5 d. ago Type One Energy Issues First Realistic, Unified Fusion Power Plant Design Basis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Type One Energy announced today publication of the world’s first comprehensive, self-consistent, and robust physics basis, with conservative design margins, for a practical fusion pilot power plant. This physics basis is presented in a series of seven peer-reviewed scientific papers in a special issue of the prestigious Journal of Plasma Physics (JPP). […]

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1 week ago Ceasefire talks put Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia on the spotlight. What’s next for the nuclear power plant

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — During a call between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, the U.S. leader apparently suggested Volodymyr Zelenskyy consider transferring ownership of Ukraine’s power plants to the U.S. for long-term security, according to a U.S. statement. Briefing the media later, Zelenskyy said the discussion with Trump had focused specifically on […]

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2 w. ago China Sees Rare Drop in Winter Power Output on Warmer Weather

China’s electricity output suffered a rare early-year decline amid milder winter temperatures, adding to pressure on prices of power plant fuels like coal and gas.

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3 w. ago ‘Nervous and rushed’: Massive Fukushima plant cleanup exposes workers to high radiation and stress

OKUMA, Japan (AP) — The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 years ago Tuesday. Workers walk around in many areas wearing only surgical masks and regular clothes. It’s a different story for those who enter the reactor buildings, including the three damaged in the 2011 earthquake […]

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3 w. ago Deal reached to save power plant crucial to Williams Lake economy

Atlantic Power plant gave notice last February that it was going to pull out of the community, citing an inability to remain profitable under its current contract with BC Hydro.

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last month UN Atomic Watchdog Said to Use Russia to Staff Ukrainian Plant

International atomic monitors are for the first time traveling through Russian territory rather than Ukraine to reach Europe’s biggest nuclear-power plant, said three diplomats briefed on the matter — a blow to Kyiv’s desire to avoid international recognition of the Kremlin’s ownership claims.

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