May 2024
Geiger Readings for April 28, 2024
Nuclear Reactors 1379 - Framatone Working On New Fuel For University of Munich Research Reactor.
France's Framatome and Germany's Technical University of Munich (TUM) have agreed to create an industrialization process for the manufacture of monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for the TUM’s FRM II research reactor. Framatome said that this low-enriched fuel will benefit from the highest uranium fuel density ever loaded into a European research reactor.
Geiger Readings for April 27, 2024
Ambient office = 61 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1378 - Holtec and Energoatom Collaborating on Small Modular Reactors Manufacturing In Ukraine.
Energoatom and Holtec just signed an agreement to collaborate on SMR manufacturing facilities.
The collaboration agreement provides for the creation in Ukraine of manufacturing capabilities for components for small modular reactors (SMRs), plus storage and transportation systems for spent nuclear fuel.
Geiger Readings for April 26, 2024
Ambient office = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 156 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 152 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1377 - Roll-Royce Seeking Faster Licensing For Small Modular Reactors - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Rafael Grossi is director-general of the IAEA. “For this business model to succeed, we need regulatory approaches to adapt to a new circumstance. We cannot afford the luxury of these regulatory marathons lasting five, six, seven years.”
Geiger Readings for April 25, 2024
Ambient office = 58 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1376 - Roll-Royce Seeking Faster Licensing For Small Modular Reactors - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Executives at Rolls-Royce estimate that U.K. regulators will take four and a half years to assess the safety of its design for a small modular reactor (SMR). The U.K. company must endure more lengthy approval processes in other countries where it wants to build its SMRs.
Geiger Readings for April 24, 2024
Ambient office = 59 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 154 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 154 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1375 - Oklo Is Working On Microreactors To Supply Electricity To AI Server Farms - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Nuclear News Roundup April 23, 2024
AI boom is great news for the nuclear power dreamers theregiater.com
Geiger Readings for April 23, 2024
Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 131 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1374 - Oklo Is Working On Microreactors To Supply Electricity To AI Server Farms - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Tech firms and Silicon Valley billionaires have been pouring money into nuclear energy for years. They have pitched sustainable power sources as crucial to the green transition. Now they are promoting artificial intelligence.
Nuclear News Roundup April 22, 2024
Ten-yearly overhaul begins at Bruce B vacuum building world-nuclear-news.org
Habitats - Thales Alenia Space Is Designing Habitats For The NASA Artemis Program - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)