Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.
When the second reactor opened at Connecticut’s Millstone Nuclear Power Station on Sept. 26, 1975, nuclear power was at the height of a golden age in the United States. Millstone, situated on a ...
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Ion beams simulate decades of reactor damage 1,000x faster at 1/1000th the cost
Ion beams can now qualify nuclear reactor materials up to 1,000 times faster than ...
An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...
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US swaps nuclear rods for high-precision control drums in next-gen reactor design
Engineers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have reached a critical milestone in the ...
Preliminary testing has taken place of an ultrasound system which is designed to provide an additional picture of the BN-800 fast neutron reactor core at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant. Beloyarsk unit ...
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US-built nuclear reactor simulator to power cheaper microreactors and space tech
Scientists in the US have recently developed a powerful new digital test bed, the ...
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Why advanced nuclear reactors need new materials
A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...
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