Tag: Nuclear Energy
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US public opinion on social media is warming to nuclear energy, but concerns remain
300,000 X posts show 48 of 50 states have a more positive than negative tone about nuclear energy, with a national average at 54% positive.
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Global Fusion Forum online platform brings communities to the table
Fastest Path to Zero initiative launches platform to educate the public about fusion and invite input as the technology develops
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Neutron signatures can help safeguard thorium reactors
Researchers develop novel tools to account for nuclear materials.
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$3.4M to advance gamma-ray detector technology
Project builds on decades of advancement and a spinout company.
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$7.5M to advance nuclear energy awarded to U-M
The Department of Energy will support research into faster reactor licensing, just energy transitions, and more.
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Honoring the past and sizing up nuclear’s future at the Phoenix rededication
The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, conceived as a war memorial following World War II, remains relevant in the face of climate change and international conflict.
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Nuclear “shadow corrosion” reproduced in the lab, paving way to longer fuel life
Now that it’s understood, researchers are on their way to preventing this type of degradation in nuclear power plants.
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Biden’s climate pledge: Engineers offer insights
Experts on electric vehicles, carbon capture and sequestration, and nuclear energy weigh in.
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Recreating supernova reaction yields new insights for fusion energy
Our pursuit of fusion needs a heat-check