February 2024

     Microreactors are referred to by some as ‘nuclear batteries.’ They are squarely in the spotlight at this year’s POWERGEN International 2024 conference. Microreactors do not produce more than fifty megawatts. Discussions at the conference explored the latest technologies, popular applications and the unique business models making them commercially viable. Four microreactors were highlighted as trailblazers in the sector:

Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 122 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 122 nanosieverts per hour

Kazakhstan, Australia to Co-Chair IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security in May astanatimes.com

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     Scientists have started to decommission one of the world’s earliest nuclear-fusion reactors, forty years after it began operations. Researchers will study the seventeen-year process of dismantling the Joint European Torus (JET) near Oxford, UK, in unprecedented detail. They will use the knowledge to make sure future fusion power plants are safe and economically viable.

Ambient office = 133 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 77 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 75 nanosieverts per hour

Iran says construction started on new nuclear reactor scmp.com

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Ambient office = 88 nanosieverts per hour

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Soil exposed to rain water = 162 nanosieverts per hour

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