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BREAKING: Denmark establishes Center for Nuclear Energy ☢️ Today the DTU - Technical University of Denmark announced they’re uniting all nuclear energy research in a new interdisciplinary center. This is a true nuclear renaissance, as Denmark once had a nuclear research program at Risø research facility led by Niels Bohr. The new center will be led by senior researcher at DTU, Bent Lauritzen once again at Risø reseach center. The President of DTU, Anders Overgaard Bjarklev expresses his deepest appreciation of the new center in a official press release: "The climate crisis has reached an extent that makes it crucial that we research all technologies that may be relevant in phasing out fossil energy sources. Regardless of whether nuclear power has a future in Denmark, it is important for DTU to have research in the field because we have an obligation to contribute research-based knowledge to society and our students. Our ambition with the creation of the new center is to strengthen the part of the research that is specifically aimed at nuclear energy technologies.” Link to the press release can be found in the comments 👇

Should we tell Oz Energy Minister Bowen? Those clever Scandis make us Diggers look like a dopey bunch of ignorant yahoos Unless we get building a nuclear fleet soon, the whole de-carbonisation dream will become a nightmare. Expert power/energy gurus tell us #NetZero is an impossible goal without a strong component of #NuclearEnergy

This is indeed a nuclear renaissance, echoing the days of Niels Bohr at Risø. DTU's commitment to research-based knowledge, particularly in nuclear energy technologies, is commendable and necessary for our future

In the last week at Forschungszentrum Jülich Institute of Nuclear Waste Management we hosted the “Transient” kickoff meeting together with project partners from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and SCK CEN. The “Transient” Project is a German Federal Ministry for Education and Research funded project devoted to mixed oxide (MOX) spent nuclear fuel science. MOX nuclear fuel has been employed widely in German in addition to global nuclear power reactor fleets for energy production and continues to be prolifically used. Compared to regular fuels, MOX contains significant amounts of plutonium in the fresh fuel blend often incorporated heterogeneously. The fuel is subsequently far more intricate than traditional UO2 based fuels and accordingly requires special attention for its continued efficient use and eventual disposal. The Transient project is devoted to its investigation through experimental methods involving the production of representative Pu doped UO2 materials and examination of irradiated MOX specimens coming out of reactors. Watch this space for more exciting MOX research :)

Singapore Aims To Build Pool Of 100 Nuclear Energy Experts • Singapore aims to build a pool of around 100 nuclear energy experts in the long term. • No decision has been made yet on deploying nuclear energy. • The Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative (SNRSI) has already awarded scholarships and developed a pipeline of researchers in radiobiology, radiochemistry, and nuclear safety. • Nuclear fusion is seen as a promising future technology, but large-scale energy production is likely at least a decade away. • Singapore is keeping its options open for all low-carbon energy sources, including both fission and fusion nuclear energy.

A new, interdisciplinary centre for nuclear energy technologies will strengthen and unite DTU's research environments and form a common entrance for external partners. "The technological breakthroughs that are happening in nuclear power these years are hugely interesting in terms of research. New reactor technologies may well turn out to be able to contribute significantly to the world's energy supply, and this is what our research must help clarify. It is crucial that we, as a technical university, are ready to seize new technological opportunities when they arise," says Senior Researcher - and one of Denmark's leading researchers in nuclear technologies - Bent Lauritzen. Although research into nuclear power has been limited in Denmark over the past 40 years, DTU has maintained several research environments that work with nuclear physics and nuclear technologies, thus maintaining professional expertise in the field. Bent Lauritzen will head the new Center for Nuclear Energy Technology. Read more https://bit.ly/3O35usE Læs mere https://bit.ly/3tVSHBv #DTUdk #TechnologyForPeople #GreenTransition #Sustainability #Energy #NuclearPower

Recently Google partnered with a Nuclear Energy Startup to fuel their future AI projects. With the advancement in Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Energy is becoming the best source of Clean energy. Understanding the impact Nuclear Energy can bring in the Indian Economy, the Indian Government has launched Bharat Small Reactors. Bharat Small Reactors will not only help India to quickly adapt Nuclear Energy but also help to achieve India's dream of Infinite Cycle of Energy through Indian Raw Material "Thorium" Here's a detailed video on India's strategy with Bharat Small Reactors https://lnkd.in/dshhgatz

Nuclear engineering is a field that blends physics, chemistry, and materials science to harness the immense power of atomic nuclei. One of the most fascinating aspects is how nuclear engineers control chain reactions, the process that powers nuclear reactors and atomic bombs. In a reactor, they carefully balance the chain reaction to produce a steady flow of energy, using materials like control rods to absorb excess neutrons. The same principles that can lead to a devastating explosion in an uncontrolled reaction are precisely managed to provide carbon-free electricity for millions. This dual-use nature of nuclear technology, where the same science can be applied for both energy production and weapons, underscores the profound responsibility nuclear engineers carry in ensuring that the power of the atom is used safely and ethically.

Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics -ELI-NP Cutting edge in power: 10 Petawatt (=10 billion Watt) Whether nuclear fusion, cancer treatment or drone defense - laser applications have the potential to change the world. The world's largest facility is located in Romania. Founded in Munich in 2019, start-up ‚Marvel Fusion’ became the first private-sector "user" of the Romanian laser - and a shining example of how basic nuclear physics research could lead to a commercially successful high-tech product "made in Europe". There is great hope that nuclear fusion will work: in contrast to conventional nuclear fission, there would be no nuclear waste, no risk of a reactor catastrophe and therefore a safe, clean and controllable source of energy would be available on a large scale. The laser that (my) dreams are made of…

Nuclear fusion.   In a post published by CNN at 4:00 am EDT, September 19, 2024, the author Angela Dewan, makes the fictitious claim that the USA led the development of nuclear fusion reactors. Controlled fusion was achieved in the Soviet Union in 1958.  The fusion reactor is in the shape of a doughnut. It is called a TOKAMAK. The word TOKAMAK is an acronym for the Russian phrase for Toroidal Chamber with Magnetic Coils. The idea was first developed by two Russian physicists Igor Tamm and Andrei Sakharov. The first TOKAMAK, the T-1, was created by Natan Yavlinsky in 1958.  The fusion reaction is a fusion of deuterium and tritium nuclei, known as the DT reaction.  So far, starting and maintaining the nuclear reaction requires a lot of energy. The excess energy one gets is hardly enough to boil a kettle of water.  China has been able to maintain a fusion reaction for more than 17 minutes. The temperature was more than 70 million degrees Celsius, a first in the world.  I studied Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT and Columbia University.