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The aging of plutonium pits is a big question mark. The potential power they yield is one of the most critical factors in triggering a nuclear explosion. But just as American voters are facing a “contest of the ancients” in this electoral year, so are scientists grappling with the vexing matter of plutonium’s lifespan.

COMMENT Isn't "challenge" a lovely word? Conjures up pictures of a tennis match, or some exciting venture. It's the word they use when they mean something more like "overwhelming frightening costs" " "worrying safety and proliferation risks", awful unsolved problem of toxic wastes"  Is this nuclear power’s moment? Many challenges stand in the way of a‘nuclear…

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost its immediateback-up 750 kV power supply to the reactor units for several hours duringthe week of 15 January. This was the latest incident underlining persistentnuclear safety and security risks at the site, director general RafaelMariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on 19 Januaryduring its Update…

Https://www.youtube.com/embed/aLBrP084X5Y?si=AASh_vq4np8-7-_U By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / ScheerPost Staff Writers1 31 Jan 24,  https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/31/will-ai-warfare-usher-in-a-massive-expansion-of-the-surveillance-state-w-stavroula-pabst/ he use of AI weaponry has become increasingly common and normalized, with its use in conflicts such as Gaza and Ukraine, without almost any public debate. This has allowed its implementation into military practice to be ushered in unde...

 Graham Stuart has called for a public vote on whether a nuclear waste siteshould be built in Holderness amid opposition from some living in the area. 'Beverley and Holderness ' MP said Nuclear Waste Services, the GovernmentAgency which unveiled the waste site proposals last week, should be forcedto make their case directly to the public.…

Ukraine scored an impressive victory in the battle of perceptions when a sophisticated sea drone attack sunk the Russian corvette Ivanovets in the Black Sea.

GE Hitachi awarded nuclear design funding, 30 January 2024  GE Vernova’s nuclear business, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, was on 25January awarded a £33.6 m Future Nuclear Enabling Fund grant from theUK’s Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. The UK government hasambitions for 24 GW of nuclear generation by 2050 to help in providingenergy security for…

Section 317 of the Energy Act 2023 provides that the Secretary of Statemay by notice designate a company as Great British Nuclear. In exercise ofthe powers in that section the Secretary of State hereby gives noticedesignating British Nuclear Fuels Limited (Company Number: 05027024) asGreat British Nuclear. This notice of designation was given on 29 January2024…

Will nuclear energy make a comeback in Germany? Germany phased out nuclearenergy nearly a year ago. But even with the multi-billion euro problem ofhow to store radioactive waste, some policians are calling for new nuclearplants to be built. The CDU and CSU have changed their position on nuclearpower again. Now many in the party are…

Hinkley Point: endless setbacks at nuclear plant highlight political choice to destroy EDF On January 22nd, state-owned French utilities groupEDF announced new delays in the construction of two EPR nuclear reactors atthe British plant of Hinkley Point. Originally planned to enter service in2024, the first of the two reactors is now expected to be, at…