In pictures: World’s largest crane lifts Hinkley Point C’s second nuclear reactor into place

A 2-day lifting and installation operation to move Hinkley Point C’s second nuclear reactor into place has been completed using Big Carl – the world’s biggest crane. The post In pictures: World’s largest crane lifts Hinkley Point C’s second nuclear reactor into place appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

TerraPower Begins Construction on First US Commercial-Scale Advanced Nuclear Reactor

TerraPower begins construction of the first U.S. utility-scale advanced nuclear plant—can its Natrium design finally move next-generation reactors into commercial reality?

Second-generation nuclear reactor demolition era begins

Regulator signs off first AGR fleet dismantling at Hunterstone B

NRC approves construction of advanced nuclear reactor in Wyoming

The construction permit to a subsidiary of Bill Gates’ TerraPower for a 345-MW commercial nuclear power plant project is the NRC’s first commercial reactor construction approval in nearly 10 years.

UK regulators to begin formal assessment of TerraPower’s 345MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor

UK regulators have been asked to begin a formal assessment of the Natrium nuclear reactor design developed by US company TerraPower. The post UK regulators to begin formal assessment of TerraPower’s 345MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Free Documentary - Giant Magnet for the World's Largest Fusion Reactor 09042023

This documentary looks at the construction of the ITER nuclear fusion reactor in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, in the south of France. The reactor is the largest in the world

Fully Charged Show - Nuclear Fusion: The Secret to CHEAP and LIMITLESS Clean Energy?! 12072022

Now armed with huge injections of private investment, it seems that fusion might be shaking its elusive reputation. Helen Czerski visited Tokamak Energy to see how close they’re getting to making Nuclear Fusion commercially viable and into the Grid

Tom Scott - This billion-euro nuclear reactor was never switched on, 16032020

Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, in Austria, was ready to go: it just needed starting up. But that never happened, and forty years later, it still sits mothballed. Here's why.

The B1M - Why Nuclear Power is Making a Comeback, 12102022

The U.S. is building nuclear power again, but it's been a long time coming

FT - Nuclear is back in vogue. But what about its waste, 31082022

Nuclear power is undergoing a revival, and there are more than 50 reactors being built around the world. But safely disposing of lethal nuclear waste, which can remain radioactive for up to 300,000 years, remains a remarkably difficult problem to solve.