October 2022

Nuclear Reactors 1070 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Is Launching Its New SRZ-1200 Nuclear Reactor With Enhanced Safety Features

     Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) recently launched the SRZ-1200 advanced pressurized water reactor (PWR) design. The SRZ-1200 was developed in collaboration with four Japanese utilities. It is designed to meet Japan’s enhanced regulatory safety standards.

Nuclear Fusion 192 - The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Is Exploring Plasma Instability

     Physicists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have recently proposed that the formation of “hills and valleys” in magnetic field lines could be the origin of sudden collapses of heat ahead of disruptions that can damage donut-shaped tokamak fusion facilities.

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