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Naval nuclear contracts awarded

Corporate

15 February 2013

Astute class sub 48Separate contracts for naval nuclear power systems have been signed by engineering companies Rolls-Royce and Babcock & Wilcox. Both firms also have a significant presence in the civil nuclear industry.

Nuclear breaks ice on Arctic gas shipments

Energy and Environment

07 December 2012

LNG shipment 2 (Gazprom) 72x48Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers have enabled the first ever LNG delivery via the Northern Sea Route from Norway to Japan, where it will go towards replacing generation lost from shut down nuclear reactors.

Shipyard wins giant nuclear icebreaker tender

New Nuclear

07 August 2012

LK-60 class icebreaker 48The Baltiysky Zavod shipyard has won the tender to build Russia's first LK-60 model nuclear-powered icebreaker. The vessel - the largest of its kind - is scheduled to be delivered to RosAtomFlot by the end of 2017.

Russia builds deep-sea research submarine

New Nuclear

21 December 2012

Oscar-class submarine 48Construction of a nuclear-powered deep-sea research submarine has started in Russia. The sub will also be used in search and rescue operations.

Nuclear and Stirling engines spur space exploration

Other News

27 November 2012

Krusty (LANL)_48A team of researchers from NASA and Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated a new reactor concept that combines a Stirling engine with modern heat pipe cooling technology to provide a power source for future space missions.

 

Nuclear 'a stepping stone' to space exploration

New Nuclear

27 July 2012

A new era of space exploration is dawning through the application of nuclear energy for rovers on Mars and the Moon, power generation at future bases on the surfaces of both and soon for rockets that enable interplanetary travel.