Show threadearthlingMay 3

The reactor control room (unchanged since its construction in the 1950s), Horia Hulubei National Institute for Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Mǎgurele, Romania

The Romanian nuclear programme began in 1955 after a bilateral agreement with the USSR. In 1956, construction began on the country’s first two major research facilities, the VVR-S nuclear reactor and the U-120 cyclotron.

#photography
#NuclearReactors
#Romania

Show threadearthlingMay 3

Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tbilisi, Georgia

As the Soviet quest to develop nuclear capabilities in weaponry and energy progressed, experimental prototype reactors were assembled. The first of the IRT reactors was constructed near Tbilisi. Scientists at the institute accurately modelled conditions found in space, allowing them to study the effects of low-temperature irradiation on various materials.

#photography
#Russia
#science
#NuclearReactors
#Georgia

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 30
Belgium's innovation is truly groundbreaking! Instead of decommissioning nuclear plants, they're just going to *own* them. 🎉💡 Because who wouldn't want to nationalize aging reactors for "safety," when you can simply cross your fingers and hope for the best? 🙈 #NuclearLogic
https://dpa-international.com/general-news/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260430-930-14717/ #BelgiumInnovation #NuclearEnergy #Nationalization #Safety #HopeForTheBest #NuclearReactors #HackerNews #ngated
Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 26
Why the world doesn’t recycle more #nuclearwaste
Spent #nuclear fuel reprocessing sounds great, but experts say we haven’t figured out the details.
There’s still a lot of usable #uranium in spent nuclear fuel when it’s pulled out of #nuclearreactors. Getting more use out of the spent fuel could cut down on both waste and the need to mine new material, but the process is costly, complicated, and not 100% effective.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/19/1134399/nuclear-waste-reprocessing/
https://archive.ph/KokiB
Why the world doesn’t recycle more nuclear waste

Spent fuel reprocessing sounds great, but experts say we haven’t figured out the details.

MIT Technology Review
KillBait NewsApr 23

Canada's Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: A 2026 Progress Review

📰 Original title: Assessing Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) in Canada

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/canadas-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-a-2026-progress-review/?redirpost=d5d810f1-e856-4eb3-be9a-6bae6223e316

#science #nuclearreactors #smrs #canada

KillBaitApr 23

Canada's Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: A 2026 Progress Review

📰 Original title: Assessing Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) in Canada

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/canadas-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-a-2026-progress-review/?redirpost=d5d810f1-e856-4eb3-be9a-6bae6223e316

#science #nuclearreactors #smrs #canada

Canada’s Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: A 2026 Progress Review

In 2018, Canada laid out a strategic roadmap to develop small modular reactors (SMRs), which are designed to generate up to 300 megawatts of electricity, significantly smaller than existing CANDU…

KillBait Archive
Techdirt [Unofficial]Apr 3

DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/02/doge-goes-nuclear-how-trump-invited-silicon-valley-into-americas-nuclear-power-regulator/

DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Last summer, a group of officials from the Department of Energy gathered at the Idaho National Labora…

Techdirt
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Mar 5
Case Against Small Modular #NuclearReactors
New-wave reactors are the face of an American #nuclear renaissance. Some experts are sounding alarms
Arguments in favor of #SMR overlook a fundamental issue, said Edwin Lyman, dir of nuclear power safety at Union of Concerned Scientists: They're too expensive. Despite money swilling around the sector, "it's still not enough." Nuclear power cannot compete on cost with alternatives, both fossil fuels and increasingly renewables.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/climate/small-nuclear-reactors-smrs-holtec-kairos
New-wave reactors are the face of an American nuclear renaissance. Some experts are sounding alarms

Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental problems

CNN
Dining and CookingFeb 26

Should You Buy NuScale Power While It’s Below $15?

NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) develops small modular nuclear reactors and has a key first-mover advantage with its nuclear energy technology. The stock surged over the last year, reaching $57 per share in October, but has cooled off significantl…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition #NRC #nuclearreactors #NuclearRegulatoryCommission #NuScalePower #nutrition
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2530545/should-you-buy-nuscale-power-while-its-below-15/

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 23
How next-generation #nuclearreactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint
From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology.
Today, reactors typically use same fuel (#uranium) and coolant (water), and all are roughly same size (massive). For decades, these giants have streamed electrons into power grids around the world. The problem is, building #nuclear #powerplants is expensive and slow.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1129797/next-generation-nuclear-reactors-power-energy/
https://archive.ph/dS39f
How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint

From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology.

MIT Technology Review