Radioactive Waste 890 - Robot Being Developed To Inspect Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies

     The Robotized Cherenkov Viewing Device (RCVD) has been developed through a collaboration between Australian national science agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO's) data and digital specialist arm Data61, Hungarian robotics company Datastart and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Radioactive Waste 889 - Swiss Nuclear Trade Association Involved In Discussions Over Siting A Deep Geological Repository For Spent Nuclear Fuel

     Swissnuclear is a Swiss nuclear trade organization. Later this year, they will begin discussions with local Swiss communities and cantons on possible payment and compensation for hosting a deep geological repository for radioactive waste. Last September, Nördlich Lägern in northern Switzerland was suggested as a possible site for such a repository.

Nuclear Reactors 1121 - X-Energy Is Working On Deployment Of Their First Pebble Bed Modular Reactor

      X-Energy is currently constructing the world’s first commercial scale advanced nuclear reactor in the state of Washington. The new reactor is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) two and a half billion-dollar Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).

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