Nuclear News Roundup November 08, 2023
Hacktivists breach U.S. nuclear research lab, steal employee data bleepingcomputer.com
Hacktivists breach U.S. nuclear research lab, steal employee data bleepingcomputer.com
Ambient office = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
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Typically, the complex and difficult NRC review can take seven years or more to complete. There is no guarantee that the project in question will receive final approval. Last year, the NRC denied Oklo Power, LLC’s application to construct a “fast reactor” in Idaho for allegedly failing to supply sufficient information on the facility’s design.
Ambient office = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 131 nanosieverts per hour
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TerraPower is backed by Bill Gates and the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). It plans to construct the pilot “Natrium” liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear energy plant in Kemerer, Wyoming. TerraPower hopes that its success will spur the deployment of Natrium and other small nuclear reactors (SMRs) around the world.
Sweden plans 'massive' expansion of nuclear energy world-nuclear-news.org
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 130 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient office = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour