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AI accelerates search for safer, more durable materials for nuclear reactors

December 23, 2021, 9:30AMNuclear NewsJohn Spizzirri

A cutaway view of a nuclear reactor. Its construction consists of two essential material types: fuel, which comprises the rods and cores that hold the fuel (center vertical bands); and structural, those parts of the reactor that house the fuel materials. (Graphic: Shutterstock/petrov-k)

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are developing a “tool kit” based on artificial intelligence that will help better determine the properties of materials used in building a nuclear reactor.

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DOE opens funding opportunity for HALEU transport packages

November 21, 2024, 9:32AMNuclear News

The Department of Energy announced November 19 that up to $16 million is available through a new High-Assay Low-Enrichment Transportation Package funding opportunity to research, develop, and...

PG&E launches AI solution at Diablo Canyon

November 14, 2024, 3:13PMNuclear News

Diablo Canyon will host a commercial installation of the first on-site generative artificial intelligence deployment at a U.S. nuclear plant.Pacific Gas & Electric is deploying Atomic...

MIT’s nuclear professional courses benefit United States—and now Australia too

November 14, 2024, 7:19AMNuclear News

Some 30 nuclear engineering departments at universities across the United States graduate more than 900 students every year. These young men and women are the present and future of the...

New work for old FLiBe? DOE considers reuse of molten salt reactor coolant

November 7, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

FLiBe—a mixture of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride—is not an off-the-shelf commodity. The Department of Energy suspects that researchers and reactor developers may have a use for...

Uranium prices continue downward trend

November 5, 2024, 9:30AMANS Nuclear Cafe

Uranium prices have fallen to their lowest level in more than a month, to just under $79 per pound, on Friday, November 1, according to analyst website Trading Economics. The lower prices,...

FERC rejects interconnection deal for Talen-Amazon data centers

November 4, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied plans for Talen Energy to supply additional on-site power to an Amazon Web Services’ data center campus from the neighboring Susquehanna...

Colorado State begins constructing laser lab as public-private research hub

October 28, 2024, 12:03PMNuclear News

In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains on the outskirts of Fort Collins, Colo.—home to Colorado State University—work began this month on a new laser facility funded by a public-private...

Workshop highlights commercial fabrication of universal waste canister

October 28, 2024, 9:30AMRadwaste Solutions

Deep Isolation announced that it hosted its third technical workshop for the UPWARDS project, a Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) initiative aimed at...

DOE approves conceptual safety design report for Oklo fuel fabrication facility

October 16, 2024, 11:59AMNuclear News

Oklo Inc. announced yesterday that a safety design report for the Aurora fuel fabrication facility the company plans to build at Idaho National Laboratory has the approval of the Department of...

U.S. lawmakers look to simplify export control to grow international nuclear partners

October 22, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

Legislative proposals focused on streamlining the U.S. nuclear energy export process have circulated on Capitol Hill for several years, notably aimed at establishing a single point of contact...

AI accelerates search for safer, more durable materials for nuclear reactors

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