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U.S. Officials Set to Announce Fusion Energy Breakthrough


U.S. scientists reportedly have carried out the first nuclear fusion experiment to achieve a net energy gain. The Department Dept. of Energy (DOE) is expected to announce the breakthrough on Dec. 13, according to news reports late Sunday.
https://www.powermag.com/u-s-officials-set-to-announce-fusion-energy-breakthrough/
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Nuclear Fuel Facility Unveiled for Natrium Fast Reactor Demonstration


A fuel fabrication facility that will create reliable fuel for TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) 345-MWe Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactor (SFR) demonstration in Wyoming and future Natrium nuclear plants is taking shape at Global Nuclear Fuel–Americas’ (GNF-A’s) Fuel–Americas (GNF-A)’s nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Wilmington, North Carolina.
https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-fuel-facility-unveiled-for-natrium-fast-reactor-demonstration/
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