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How to Make Nuclear Innovative, a new Breakthrough Institute report, makes the case for an entirely new model of nuclear innovation based on lessons drawn from some of the most innovative industries in today's economy.

How to Make Nuclear Innovative, a new Breakthrough report, makes the case for an entirely new model of nuclear innovation.

You claim your group is independent, though Rachel Pritzker primary funder of The Breakthrough Institute and Pandora's Promise is on the advisory committee of the nuclear innovation alliance which is with members from Bechtel, Babcock and Wilcox, Exelon, TerraPower.

Not exact matches

«These zero emissions credits will represent the emissions - free value of energy produced by the nuclear power plants specifically,» said Scott Weiner, deputy for markets and innovation at DPS, at Thursday's meeting.

The Office of Nuclear Energy would similarly see a reduction in several activities, with its innovation hub on modeling and simulation zeroed out.

NRL research staff members developed the concept of nuclear - powered submarines, the world's first satellite - tracking system, and the Deep Ocean Search System used to uncover the wreck of the Titanic, among other innovations.

This nuclear fuel cycle would combine two innovations: pyrometallurgical processing (a high - temperature method of recycling reactor waste into fuel) and advanced fast - neutron reactors capable of burning that fuel.

«Several technical and manufacturing innovations make this reactor a potential game changer for the global clean energy market,» said Christofer Mowry, president and CEO at Babcock & Wilcox Modular Nuclear Energy, LLC, the new unit in charge of the small reactor.

«Several technical and manufacturing innovations make this reactor a potential game - changer for the global clean energy market,» said Christofer Mowry, president and CEO of Babcock & Wilcox Modular Nuclear Energy.

Nuclear is one of the technologies available today — and with room for significant improvement and innovation.

The researchers investigated how effectively those resources were allocated, and how NE has performed as a steward of nuclear technology innovation.

A recent innovation in breast cancer biomarkers seeks the HER3 receptor instead, which could mean more comprehensive breast cancer imaging and potential treatments, say experts presenting data during the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2014 Annual Meeting.

A second transformative design innovation leverages gravity combined with conduction heat transfer ̶ two unfailingly reliable phenomena in nature — to facilitate all necessary heat removal from the plant's nuclear fuel, and subsequent expulsion of heat to the atmosphere.

Can standardization and innovation cut the cost of nuclear by 50 %?

GEH president and CEO Jay Wileman said Southern Nuclear's operational experience, technical expertise and innovation leadership would support the commercialization of the technology.

Selection of SNMMI Fellows will be based on documented excellence in volunteer service to the society and at least one of the additional three areas: excellence in scientific discovery and innovation; educational efforts in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging; or clinical practice of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

From GE's founding innovation, Thomas Edison's light bulb, to developing the first civil nuclear power plant connected to a commercial power grid in 1957; everything that we have learned from 130 years of experience has helped GEH to create PRISM.

We connect innovation with excellence in our ability to develop cutting - edge technologies for nuclear waste management as well as a full suite of advanced robotic tooling and nuclear - grade products including pump seals.

What is the role of nuclear technology in a world of growing alternative power and digital innovation?

Korsnick said it was an «historic moment of innovation in the electric sector» in a continuum of developments and innovation in nuclear technology.

«NNSA pursues its mission in nuclear security through the application of world - class capabilities, and meets the evolving challenges of tomorrow through our commitment to innovation and research in the fundamental sciences needed to adapt to this dynamic yet enduring nonproliferation and nuclear security mission,» said Anne Harrington, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, in a rnuclear security through the application of world - class capabilities, and meets the evolving challenges of tomorrow through our commitment to innovation and research in the fundamental sciences needed to adapt to this dynamic yet enduring nonproliferation and nuclear security mission,» said Anne Harrington, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, in a rnuclear security mission,» said Anne Harrington, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, in a rNuclear Nonproliferation, in a release.

Topics covered include embryonic stem cells, pluripotency, germline stem cells, tissue - specific stem cells, stem cell differentiation, epigenetics, stem cell genomics and systems biology, genome reprogramming, cancer stem cells, stem cell niches, stem - cell - based disease models, nuclear transfer technology, bioengineering, drug discovery, in vivo imaging of stem cells, therapeutic applications, regenerative medicine, clinical and translational insights, stem cell research policies, ethical issues, and technical or resource - based innovations.

As some of you might know, we have been leading innovations in management of used nuclear fuel for the past 26 years.

«For more than 50 years GE has been at the forefront of energy innovation and nuclear technology and GE Hitachi's PRISM reactor offers an attractive solution to tackling the UK's plutonium management challenges while generating clean electricity,» said Mark Elborne, President and CEO of GE UK & Ireland.

During the Clinton administration, Dr. Holdren served as a member of PCAST through both terms and in that capacity chaired studies requested by President Clinton on preventing theft of nuclear materials, disposition of surplus weapon plutonium, the prospects of fusion energy, U.S. energy R&D strategy, and international cooperation on energy - technology innovation.

As long as nuclear engineering can strive for new innovations and learn from its history of accidents and mistakes, the benefits that nuclear power can yield for our economy, society, and yes, environment, will come.

New research and innovation will help the industry to overcome the well known drawbacks to nuclear power, such as the transport and storage of waste.

Among those who care about cutting the chances that humans will propel sustained and disruptive changes in the climate and oceans, this reality still tends to result in two mindsets: Raise public will to accelerate deployment of today's relatively costly non-polluting energy choices (both renewable and nuclear) or press for intensified and sustained investments and policies that can spur energy innovation.

By the time that new nuclear power plants can even begin to generate any «carbon free» electricity, we can build and deploy hundreds of gigawatts of wind and solar generating capacity — and that's with today's mainstream, already commercialized technology, let alone the innovations like thin - film solar that are just beginning to enter the market.

A wedge of nuclear power it a pretty great platform upon which to develop and test innovations in that arena; ditto for, say, a wedge of wind, solar, or CCS.

Such a transformation will require not just moral commitment and more mindful consumption, but most importantly major government financing of innovations in solar, wind, nuclear energy, and carbon capture and storage technologies.

The Economist editorializes that this might mean wisely and cautiously considering forms of geoengineering that remove carbon from the atmosphere, but also innovation strategies that create society - wide electric grids that can take advantage of similarly powerful new solar and / or nuclear energy technologies:

The 20th century saw great leaps forward in technology and innovation — from the mass production of cars to nuclear power to moon landings — and ended on something of a high with the internet.

The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.

This case study, the second in the series, follows the recent development of wide - body aircraft as a model, and at times a cautionary tale, for similar innovation in the nuclear industry.

Long before they had achieved their goal of shutting down existing plants, anti-nuclear activists avidly sought to cut funding for nuclear innovation.

«China will invest more in nuclear power technological innovations, promote application of advanced technology, improve the equipment level, and attach great importance to personnel training.

This case study, the third in the series, assesses the «biotech - pharma networked model» of innovation in relation to the nuclear industry's players, regulators, and public institutions.