July 2021

Nuclear Reactor 928 - Kairos Power Has Federal Support For The Development Of Its Hermes Demonstration Reactor

     Kairos Power is going to construct a low-power demonstration reactor at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Kairos will invest one hundred million dollars in a project to showcase its ability to delivery low-cost nuclear heat. The Hermes reactor is a scaled-up version of the Kairos Fluoride Salt-Cooled Hight Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR).

Growing Bay Leaves

It's a well-known fact among herb growers, but I was today years old when I learned that bay leaves actually come from the laurel tree! It makes total sense when you look at them but I never put the pieces together. I'm thrilled that you can not only grow them, but that they can get so big. I use bay leaves almost daily and would love to have a steady source just outside the house!

Lower Drug Prices

It's 2021 and we still don't have universal healthcare in the United States. President Biden just issued an executive order to help lower drug prices, but as we've seen so far, these executive orders don't always accomplish what they sound like they're supposed to accomplish. We really need to push for universal healthcare, but we also need to try to push for every inch we can get along the way.

Nuclear Reactors 927 - Oklo Inc Will Use Its New Aurora Reactor To Provide Electricity For Bitcoin Mining

      Oklo Inc is based in California. They have received a Site Use Permit from the U.S. Department of Energy. They have demonstrated a prototype of their new metallic fuel. Oklo was award fuel material from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). They developed the first advanced combined license application which complete acceptance review and was docketed by the NRC.

Nuclear Reactors 926 - U.K. Working On Generating Hydrogen At Nuclear Plants

     A new report titled Unlocking the UK’s Nuclear Hydrogen Economy to Support Net Zero, was just published by the U.K.’s Nuclear Sector Deal’s innovation Group. The report presents a series of recommendations for taking advantage of the opportunity of zero-carbon hydrogen produced by nuclear power. The report is a cross-sector action plan for consideration by the U.K. Nuclear Industry Council.

Nuclear Reactors 925 - Nuclear Reactors Attractive Target For Terrorists

     Matthew Bunn of Harvard Kennedy School said, “For whatever reason, for a certain brand of right-wing extremists in the United States and elsewhere, there's a real obsession with nuclear.” He went on to say that this is especially concerning when they work at a nuclear plant or knows someone who does.

Nuclear Reactors 924 - Researchers Study Neutron Clustering In Nuclear Reactors

     The long-theorized neutron-clustering effect in nuclear reactors has been demonstrated. A new study recently published in the journal Nature Communications Physics details the work. The research was carried out by a collaboration of Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) and the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), both located in France.

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