Holtec International says the HI-TEST facility - a one-third scale representation - will probe the SMR-300 design margin and potentially support future power uprates.
 

California headquartered pulsed magnetic fusion system developer Pacific Fusion has broken ground for its USD1 billion Research and Manufacturing Campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 

A four-year project aims to develop technical guidance to help produce more effective, safer and efficient testing of new reactor and fuel technologies in research reactors.
 

The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas has signed an agreement with the US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration to explore the use of small modular reactors, microgrids, and advanced vessel propulsion systems. The port is also to collaborate with Core Power for a site-specific maritime nuclear readiness study.
 

Radiant's 1 MWe microreactor - which is designed to be transportable - is making the journey from California to the DOME test bed at Idaho National Laboratory on the back of a truck.
 

The Materials Detritiation Facility at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Campus, in Oxfordshire, UK, has resumed operation after being offline for a year for upgrades enabling research into materials which have been removed from the Joint European Torus facility.
 

A study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers proposes a framework for understanding what is needed to make fusion energy commercially viable in the marketplace. The method considers the physical inputs needed to sustain controlled fusion energy production, as well as the cost of building power plants that can compete in energy markets.
 

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's flagship fusion machine, MAST Upgrade, has completed its fifth round of experiments, during which it achieved the highest plasma pressure it has ever attained while overcoming plasma instability issues considered essential prerequisites for commercial fusion power.
 

The US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed a suite of cryogenic pellet fuelling technologies to fusion energy developer Type One Energy, advancing a critical capability for high-performance fusion plasma operations.