Sentences with phrase «reactor technology in»

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory began developing fast - reactor technology in the 1950s.

Our research and development capabilities have contributed to two of the most successful reactor technologies in the world: the versatile CANDU ® power reactors and the ultra-safe SLOWPOKE research reactors.

Not exact matches

In addition, the Energy Department has to approve the transfer of technology related to nuclear reactors and fuel.

Founder and Chief Technology Officer Michel Laberge (left) and CEO Doug Richardson of General Fusion stand in front of their experimental reactor.

Our technology is based on a variant of chemical vapor deposition, which builds the diamond lattice atom by atom in a reactor that creates a plasma akin to the outer core of the sun.

The Government of Canada could build on this momentum to develop an expanded MoU on civilian nuclear technology co-operation that includes research in pressurized heavy water reactor technology, nuclear medicine and other areas discussed by the prime ministers.

The installation of the GWE COHRAL (TM) technology by Australian environmental engineering and green energy authority CST Wastewater solutions is the first GWE COHRAL (TM) installation in the world, deploying for the first time in a covered lagoon GWE anaerobic technology proven in more than 300 reactor (tank) installations worldwide.

While GWE's anaerobic waste water technology has been proved worldwide at more than 300 installations of totally enclosed tanks, or reactors, this is the first time it has been applied to a covered lagoon, an application where it has enormous further potential in countries with strong agribusiness sectors.

The installation of the GWE COHRAL ™ technology by Australian environmental engineering and green energy authority CST Wastewater solutions is the first GWE COHRAL ™ installation in the world, deploying for the first time in a covered lagoon GWE anaerobic technology proven in more than 300 reactor (tank) installations worldwide.

As contaminated pathogenic air is processed through a patented bio-conversion reactor bed, this green technology, integrated with Photocatalytic Oxidation (PCO), works in unison to destroy harmful airborne microbes and dismantle volatile organic compounds (VOC) while producing no by - products.

Which wise government spending (see: investment in technology and other productivity - enhancing measures) can help that last bit, which is one reason I'm all in favor of spending on alternative energy research (I'm a little sick of sending hundreds of billions of dollars per year overseas for hydrocarbons; I'd rather employ Americans to maintain windfarms, solar plants, not - on - the - table - now - but - maybe - soon thorium reactors, etc.).

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 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.

This is a fluidized bed reactor, an energy - generation technology that has been used for decades to power paper mills and waste - treatment plants but that had never before been installed in an ethanol plant.

Understanding the nature of radiation damage in materials is of paramount importance for controlling the safety of nuclear reactors, using ion implantation in semiconductor technology, and designing reliable devices in space.

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

Tsunami - damaged nuclear reactors, Twitter - fueled political uprisings, a possible violation of Einsteinian physics — these and other highlights defined this year in science and technology

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.

In addition to its unique fuel cycle, the TerraPower design employs a high - temperature, liquid metal core cooling technology suited to a breeder reactor with «fast» neutron activity, rather than today's predominant reactors whose water cooling systems slow neutrons.

The chemistry of protactinium, which is very difficult to study due to it scarcity and complex chemistry, is important for understanding and controlling its behavior for application in nuclear reactors, as well as for comprehending the overall variable and complex chemistry of the actinide series and transition elements used in everyday technologies.

While the industry was in deep freeze, they were pressing ahead with one of the most promising emerging technologies in energy: micro-size nuclear reactors, fully functional power plants a good deal closer to the size of the test reactor I'm standing near.

«I believe there is a desire there [in China] to use fast reactor technology to extend their energy base and enhance their energy security position.

If the president's request is approved by Congress it will put a severe squeeze on the U.S. domestic fusion program and will force the closure of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Alcator C - Mod reactor, one of only three large machines, known as tokamaks, in the United States that are doing vital research in preparation for ITER.

With that in mind, Koonin asked NRC to suggest DOE's next steps on the road to a demonstrator power reactor, including a road map of technology development.

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

The one possible turn in the otherwise rough road in the West could be a shift in technology toward small, modular reactors (SMRs), which U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Ernest Moniz said could be deployed as soon as 2022 with his agency's support.

With our precise measurement technology, there are fewer problems in upscaling the volumes, which means switching from small test reactors in the laboratory to large ones in the production hall.»

The reactor was to have been a successor to Monju, Japan's pilot fast - breeder, which will start operating in April to test the technology.

A key to the advances, which have been published in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, is use of both a «continuous flow» chemical reactor, and microwave heating technology that's conceptually similar to the ovens that are part of almost every modern kitchen.

Japan has pursued fast - breeder technology, through which a reactor can produce more plutonium than it burns in hopes of cutting or eliminating imports of nuclear fuel.

But ANP engineers and management were mired in debate over reactor technologies, how best to transfer nuclear power to a conventional engine, and the best material to shield the crew from radiation.

That additional level of transmutation might prove too costly, both in terms of getting the technology licensed to operate in the U.K. and in constructing the reactor itself.

Build before Memory Runs Out Although individual consumer actions can help, major changes in carbon output will likely require better electricity - generation technologies, retiring much of the coal - fired capacity and replacing it with the most cost - effective combination of modern reactors, renewables and even clean coal.

The European fast reactor programme — led by Britain, France and Germany — had hoped to carry out important research at the fast reactor research centre at Dounreay in Scotland, which is operated by AEA Technology.

Now they are part of CENG's small «fleet,» along with the Calvert Cliffs reactors in southern Maryland — three different plants with different technologies, different histories and individual workforce cultures.

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.

Co-founder Mark Massie said building modern nuclear reactors on first - generation technology is analogous to building airliners out of the same wood and cloth the Wright brothers used in their prototype (ClimateWire, Dec. 15, 2014).

Government funding for this runs out in 1997, but AEA Technology has commercial contracts, chiefly from overseas research reactors, that will keep reprocessing going after that.

In the spring 2017 issue, meet the people who work round the clock at Argonne's giant synchrotron, using X-rays to tease out the secrets of everything from volcanic glass to batteries to bacterial machinery — as well as engineers who travel the world to make reactors safer, physicists who collect model ships, and scientists inventing materials for the next technology breakthroughs.

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.

«The technology with the potential to solve these problems (of climate change, future energy shortfalls and cleaning up nuclear waste) is the fast reactor, ideally the integral fast reactor (IFR)... IFRs, once loaded with nuclear waste, can, in principle, keep recycling it until only a small fraction remains, producing energy as they do so.»

PRISM is a sodium - cooled, high - energy neutron (fast) reactor design that uses a series of proven, safe and mature technologies developed in the U.S. and abroad.

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 builIn 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 builin 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.

The technology is proven, PRISM's simplified reactor design will speed construction, and GEH's technical and operational expertise has proven our ability to consistently deliver on time and on budget nuclear power projects anywhere in the world.

«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».

Safety and flexibility NuScale has designed an extraordinarily safe Integral Pressurized Water Reactor (IPWR) based on light water reactor technology proven in operation for over 50 years.

This in - depth study provides nuclear reactor technology assessments and overall evaluations of the major reactor designs currently available in the world.

In April 2015, NuScale launched its NuScale Diverse Energy Platform (NuDEP) highlighting its small modular reactor technology as the nuclear «plug - n - play» solution for providing reliable power to diverse applications.

This involves improvement of the processes both in terms of their environmental performance and efficiency through the application of catalysis, alternative solvents and reagents, and novel reactor technologies.

HEU can be blended with other forms of uranium in a series of complex technologies that result in dilution of the concentration of U-235 from the 90 % range in HEU down to the three to five percent used in reactor fuel.