Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive ...
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Japan shuts down nuclear reactor owing to glitches just days after restarting
The company is yet to announce a date on which operations will resume at the nuclear reactor located in Onagawa power plant.
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Robot retrieves first piece of melted fuel from damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor
The sample was collected from a mound of molten fuel debris from the base of Fukushima's reactor number 2's primary ...
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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged ...
Tech giants take US nuclear industry to next level
Deals signed by Google, Amazon, and Microsoft with U.S. nuclear developers will help to deploy a new generation of reactors.
Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor 13 Years After Massive Earthquake
In the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdown, Japan decommissioned all 54 of its commercial nuclear reactors for safety reassessments and upgrades. Now, 13 out of the 33 viable reactors have been ...
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First-ever compact nuclear reactor can operate for eight years without water
In a groundbreaking development poised to reshape the energy landscape of Saskatchewan, Canada, a compact nuclear reactor ...
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Building the materials for the next generation of nuclear reactor
The point of this irradiation process is to replicate the effect of neutrons bombarding the material, as would happen in a nuclear reactor. Typically, this testing uses a beam of heavy ions, such as ...
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Princeton 3D-Printed a Nuclear Fusion Reactor
IEEE Spectrum published the story of the miraculous reactor, which PPPL built last year. Plasma-based nuclear fusion reactors have been around for a while, but they’ve long been unwieldy.
US regulator rejects bid to boost nuclear power to Amazon data center
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected an effort Friday to allow an Amazon data center to tap into ...
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Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor 13 Years After Massive Earthquake
Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor at the Onagawa plant after a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami led to damage at nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant. The No. 2 reactor was put back online ...
Nuclear Stocks Slide After Amazon's Data-Center Plan Is Rejected
Nuclear-energy stocks slid after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shot down Amazon's plan to use more power from a Talen Energy nuclear reactor to fuel a data center. The decision is a si ...