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From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry update September 2024
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE BWXT advanced nuclear reactor agreement signed Burns & McDonnell, a family of construction and...
Japanese gangster charged with trafficking nuclear materials
U.S. officials have brought charges of nuclear materials trafficking against a Japanese gangster who has been in federal custody since 2022.In a case filled with international espionage, along...
Radioisotopes target cancer, improve imaging, and have myriad other medical uses
On August 2, 1946, 1 millicurie of the isotope carbon-14 left Oak Ridge National Laboratory, bound for the Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.That tiny amount of the...
Serva Energy teams with research reactor to produce cancer-fighting Ac-225
Serva Energy has developed a research reactor–based method of actinium-225 production, the company announced on June 22, saying it “marks the first time a commercial entity has employed a...
Sen. Hawley introduces bill requiring cleanup of St. Louis area school
New legislation that would require the cleanup of Jana Elementary School in suburban St. Louis was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.). The Justice for Jana Elementary Act...
U.S. to help rid Norway of HEU
The U.S. Department of Energy and Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance a project aimed at eliminating Norway’s...
An inventive solution speeds up production of actinium-225
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher has built a device that can speed up the separation of the medical radioisotope actinium-225 from irradiated thorium targets and withstand the...
2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting: Medical isotopes production and applications
The Monday session “Advancement in Medical Isotopes Production and Applications” of the 2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting was sponsored by the Isotopes & Radiation Division and...
Norway working to eliminate HEU
Experts from the United States and Norway are cooperating to make Norway free of high-enriched uranium, according to a September 21 statement from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National...
Alternate History: What could have been
In an entertaining “alternate history” article from The Economist posted online on July 4, a turning point in human history may have occurred on March 6, 1974. That was the day that French...
Fourth Generation Reactor Technology Development in China
by Rosalind Reischer...
Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival 268
The 268th Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival is being held this week here at the ANS Nuclear Cafe. Each week, the world's top English-language pro-nuclear bloggers and authors contribute their top...
In the 1960s, visions for nuclear power were hopeful and plentiful; nuclear plants of all sorts imaginable* were under consideration and under construction in areas both urban and remote,...
Persistent Prejudice Against Nuclear – Can Anything Be Done? Part I
Last month I reported on court victories on the nuclear waste issue. While such victories are welcome, in my view things are not going well overall for the industry, and it's not clear the...
Protests delay India's nuclear renaissance
Projects in Koodankulam and Jaitapur will be set back...
74th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
This post is the collective voice of the best pro-nuclear blogs in North America. If you want to hear the voice of the nuclear renaissance, the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs is where to...
61st Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
Moving beyond Fukushima - the renaissance continues...
Advice to the Blue Ribbon Commission
The nation's nuclear energy bloggers have their say about what to do with used fuel...
PopAtomic Studios holiday fundraiser
It's not too late to go nuclear for the holidays. PopAtomic Studios, the non-profit organization that is dedicated to arts-integrated outreach in support of nuclear energy, is raising funds...