Japan's new nuclear regulations could demand that operators are prepared to avoid an accident even in the case of war or deliberate aircraft impact. Draft rules are at the first public comment stage.
A prototype control room for Babcock & Wilcox's (B&W) mPower small modular reactor (SMR) will enable testing the man-machine interface and allow operators to be trained in advance of the reactor's deployment.
A team of researchersÌýfrom NASA and Los Alamos National LaboratoryÌýhave demonstrated a new reactor conceptÌýthat combines a Stirling engine with modern heat pipe cooling technologyÌýto provideÌýa powerÌýsource for future space missions.
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The UK energy minister has asked nuclear regulators to begin discussions over Generic Design AssessmentÌýfor Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR). The design has been proposed for new units at the Wylfa and Oldbury sites.
A team of researchersÌýfrom NASA and Los Alamos National LaboratoryÌýhave demonstrated a new reactor conceptÌýthat combines a Stirling engine with modern heat pipe cooling technologyÌýto provideÌýa powerÌýsource for future space missions._36x48.jpg "mPower cutaway (BandW) 36x48")
The Babcock and Wilcox mPower small modular reactor (SMR) has been selected as the winner of a US government program intended to help accelerate the pace at which this new class of power plant is brought to market.