US nuclear weapon testing at Bikini Atoll, the Marshall Islands, 1946
US nuclear weapon testing at Bikini Atoll, the Marshall Islands, 1946
US nuclear weapon testing at Bikini Atoll, the Marshall Islands, 1946
"GE Vernova and Hitachi Ltd have entered into a memorandum of understanding to explore opportunities to deploy the BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Southeast Asia."
#Poland's #nuclear research centre targeted by #cyberattack
A very nice video by #Germany DW which explains the popular myths about #nuclear fuel management.
https://video.echelon.pl/w/wsYUFCshUjizmqntJ3DVF5
Firstly, it debunks the popular myth that it’s “nuclear waste” - in reality, what you pull out of reactor is 95% reusable fuel, which is reprocessed back into fuel in some countries. Other countries don’t reprocess simply because freshly mined uranium is… too cheap and too abundant globally. Reprocessing especially targets plutonium, which is more valuable nuclear fuel than uranium. Only the remaining 5% is actual waste - isotopes, that are useless from energy point of view and these need to be actually stored underground.

Nuclear waste is reusable. Why aren’t we doing it?

"The first VVER-TOI unit at the Kursk II Nuclear Power Plant in Russia has had its power increased to 100% as its commissioning process continues."
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-new-kursk-unit-reaches-full-power
Is #Macron Greenlighting a New #US-Led #Nuclear #Arms Race? https://www.thenation.com/?post_type=article&p=590573
As the global arms control regime collapses, France plans to expand and Europeanize its nuclear arsenal.