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NANO invests in laser enrichment. US-based start-up NANO Nuclear Energy announced a collaboration with LIS Technologies (LIST), a privately-held emerging company which is developing laser…. Staff Writer. News.
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Uranium price trends sending market signals - Nuclear …
May 30, 2024 · Global uranium prices, which almost doubled in 2023, have continued the trend with further price rises this year. The spot price of uranium oxide has already exceeded US$106 per pound, returning to a level last seen in 2007 and prior to the tsunami-prompted accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which curtailed much of the optimism nuclear had enjoyed at that time and when ...
Infinity Power develops new high-efficiency nuclear battery
Jun 20, 2024 · California-based Infinity Power says it has developed a very powerful and long-lasting nuclear battery based on electrochemical energy conversion. The battery, developed with support from the US Department of Defense, has demonstrated an overall efficiency of more than 60%. “Compared to other radioisotope energy conversion methods with low ...
China’s Betavolt develops 50-year nuclear battery
Jan 16, 2024 · Beijing-based Betavolt New Energy Technology has developed a 3V nuclear battery that uses radioactive nickel-63 as the energy source and a diamond semiconductor as the energy converter. Betavolt says atomic are a direct current power source, and can produce pulse power with a higher life by adding supercapacitors as energy storage devices.
More fusion progress for China - Nuclear Engineering International
Sep 6, 2023 · China's new-generation tokamak, Huanliu-3 (HL-3), has made significant progress operating in high-confinement mode (H mode) under a plasma current of 1 million amperes for the first time, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. The experiment took place at CNNC’s Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Nuclear technology company Newcleo acquires Hydromine
Sep 2, 2021 · Share this article. UK-based nuclear technology company Newcleo on 31 August announced its incorporation with the closing of a $118 million initial capital raising and the acquisition of Hydromine Nuclear Energy. Newcleo said its disruptive approach is based on the innovative application of well-developed technologies, including, (1) Lead Fast ...
AtkinsRéalis unveils new Candu Monark reactor
Nov 30, 2023 · AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin Group) unveiled its new Candu Monark reactor design at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris. The 1,000 MWe Candu Monark, with the highest output of any Candu technology, is currently in the definition phase. AtkinsRéalis says “it leverages Candu technology's tested and reliable design features together with the most modern and advanced engineering ...
UK establishes new body to deliver its fusion programme
Feb 10, 2023 · UK Science Minister George Freeman has announced the establishment of a new organisation to deliver the UK’s fusion programme. UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS) will deliver the prototype STEP fusion energy plant at West Burton in Nottinghamshire. STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production), is planned to be built by 2040. The UK government is providing £220m ($249m) to fund the ...