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US, China in hot race to put nuclear reactors on the moon

Asiatimes 25 Apr 2025
They admitted that the US and the Soviet Union had spent decades developing space-use nuclear reactors and had acquired many core technologies. They said China’s development of space nuclear reactor power should be unique.
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New nuclear reactor tests zero in on ghost-like particles tied to dark matter puzzles

Interesting Engineering 24 Apr 2025
... they know exactly where to look for sterile neutrinos – at the center of nuclear reactors.  ... The nuclear fission reaction in the reactor core releases electrons and antineutrinos. .
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China says it has ample storage facilities for radioactive waste

ECNS 24 Apr 2025
After being removed from the reactor core, they will be first cooled in a spent fuel pool for several years before being transferred to specialized dry storage facilities for long-term storage.
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Fuel debris sample fished out 2nd time from nuclear reactor

Asahi News 23 Apr 2025
announced on April 23 that it had removed a sample of melted nuclear fuel from the No ... 3 reactors, where the core meltdowns occurred following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, is estimated at 880 tons.
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Terra Innovatum To Go Public Through Business Combination with GSR III Acquisition Corp

ACCESSWIRE 22 Apr 2025
NEW YORK, NY AND AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / April 22, 2025 / Terra Innovatum Srl ("Terra Innovatum," or the "Company"), a developer of micro-modular nuclear reactors, and GSR III Acquisition Corp.
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First of its kind prototype-breeder reactor to be commissioned by September 2026

The Times of India 19 Apr 2025
It will also utilise the spent fuel of Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors, which form the mainstay of nuclear power in India at present.While the state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited ...
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Device grabs fuel debris sample in dead reactor at Fukushima plant

Asahi News 18 Apr 2025
announced on April 17 that it had collected a sample of melted nuclear fuel from the No. 2 reactor at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, using an extraction device ... 3 reactors, where the core meltdowns occurred, is estimated at 880 tons.
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Egypt to Receive First Reactor Core for Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in November

Egypt Today 18 Apr 2025
CAIRO – 18 April 2025 – Egypt is set to receive the first reactor core for its under-construction Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) this November, according to a statement issued Thursday by ...
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Egypt’s Minister of Electricity flies to Russia to discuss requirements for reactor core of the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant

Egypt Today 17 Apr 2025
Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat headed on Thursday to Russia to discuss the requirements needed for the nuclear reactor core in Egypt’s under-construction ...
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Seven rare earth metals that China Is weaponizing against Trump’s tariffs

East Bay Times 17 Apr 2025
From fighter planes to nuclear reactor rods and smartphones, rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products ... Its neutron-absorbing capability also makes it an ingredient for the core of nuclear reactors.
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Seven rare earth metals that China is weaponizing against the US

Deccan Herald 16 Apr 2025
</p><p>Its neutron-absorbing capability also makes it an ingredient for the core of nuclear reactors.</p><p><strong>Lutetium</strong></p><p>This is a ...
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Fusion Could Save the World

The Stranger 07 Apr 2025
The word “nuclear” conjures two images ... The object in the middle of the room was a nuclear device for scientists to study nuclear fusion ... At its core lies something akin to a giant fusion reactor.
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Unsafe for Russia to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Energoatom says

The Observer 06 Apr 2025
Kotin said the six reactors could only be brought online after the completion of 27 safety programmes agreed with Ukraine’s nuclear regulator, including testing the nuclear fuel in the reactor cores because it had exceeded a six-year “design term”.
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