All Nuclear reactor articles
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NewsPlan for medical isotope production centre floated by Welsh government
Nuclear facility would supply the whole country and further afield
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News
Situation at Ukrainian nuclear plants worrying as shelling and power cuts threaten containment
Back-up diesel generators have been needed to maintain cooling at plants across the country
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News
UK nuclear power plant at Sizewell site gets go-ahead after two years
Part of the net zero strategy, Sizewell C will generate 7% of the country’s electricity – but the decision has been met with criticism
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Research
The next generation of nuclear reactors will produce even more radioactive waste
Researchers warn against ‘overly optimistic, misleading information’ surrounding small modular reactors
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News
Russian actions around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant flirt with catastrophe
An incident at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya plant could have disastrous consequences, nuclear safety expert warns
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News
Fears for Ukraine’s nuclear facilities follow Russian troops taking charge of Chernobyl site
Military movement kicking up radioactive dust in the exclusion zone and missiles barely missing nuclear waste sites worry nuclear energy community
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Research
Chernobyl’s intensely radioactive ‘elephant’s foot’ lava recreated in the lab
Mimic of the lava produced by a reactor meltdown is far safer to work with
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News
How do you scrap a nuclear submarine?
The UK is facing a £7.5 billion bill to dismantle its 20 defunct vessels
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News
Shelved nuclear power plans leave UK government's energy policy in hot water
Nuclear plant pull-outs bring energy finance models under the spotlight
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Review
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
What went wrong on the 26 April 1986 disaster and what continued to go wrong in the days, weeks and years that followed
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News
Austria’s bid to sue EU over UK nuclear plant fails
Judge rejects Austria’s legal challenge of UK state aid for planned nuclear power station
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News
Russia urged to reduce uranium stockpile
International nuclear experts warn that nuclear threats posed by Russia’s 680 tons of highly enriched uranium must be minimised
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News
Hinkley Point investor faces espionage charges
Nuclear firm allegedly obtained US information and expertise without government approval
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News
Hinkley Point plant beset by further delays
Government postpones final go-ahead at Hinkley Point in Somerset until the autumn
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News
UK’s new nuclear plant may cost £37bn
Government estimate marks another price rise for delayed Hinkley Point project
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Research
Graphene sieves deuterium from hydrogen
Atom-thick materials could make heavy water production 10 times cheaper than conventional technologies
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News
Austria to sue EU over UK nuclear aid
Claims that subsidies damage renewables’ prospects likely to delay new nuclear in the UK by at least another two years
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Opinion
The nuclear danger of iodine
It may not be an element you think of as problematic. But, as Mark Foreman explains, iodine causes very complicated problems in nuclear accidents
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Careers
Nuclear energy's next generation
Sarah Houlton meets the graduates training for careers in the nuclear industry
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