Westinghouse has been awarded a grant by the U.K. government to complete a Pre-Front End Engineering Design study for production of tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuels at its Springfields facility in Preston, Lancashire. They will be collaborating with Urenco. The grant came through the U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Ambient office = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 112 nanosieverts per hour
General Atomics (GA) has just revealed a steady-state, compact advanced tokamak Fusion Pilot Plant (FPP) concept. GA says that the FPP design capitalizes on its innovations and advancements in fusion technology.
USA, Japan partner with Ghana on SMR deployment world-nuclear-news.org
Ambient office = 69 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 118 nanosieverts per hour
Fortum is a Finnish utility company. They have just launched a two-year feasibility study to review the prerequisites for constructing new commercial nuclear reactors in Finland and Sweden. Both small modular reactors (SMRs) and conventional big reactors will be included in the study.
Australia drops nuclear weapon opposition huntervalleynews.net.au
Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
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On October 23rd, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said he had recently held phone talks with France’s defense minister Sébastien Lecornu, Turkey’s Hulusi Akar, and Britain’s Ben Wallace. During the talks, Shoigu expressed “concerns over the alleged possible use of a ‘dirty bomb’ by Ukraine”.
Mochovce 3 achieves first criticality world-nuclear-news.org
Ambient office = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 125 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 126 nanosieverts per hour
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Turkey asks Russia to construct second nuclear plant, report says ekathimerini.com
Ambient office = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Turkey asks Russia to construct second nuclear plant, report says ekathimerini.com
Ambient office = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
X-energy marks start of construction at US fuel plant world-nuclear-news.org
Ambient office = 145 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 122 nanosieverts per hour
Finland has strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety and made significant progress in recent years. This was reported by a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
