been no decision on actually building it.

In partnership with the Universities of Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Cardiff, and the Open University, the programme will examine issues such as the design of next - generation nuclear reactors, reactor performance, reactor monitoring, materials for nuclear reactors that can withstand high temperatures, and nuclear waste disposal.

Southern Co. and its partners have dug 27.5 meters down into that soil to reach bedrock and are now filling up the hole to provide a stable foundation for what is likely to be the first of a new generation of reactors in the U.S.: two new AP - 1000 models at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant that stand next to two older pressurized water reactors, which came online in the 1980s.

The plan boosts funding, however, for the Generation IV program that supports multinational research and development for next - generation reactors and also would increase funding for fuel - cycle research and development within DoE's nuclear enerGeneration IV program that supports multinational research and development for next - generation reactors and also would increase funding for fuel - cycle research and development within DoE's nuclear energeneration reactors and also would increase funding for fuel - cycle research and development within DoE's nuclear energy office.

Yet it remains to be seen whether the AP1000 will herald nuclear's next generation, especially because the reactor is on its 18th design revision and a couple of key safety questions remain unresolved.

Earlier this week, John Parmentola, senior vice president of energy and advanced concepts at General Atomics, told a House energy subcommittee that the United States needs to invest in a test bed nuclear reactor to ramp up development in the next generation of atomic energy (E&E Daily, May 14).

The SMR - 160 small modular reactor is a next generation design prioritizing safety, simplicity, reliability and affordability to meet the world's growing energy needs.

The ZED - 2 Reactor Safety & Instrumentation School will introduce Canada's next - generation of nuclear engineers and scientists to the facilities, techniques, and current areas of research in experimental reactor physics, reactor safety, and nuclear instrumentation.

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has made its next - generation GNF3 boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel assembly available to customers for the first time.

It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $ 200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next - generation nuclear reactor.

Lightbridge is developing and commercializing next generation nuclear fuel technology that will significantly improve the economics and safety of existing and new reactors, with a meaningful impact on preventing climate change.

This will be used to fuel some of the next generation of reactors such as the IFR.

What's needed now is a new national commitment to the development, testing, demonstration, and early stage commercialization of a broad range of new nuclear technologies — from much smaller light - water reactors to next generation ones — in search of a few designs that can be mass produced and deployed at a significantly lower cost than current designs.

Rather than creating new solutions, efforts to restart the U.S. nuclear industry have mostly focused on encouraging utilities to build the next generation of large, light - water reactors with loan guarantees and various other subsidies and regulatory fixes.

Subtitle C: Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project -(Sec. 641) Instructs the Secretary to establish the Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project consisting of design, construction, and operation of a prototype plant, including a nuclear reactor: (1) based on Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative research and development; and (2) used to generate electricity or produce hydrogen, or do both.

Most important, though, is that moving to next generation nuclear and molten salt reactors will require subsidies to get that moving.

China has at least four next generation nuclear reactors in the works, including one financed by Bill Gates, who is expected to put millions and perhaps billions of his own money into the joint venture.

In addition, the budget provides nearly $ 29 million to conduct advanced nuclear reactor RD&D, in particular for the development of next - generation SMR's that offer different fuel mix, fuel cycle, and cooling options.

Next - Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP)- The Department of Energy and the NRC complied with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in examining the NGNP advanced reactor project.

``... research on the next generation of nuclear energy systems that can be made available to the market by 2030 or earlier, and that can offer significant advances toward these challenging goals; in particular, six candidate reactor system designs have been identified.

However, all of these designs must demonstrate enhanced safety above and beyond current light water reactor systems if the next generation of nuclear power plants is to grow in number far beyond the current population.

This 21st century moon shot would include a serious carbon tax, next - generation nuclear (breeder reactors), carbon capture and enhanced geothermal systems that tap the heat of the earth 10 kilometres down.

We are exceptionally well - versed in the next generation of nuclear power plants, including Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).