New Feedback System Can Improve Efficiency of Fusion Reactions

New Feedback System Can Improve Efficiency of Fusion Reactions

TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have refined the use of magnetic fields to improve the performance of doughnut-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks.
Turkiye's First Nuclear Plant Gains Official Nuclear Facility Status with Arrival of Fuel

Turkiye's First Nuclear Plant Gains Official Nuclear Facility Status with Arrival of Fuel

TEHRAN (ANA)- Turkiye's Akkuyu nuclear power plant gained official nuclear facility status with the arrival of its first nuclear fuel, the Energy and Natural Resources Minister said.
Computational Modelling in Support of Progress towards Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakeven

Computational Modelling in Support of Progress towards Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakeven

TEHRAN (ANA)- Bhuvana Srinivasan, an Associate Professor of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech, leads a team supporting several nuclear fusion energy concepts through computational modelling.
Germany Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactors

Germany Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactors

TEHRAN (ANA)- Germany shut down its last atomic reactors, marking the end of the country's nuclear era after more than 60 years.
Shutting Down Nuclear Power Could Increase Air Pollution

Shutting Down Nuclear Power Could Increase Air Pollution

TEHRAN (ANA)- A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that if US nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths.
Most Efficient Method for Creating Metallic Plasmas

Most Efficient Method for Creating Metallic Plasmas

TEHRAN (ANA)- A team of researchers from Tohoku University and the Toyohashi University of Technology has successfully used solid metals under a strong magnetic field in a microwave resonator to create metallic plasmas.
Predicting Reactor Pressure Vessel Behavior for Light-Water Reactors

Predicting Reactor Pressure Vessel Behavior for Light-Water Reactors

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Universities of Wisconsin and California are integrating physics and Machine Learning to predict materials degradation in nuclear reactors.
Charming Experiment Finds Gluon Mass in Proton

Charming Experiment Finds Gluon Mass in Proton

TEHRAN (ANA)- Nuclear physicists may have finally pinpointed where in the proton a large fraction of its mass resides and a recent experiment at the DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has revealed the radius of the proton's mass that is generated by the strong force as it glues together the proton's building block quarks.
How to Shelter From Nuclear Explosion

How to Shelter From Nuclear Explosion

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from the University of Nicosia simulated an intercontinental ballistic missile’s atomic bomb explosion and its resulting blast wave to assess its impact on people seeking refuge indoors.
Nuclear Fusion Reactor Instabilities Solved by New Operational Regime

Nuclear Fusion Reactor Instabilities Solved by New Operational Regime

TEHRAN (ANA)- A group of scientists at TU Wien and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) devised a new operational regime that potentially solves the instability dangers of nuclear fusion reactors, a development that may see the potential of nuclear power fully harnessed.
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