The Sun has fuelled life on Earth for billions of years, creating light and heat through nuclear fusion. Given that incredible power and longevity, it seems there can hardly be a better way to generate energy than by harnessing the same nuclear processes that occur in our own and other stars. Nuclear fusion reactors aim […]
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The utility said the 1630 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor was connected to the grid for the first time at 11:48 (local time) on Saturday. EDF said in a statement: “Teams have achieved the first connection of the Flamanville EPR to the national grid … the reactor is now generating electricity. Since the first nuclear reaction
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PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) – France is bracing for possible power outages in the coming days as falling temperatures push up demand while state-controlled nuclear group EDF struggles to bring more production on line. WHY CAN’T FRANCE MEET DEMAND? France is one of the most nuclear-powered countries in the world, typically producing over 70% of
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France’s nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has ordered the start of the assembly of the tokamak of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion project to be postponed until a number of safety issues have been addressed.
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The JET tokamak has achieved a first-ever sustained, high-confinement plasma using the same wall materials and fuel mix that ITER will use. The results aligned with prediction … and this predictability is very good news for the ITER research program and for fusion in general.www.iter.org/newsline/-/3722 <www.iter.org/newsline/-/3722>
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France will construct six new nuclear power reactors, consider building a further eight and push ahead with the development of small modular reactors, President Emmanuel Macron has said.
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France will build at least six new nuclear reactors in the decades to come, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, placing nuclear power at the heart of his country’s drive for carbon neutrality by 2050.
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