April 2024

Nuclear Reactors 1364 - Activists In Virginia Are Fighting The Development Of SMRs In Southwest Virginia - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts
     A long-held stereotype of Southern Appalachians is that they are fatalistic, having a sense of being powerless to change their life circumstances. In a 1965 publication, “Yesterday’s People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia,” described the people. In the coalfields of Southwest Virginia today, there is organized effort among the people to counter this prejudice.

Nuclear Weapons 858 - Switzerland Hesitates To Sign The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

     The Swiss government does not want to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It believes participation within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is more effective.

Nuclear Reactors 1362 - Czech Companies Working On A Pipeline To Carry Heat From Nuclear Power Plant To A Major City

     Czech nuclear power operator ČEZ and municipal heating company Teplárny Brno have signed agreements with regard to a twenty-six-mile pipeline from the Dukovany nuclear power plant to benefit two hundred and fifty thousand people in the city of Brno.

Nuclear Reactors 1361 - Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute Working On New Fuel For Advanced Research Reactors

     The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute's (KAERI) successful irradiation tests and positive inspection of high-density uranium silicide fuel indicate potential for high-enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium conversion of high-performance research reactors.

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