by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 8, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Here is a look back at the top stories of 2020 from our Research and Applications section in Newswire and Nuclear News magazine. Remember to check back to Newswire soon for more top stories from 2020.Research and Applications sectionARDP picks divergent technologies...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 8, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Here is a look back at the top stories of 2020 from our Power and Operations section in Newswire and Nuclear News magazine. Remember to check back to Newswire soon for more top stories from 2020.Power and Operations section Defense Department invests in three...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 8, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
An engineered stainless steel container designed to hold LLW at Hanford. Photo: Bechtel National, Inc.A Department of Energy report to the U.S. Congress shows that the reclassification of high-level radioactive waste could save more than $200 billion in treatment and...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 7, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Adequate uranium resources exist to support the long-term, sustainable use of nuclear energy for low-carbon electricity generation, as well as for other applications, including hydrogen production. That assessment is contained in the latest (28th) edition of...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 7, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
OsterbergAn op-ed published in The Gazette, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa–based newspaper, laments the early closure of the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in 2020. Author David Osterberg, a former Iowa state legislator, contrasts what happened in Iowa with Illinois and three...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 7, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Gogo89873Bulgaria has become the 34th member of the Paris-based OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). With its several decades of experience operating VVER units, Bulgaria will reinforce the NEA’s capacity to...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 7, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
The North Anna nuclear power plant. Photo: Dominion EnergyThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced the establishment of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to address a hearing request filed last month concerning Dominion Energy’s subsequent license renewal...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 6, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
CraneChristopher Crane, president and chief executive officer of Exelon, wrote in a Chicago Sun-Times op-ed, “The failure of national energy markets to support clean energy will soon force the premature retirement of two of [Illinois’s] six zero-carbon nuclear plants,...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 6, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
The rising influence of Russia and China in the development, construction, and deployment of civilian nuclear reactors around the globe raises significant geopolitical challenges for the United States, according to “Twenty-First Century U.S. Nuclear Power: A National...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 6, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Artist’s concept of the Wylfa Newydd project. Image: Horizon Nuclear PowerThe U.K. government has agreed to delay until April 30 its decision regarding the issuance of a development consent order (DCO) for, the nuclear new-build project proposed for the island...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 6, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Mary Lou Dunzik-GougarHappy New Year! I sincerely hope that each of you found time to refresh and rejuvenate over the holidays, or at least have fun. Many indicators suggest that 2021 will be a better year than 2020, including a growing understanding of COVID-19 and...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 5, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Craig PiercyTo you and all members of the nuclear professional community, Happy New Year! With the COVID-19 vaccine finally here, all indications point toward 2021 as the year we return to some semblance of normality. After all, this year has to be better than 2020,...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 5, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
BauernschmidtPhoto: U.S. NavyCapt. Amy Bauernschmidt will assume command of USS Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy announced last month. It marks the first time that a female commanding officer will lead the crew of one of the Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 5, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
New research confirms the growing relevance of nuclear magnetic resonance technologies for the olive oil industry, according to the Olive Oil Times, based in Newport, R.I.The latest Italian study, published in the scientific journal Foods, hints at the new...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 5, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
The Palisades nuclear plant will be permanently retired in the spring of next year. Photo: Entergy NuclearEntergy Corporation and Holtec International have jointly submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for approval of the transfer of the...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 4, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Chairman Kristine Svinicki announced today that she intends to leave the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on January 20. She issued a statement in a press release from the NRC.Chairman Svinicki has served as a commissioner under three administrations and is the longest...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 4, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
The European Commission’s current strategy for developing a hydrogen economy—part of its overall goal of achieving a climate-neutral European Union by 2050—needs to make more room for nuclear power. That’s according to a report published in December by the New Nuclear...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 4, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
Workers in nuclear must be free to report potential problems without fear of retaliation. When it comes to issuing adverse actions, employers have a responsibility to ensure that protected activity rights are not infringed. View Entire Article on...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 4, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
In this AI-designed layout for a boiling water reactor, fuel rods are ideally positioned around two fixed water rods to burn more efficiently. MIT researchers ran the equivalent of 36,000 simulations to find the optimal configurations. Colors correspond to varying...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 1, 2021 | Nuclear Energy
In 1970, a bit more than 50 years ago, then–ANS President Nunzio Palladino gave an evening lecture in Brussels to the newly formed Belgian local section of the American Nuclear Society. It was the seed for what would become the Belgian Nuclear Society, but the story...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 31, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Neutrinos steal energy from the core and seemingly offer little in return. The science and history of neutrinos are closely linked to those of nuclear power, but if science and history are any guide, this ne’er-do-well particle may yet contribute to our nuclear...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 30, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
John Gilligan has been the director of the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) since its creation in 2009 by the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE). NEUP consolidates DOE-NE’s university support under one program and engages colleges and...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 29, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy created the Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards program for university students in 2010. Now known as the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards, the program aims to engage faculty and students in...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 29, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States on a wide basis in March of this year, and life as we knew it changed. “Social distancing” and “essential workers” entered the jargon and working from home for many became the norm.The number of remote meetings skyrocketed,...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 28, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
In order to deliver the next generation of nuclear power plants, the nuclear community needs to overcome a number of challenges identified in 2017 as part of the ANS Nuclear Grand Challenges presidential initiative. Knowledge transfer is one of the nine challenges...
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