LLNL The research takes place at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California A US science institute is on the verge of achieving a longstanding goal in nuclear fusion research. Continue Reading
U.S. scientists are at the threshold of fusion ignition after achieving a large amount of energy in an experiment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the LLNL said Continue Reading
Scientists have come tantalizingly close to reproducing the power of the sun — albeit only in a speck of hydrogen for a fraction of a second. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore Continue Reading
Nuclear energy had been falling further and further out of favor amid falling costs for renewable energy installations. But suggestions of its death have been highly exaggerated. The $1-trillion bipartisan Continue Reading
China started this week construction work on a new US$17-billion nuclear power plant project, for which it will install Russian nuclear reactors at the Xudabao project in northeastern China, World Continue Reading
The Chinese plant operator said it had shut down one reactor after “lengthy” talks with technical staff A Chinese nuclear plant has shut down one of its reactors for maintenance Continue Reading
The British government is exploring ways to remove China’s state-owned nuclear energy company from all future power projects in the UK, including the consortium planning to build the new É20bn Continue Reading
Germany has gathered support from four European Union countries around its opposition to classifying nuclear energy as “green” and sustainable for investment purposes, a letter to the Commission seen by Continue Reading
At Dungeness B nuclear power station on a remote stretch of the Kent coast in south-east England, workers are making preparations to carefully remove thousands of radioactive fuel elements from Continue Reading
Nuclear propulsion for cargo vessels spurred by carbon regulation Samsung sees nuclear power as potential eco-friendly shipping option Reactor design could also be used in floating power plants South Korea’s Continue Reading
