News tagged with reactor core
In-situ insights into alloys
Aug 26, 2009 |
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New research has produced the first micro-scale, in-situ, real-time observations of structural changes within alloys when under extremely high temperatures and stress.
INL engineers tackle graphite challenge with innovative new device
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Employees at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory recently reached an important milestone in developing the nation's next generation of nuclear reactors by the completion of the first of six planned Advanced ...
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A new calculation code opens new possibilities in nuclear reactor modelling
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 28, 2007 |
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Research Scientist Jaakko Leppänen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new calculation code in his doctoral thesis, for the modelling of neutron physics in nuclear reactors. The so-called Monte Carlo ...
Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2009 |
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Have you ever wondered how you'd make your morning cup of java if you lived on another planet, or perhaps the moon? That steaming beverage would be a must on a cold lunar morning.
K-State project aims to make sodium-cooled nuclear reactors safe, efficient
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Proposals to reduce America's heavy dependence on foreign oil are helping to renew interest in nuclear energy. And at Kansas State University, the goal is to help make that energy source as safe as possible.
INL develops safer, more efficient nuclear fuel for next-gen reactors
Nov 30, 2009 |
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As the nation ponders its energy choices, Americans keep asking themselves: how can the country make better use of its resources and emit fewer greenhouse gases without hurting U.S. industries? A research ...
Advanced nuclear fuel sets global performance record
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Idaho National Laboratory scientists have set a new world record with next-generation particle fuel for use in high temperature gas reactors (HTGRs).
Salt could cool cores of advanced nuclear reactors
Nov 03, 2006 |
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The water in a conventional nuclear reactor cools the core, but a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla says salt would be a better alternative in some advanced reactor designs.
Right first time: Pioneering new methods of drug manufacture
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Leeds have developed a simple technology which can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure "right first time" drug crystal formation.
Probing Question: Are today's nuclear power plants safe?
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Burning fossil fuels to make electricity releases many tons of carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Today, as the United States and other nations search for "greener" ways of generating ...
European fusion computer comes to Julich
Jan 30, 2009 |
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A new supercomputer will help us to understand the complex physical effects taking place inside the ITER fusion reactor. The computer known as HPC-FF will deliver computing power of about 100 teraflop/s and is optimally suited ...
LLNL researchers create tool to monitor nuclear reactors
Mar 12, 2008 |
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International inspectors may have a new tool in the form of an antineutrino detector, that could help them peer inside a working nuclear reactor.
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