May 2024

Transportation - NASA Working On Levitating Railway For The Moon - Part 2 of 2 Parts

Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
     This flexibility and autonomy that will be provided by the lunar FLOAT system is particularly important for NASA because it is getting more and more serious about its lunar base, especially with the Artemis program.

Transportation - NASA Working On Levitating Railway For The Moon - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts    
     While there are many articles being published about private companies in space, it is easy to forget just how much groundbreaking research NASA is carrying out. NASA’s research is not all about space flight and telescopes, either. The goal of some NASA research is to support other space operations such as a base on the moon.

Power - The U.K. Space Agency Is Give Grants For Nuclear Power Systems

     Two nuclear projects are among eleven international space projects selected to receive funding from the U.K. Space Agency. Rolls-Royce's collaboration with BWXT receives one and a half million dollars to further its work on fission nuclear systems for space power missions. An international project led by the University of Leicester receives a million dollars.

Energoatom and Hyundai E&C have just signed a Memorandum of Cooperation To Collaborate On New Nuclear Reactors For Ukraine

     Energoatom and Hyundai E&C have just signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC). The MoC signed by the Ukranian and South Korean companies covers collaboration on the design, construction and commissioning of new nuclear units in Ukraine.

Nuclear Reactors 1389 - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and AtkinsRéalis Are Collaborating On The Construction Of A Heavy Water Plant.

     Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and AtkinsRéalis have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to investigate opportunities to collaborate on the production of heavy water for use in new Candu reactors in Canada.

Radioactive Waste 930 - Urenco Has Been Granted Permits To Clean Up Radioactive Waste Storage At Almelo Facility

     The Netherland Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) has granted the final permit to Urenco, the uranium enrichment company, for the construction and operation of a new radioactive waste storage facility at its Almelo site. Last year, Urenco was granted permission to build the facility prior to the permit being issued.

Nuclear Reactors 1387 - World Nuclear Association Conference Discusses Need To Improve Global Electrical Grid Infrastructure - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts
    Massive growth is expected in the global demand for electricity, which will require an expansion of both generation and the transmission system. This was conveyed by speakers at a side event at the World Energy Congress 2024. They said that nuclear power will play an important role, in ensuring the resilience of the future electricity system.

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