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26 Jan (NucNet): The quest to create nuclear fusion may have come a step closer after scientists heated solid matter to two million degrees Celsius with the world’s most powerful X-ray laser.
25 Jan (NucNet): Dutch utility Delta says it remains convinced of the need for new nuclear in the Netherlands, despite a decision announced this week to delay plans for a new plant at the existing Borssele site by two to three years.
24 Jan (NucNet): Utility Bruce Power has confirmed to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) that there has been a discharge of water containing low levels of hydrazine into Lake Huron in Ontario.
24 Jan (NucNet): An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission sent to Japan to review the country’s process for assessing safety at existing nuclear power plants has arrived in Tokyo for a nine-day visit.
23 Jan (NucNet): The Dutch government has confirmed it will invest 38 million euro (49 million US dollars) in the development a project that will broaden the scope of research work being carried out at the Higher Education Reactor at Delft University of Technology.
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23 Jan (NucNet): NucNet is pleased to announce the “soft launch” of its new website and web domain: www.nucnet.org
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The Dutch government has given the green light for a new research reactor to be built at Petten in the Netherlands, replacing the existing High-Flux Reactor (HFR), which has been in operation since 1961 and is reaching the end of its economic life.
An information meeting of the NucNet Board of Directors will be held during next month’s PIME conference in Warsaw.