Nuclear News

3 days ago | ans.org | Tim Gregoire

Estimated to have cost nearly $500 million, the new facility includes two primary buildings: the Salt Reduction Building, which prefilters salt-laden air coming from the underground repository, and the New Filter Building, which houses six 1,000-horsepower fans and HEPA filtration to further clean the air. When fully on line, the SSCVS facility will significantly increase air flow through the WIPP underground, allowing the resumption of critical work to be conducted in the repository.

2 weeks ago | ans.org | Casey Crownhart |Gleb Tsipursky

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has launched the Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT). Backed by a philanthropic consortium led by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, LMNT is designed to speed up the discovery and evaluation of cost-effective materials that can withstand extreme fusion conditions for extended periods. A message from PacTec, Inc.

4 weeks ago | ans.org | Cory Hatch

Commercial nuclear fuel rods being unloaded from cask inside a HFEF hot cell. (Photo: INL)At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.

4 weeks ago | ans.org | Cory Hatch

Commercial nuclear fuel rods being unloaded from cask inside a HFEF hot cell. (Photo: INL)At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.

4 weeks ago | ans.org | Cory Hatch

Commercial nuclear fuel rods being unloaded from cask inside a HFEF hot cell. (Photo: INL)At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.