Federal officials have chosen a contractor to install and operate a small, self-contained nuclear power plant at Eielson Air Force Base. The contract must clear regulatory hurdles first, but if all goes according to plan, the microreactor will be put into operation within five years.
Xcel gets approval to expand used fuel storage at Monticello world-nuclear-news.org
A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 6th. The missile was equipped with three test re-entry vehicles.
Westinghouse Strengthens Energy Security in Slovakia Westinghousenuclear.com
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd. (KF) just announced that they have signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA).
Groundwater extraction begins at Zaporizhzhia world-nuclear-news.org
The Fukushima Hysteria Has a Lesson for the Nuclear Renaissance washingtonpost.com
Bangor University is located in north Wales in the U.K. Recently, researchers at the University have been working on small nuclear fuel cells that could be used to sustain human explorers on the Moon for long periods of time. The team has been collaborating with Rolls Royce to develop a source of energy that could sustain long stays on the Moon.
Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the stars. It is being investigated in multiple laboratories across the world. If it can be generated reliably on Earth, it could be a future power source that could provide clean and renewable energy free of the radioactive waste associated with current commercial nuclear fission plants.
Saudi Arabia is considering accepting a Chinese bid to construct a nuclear power plant for the kingdom. The U.S. has also been interested in building a Saudi nuclear plant. State-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has bid to construct a nuclear power plant in Saudi Arabia’s Easter Province, near the border with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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Japan could begin releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster into the Pacific Ocean as early as the 24th of August. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the final approval for the release of the wastewater at a Cabinet meeting yesterday.
Wyoming to consider microreactors as SMR plans continue world-nuclear-news.org
