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Pentagon nuclear microreactor test sparks radical new age of portable power

The Department of Defense broke ground on Project Pele at Idaho National Laboratory on September 24, 2024, launching the Pentagon’s first transportable nuclear microreactor and setting the stage for a ...

China: Purging generals and testing nukes? / Trump, Iran and Ukraine

Did China conduct secret nuclear tests? The United States thinks so. Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and NPR China correspondent Jennifer Pak about China's ...
Interesting Engineering

French firm’s sodium test rig to replicate nuclear reactor’s temperatures reaching 1,382°F

Called "ELISE", the test rig will replicate the conditions of the Blue Capsule's high-temperature small modular reactor , with temperatures reaching 1,382 °F (750°C).
KUNC

The U.S. claims China is conducting secret nuclear tests. Here's what that means

The allegations were leveled by U.S. officials late last week. Arms control experts worry that norms against nuclear testing ...
Tech Xplore

In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests—and what we hear matters more than ever

Tires stick to hot asphalt as I drive the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs northward, leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind.
KOAM News Now

US accuses China of secret nuclear test as Trump admin calls for broader nuclear weapons agreement

(CNN) — The United States on Friday accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020 as the Trump administration calls for a broader nuclear weapons agreement including both China and ...
The Hill

US accuses China of secret nuclear test, calls for new arms control treaty including Russia

The U.S. on Friday called for a new, broader nuclear arms control treaty with China and Russia after it accused Beijing of conducting a secret nuclear test. “China has conducted nuclear explosive ...
IEEE

Research on the Leakage Test of Safety Injection Check Valve of Nuclear Power Plant in Configuration Risk Management

Abstract: The upstream isolation valve must be closed when the nuclear power plant carries out the safety injection check valve leakage tests under Residual Heat Removal System connection condition, ...
Washington Examiner

US accuses China of secret nuclear testing as it seeks to include Beijing in new arms control treaties

The U.S. State Department accused the Chinese government on Friday of conducting a secret nuclear test in 2020, while the Trump administration is seeking to include Beijing in new nuclear arms control ...
The Washington Post

U.S. accuses China of secretive nuclear test as arms-control agreements lapse

The United States’ top nuclear arms official on Friday accused China of carrying out an undisclosed nuclear detonation in 2020, arguing that recent secretive underground tests by China and Russia have ...