Sentences with phrase «new reactor technologies»

That legacy of nuclear energy development continues today at The University of Manchester in the form of research on new reactor technologies and related areas, says Denecke.

NEW REACTOR TECHNOLOGY: SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS.

Not exact matches

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.

That's one potential application for a new technology that combines water - repelling yet light - sensitive and water - absorbing materials into polymeric nano - reactors for creating photo - responsive gold nanoparticles.

Harrison says he hopes the new collaboration will enable the transfer of some ILL technology to these new research reactors.

«Early in the discovery of any new technology you have this rosy picture that is formed,» Candris admits of small modular reactors.

In particular, a relatively new form of nuclear technology could overcome the principal drawbacks of current methods — namely, worries about reactor accidents, the potential for diversion of nuclear fuel into highly destructive weapons, the management of dangerous, long - lived radioactive waste, and the depletion of global reserves of economically available uranium.

Investing in advanced fuels research is critical to developing a new nuclear reactor technology.

It resides in membrane spaces that evade ready experimental detection, but in a new study, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have illuminated presenilin using a neutron beam produced by the world's most powerful research nuclear reactor.

The Japanese government's Science and Technology Agency wants Japanese and Russian scientists to collaborate on the development of a new generation of reactors fuelled by plutonium.

Commercially, plants using «clean coal» technology can be more attractive than new reactors, says the company in its submission to the government's review of the nuclear industry.

In exchange, PSEG Power has been granted an option to acquire an ownership interest in the technology, which paves the way for PSEG Power to be responsible for the training and operations of the SMR - 160 when the new reactor units are built.

«In addition, new technologies, such as small modular reactors (SMRs), are being researched and developed, and a number of large European - wide R&D programmes are being carried out».

Mr. Marcille's stewardship of Holtec's SMR - 160 program is all - encompassing including the development and commissioning of the reactor test loop at Holtec's Technology Campus in Camden, New Jersey which will be a linchpin of the Company's drive to obtain certification for the reactor by the USNRC and other regulatory jurisdictions on an expedited schedule.

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.

In particular, nuclear transmutation technology has been drawing significant attention after the accident.This publication is timely with the following highlights: 1) Development of accelerator - driven systems (ADSs), which is a brand - new reactor concept for transmutation of highly radioactive wastes; 2) Nuclear reactor systems from the point of view of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Behind the histrionics and talking points framing the decades - long battle over the place of nuclear power in America's (and the world's) energy menu, there have long been hints of a path forward, both for dealing with existing, aging reactors and considering a new generation of technologies.

I urge you to read the excerpts below, click to read the rest and return here to discuss the lessons he points to from France's program, China's push into new reactor designs and his argument that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs as much revision as our antiquated nuclear technology.

Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor — and it's one that might be realized in as little as a decade, they say.

«Of course, not only does China want to replace its old coal fleet with new nuclear reactors, it wants to become the leading exporter of nuclear technology as well, including heavy components in the supply chain where the real global bottleneck is.»

«The fuels and waste are safe, the reactor won't need a heat exchanger and steam turbine generator, and the lasers we need can be bought off the shelf,» says Warren McKenzie, managing director of HB 11, which owns the patents to the new technology.

The the only «new» technology with any promise is LFTR (liquid flouride thorium reactor).

On February 1, the government pledged to decommission all reactors and replace them with 45 new coal - fired power plants equipped with the latest clean coal technology.

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.

Now, a group of scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) supported by the Aerosol and Particle Technology Laboratory of CPERI / CERTH Greece have built and tested a new solar reactor design that includes storage so it can provide round - the - clock heat like the current fossil - fired method, but without the emissions.

Here in the UK we are reaping the nuclear industry's harvest as our government plans a whole new fleet of nuclear reactors at the expense of technologies that have the capacity to support us in our fight against climate change.

Success with ammonia means we will have developed and commercialized, at scale, with viable economics, infrastructure and supply chains, the following new technologies: CCS, SSAS, methane cracking, conventional and high temperature electrolysis and thermochemical water splitting for hydrogen production, nuclear heat sources and small modular reactors, and solar heat sources and renewable electricity of sufficient reliability to be integrated into high volume must - run industrial processes.

The new FOA covers three funding pathways: First - of - a-Kind (FOAK) Nuclear Demonstration Readiness Project pathway, intended to address major advanced reactor design development projects or complex technology advancements for existing plants which have significant technical and licensing risk, and have the potential to be deployed by the mid-to-late 2020s; Advanced Reactor Development Projects pathway, covering a broad scope of concepts and ideas that could improve the capabilities and commercialisation potential of advanced reactor designs and technologies; and Regulatory Assistance Grants, providing support towards obtaining certification and licensing approvals for advanced reactor designs and capabilities.

New fuel cycles and reactor technologies addressing some of these issues are being investigated and progress in research and development has been made concerning safety and waste disposal.

Deploying some of the new promising reactor technologies could reduce this load even more.