Why an Offline Nuclear Reactor Led to Thousands of Hospital Appointments Being Canceled
Radioisotopes are a vital resource for imaging patients’ organs and tumors—but these unstable elements also suffer from an ...
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Public can question nuclear plant owner about restart at open house
The company that owns the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant will host an open house meeting during which the public can ask ...
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with searching the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has retrieved a sample of melted nuclear ...
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China ships vital ITER modules for assembly of world’s largest fusion reactor
Forty-eight blanket shield block modules have been shipped from China to France for the International Thermonuclear ...
A New Alloy Could Fortify Fusion Reactors—and Lead to Endless Energy
Scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo suggest that a novel alloy with high heat tolerance could help solve a ...
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Japan’s superalloys withstand 1112°F test to protect nuclear fusion reactors
Liquid metal coolants used inside fusion reactors threaten the structural integrity of reactor. A ODS alloy coating is ...
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A Robot Retrieves the First Melted Fuel From Fukushima Nuclear Reactor
A Robot Retrieves the First Melted Fuel From Fukushima Nuclear Reactor TOKYO (AP ... that sits on the bottom of the No. 2 reactor’s primary containment vessel. The “telesco” robot ...
Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors
Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more ...
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First fuel debris retrieved from Fukushima nuclear reactor
On Oct. 28, TEPCO inserted a telescopic device into the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor to retrieve up to three grams of nuclear debris as part of an experimental study. The device ...
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Retrieved nuke fuel debris from reactor within safety limits
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant reported on Nov. 5 that the radiation level of retrieved fuel debris from a reactor that ... set up outside the containment vessel.
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Robot retrieves first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for ...