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UC–Irvine student section does STEM outreach for young women
The American Nuclear Society Student Section at University of California–Irvine presented ANS STEM learning materials at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Young Women’s Conference in...
U.S. represented at international meeting on nuclear security
During the 2024 International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS) in May, representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration discussed U.S....
Argonne National Laboratory’s fast reactors in Idaho
Idaho’s nuclear energy history is deep and rich. The National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) began its history as an artillery testing range in the 1940s.1 Following World War II, Walter...
IAEA issues incident-tracking database fact sheet
Last year, 168 incidents of illegal or unauthorized activities involving nuclear and other radioactive materials were reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Incident and...
PanTera to supply Ac-225 to Bayer
PanTera, a Belgian joint venture created by Ion Beam Applications (IBA) and SCK CEN, has signed a capacity reservation agreement with pharmaceutical giant Bayer for the supply of actinium-225...
The development of ANS standard for liquid-fuel molten salt reactors—ANSI/ANS-20.2-2023
Nuclear Safety Design Criteria and Functional Performance Requirements for Liquid-Fuel Molten Salt Reactor Nuclear Power Plants (ANSI/ANS-20.2-2023) has just been issued and is now available...
From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry Update February 2024
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACEUAE prepares for advanced nuclear Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), the United Arab...
Atoms: Get more from your fuel
From the pages of the September 2023 issue of Nuclear News.For decades, more energy has meant more fuel: fossil fuels.But nuclear fuel—unlike coal, oil, or even natural uranium—is a feat...
EPA adds Oklahoma’s Fansteel Metals site to National Priorities List
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it is adding Oklahoma’s Fansteel Metals/FMRI Superfund site to the National Priorities List. The list includes the nation’s...
NRC issues license for rare earth extraction project
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported on July 27 that it has issued a license to Rare Element Resources Inc. for a proposed pilot project in Wyoming to demonstrate a proprietary process...
Westinghouse, TerraPower join the Ac-225 supply chain
Westinghouse and TerraPower, in conjunction with Belgium’s Pan Tera, have announced plans to produce large quantities of actinium-225, a radioisotope used for targeted alpha radiation...
From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry update
Here is a recap of industry happenings over the past month:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE Partnership formed to study X-energy’s SMR in commercial conditions X-energy and Kinectrics have...
The legacy of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station
Serving as the world’s first scalable nuclear power plant, Shippingport Atomic Power Station led the way for today’s nuclear generation fleet. Shippingport was centrally located roughly 25...
NPR: Fertilizer byproduct roads for Florida?
A recent NPR article has reported that Florida legislators have sent a bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis that would require the state’s Department of Transportation to study the use of a radioactive...
From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry update
Here is a recap of industry happenings over the past month:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE Site selected for Xe-100 SMR deploymentDow and X-energy have announced that the first commercial...
Brookhaven now capable of processing Ac-225 on site
A refurbished hot cell laboratory is allowing the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory to streamline the production and shipment of actinium-225 to support clinical trials...
Contaminated Oklahoma site to be made an EPA priority
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the Fansteel Metals Superfund site in Muskogee, Okla., to the National Priorities List (NPL), the roster of the nation’s most...
Nuclear power developments in China and the world
The development of human society and technology is closely correlated to the means of energy acquisition, utilization method, efficiency, and spectrum of applications. High quality of life and...
It’s always the first question asked. So, what is your approach? You have options.You could go the “Yucca Mountain is the law of the land” route. But you’ll soon run into an immutable...
From the pages of Nuclear News : Industry update
Here is a recap of industry happenings over the past month:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE U.S. and Canadian regulators formalize relationship on advanced reactorsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory...