September 2021

Nuclear Reactors 953 - The Nuclear Supply Chain

     The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Foratom recently held an event called Management systems for a sustainable nuclear supply chain in early September. This event was the sixteenth in a series of joint events intended to raise awareness and increase understanding of management systems as integrating all the vital objectives of nuclear facilities and activities.

Radioactive Waste 818 - The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Discovers Ubiquitous Soil Bacteria With An Affinity For Actinides

     Scientists and collaborators at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have proposed a new mechanism by which nuclear waste could spread in the environment. Researchers at Penn State and Harvard Medical School are also involved in the research. The new findings have implications for nuclear waste management and environmental chemistry.

Nuclear Fusion 153 - Commonwealth Fusion Systems Announces Breakthrough In The Generation of Powerful Magnetic Fields

     Nuclear fusion researchers have just claimed a “watershed” moment in the development of practical nuclear fusion. They were talking about a successful test of a powerful magnet that they say is the key to future generation of unlimited zero-carbon energy.

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