OPAL: the new gold
Australia is replacing its only research reactor, the High Flux Australian Reactor with a multi-purpose reactor facility, OPAL. The new facility will be located adjacent to HIFAR at the Lucas Heights(keep on reading)
How new designs could make nuclear power even more attractive
Experiments are about to begin on a new form of nuclear power that even eco-warriors might tolerate--if not welcome. It is radically different from the traditional reactor designs that prompt fear(keep on reading)
Increasing depletion
The FRM-II research reactor was designed during the 1980s to use fuel enriched to over 90% U-235. By 2010, a new fuel element must be designed that can ...(keep on reading)
AEA Technology rides the commercial wave
Privatised in September 1996, AEA Technology's success shows there are many opportunities for commercialisation of nuclear technology, often in fields ...(keep on reading)
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