Week 12 of 2023

Three nuclear energy innovation news!

💡 Three nuclear energy innovation news this week!

👩‍🚀 The UK Space Agency awards  £2.9 million of new funding to Rolls-Royce to have a demonstration model for a modular micro-reactor ready to deliver to the moon by 2029. Nuclear power has the potential to dramatically increase the duration of future lunar missions and their scientific value.

🕳️ In a study commissionned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, DEEP ISOLATION concludes that their borehole technology is operationally and commercially suitable for 11% of the UK's nuclear waste inventory destined for deep geological repository.

🧩 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Tennessee Valley Authority, Ontario Power Generation, and Synthos Green Energy announce a technical collaboration agreement to develop a standard design for the BWRX-300 small modular reactor, deployable in multiple jurisdictions.

🎓 Paper of the week: "Melt-mediated re-equilibration of zircon produced during meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor" https://tinyurl.com/mpbfndd7