The UK and India have signed a Civil Nuclear Cooperation Declaration, a welcome step forward which will help both countries to achieve low carbon growth, British Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, Pat McFadden, announced in India today.
HSE has published the report for the Generic Design Assessment covering the period 1 October – 31 December 2009.
Engineering consultancies Frazer-Nash and Praxis have been awarded a contract to provide advice to HSE in its independent review of certain safety aspects of designs for the UK’s new generation of nuclear reactors.
Nuclear industry representatives from around the globe visited Caithness last week for the first part of the Dounreay Industry Event.
At the closure of its tenth Biennial General Meeting, held in New Delhi, the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) acknowledged the outstanding contribution made by eight nuclear professionals to promote excellence in the safe operation of commercial nuclear power.
Not every object is food to a Venus flytrap. Like the carnivorous plant, a new material developed at Northwestern University permanently traps only its desired prey, the radioactive ion cesium, and not other harmless ions like sodium.
