Thinking big.

Authors: Sam Wong (AUTHOR)

Source: New Scientist. 10/19/2024, Vol. 264 Issue 3513, p24-27. 4p. 11 Color Photographs.

Subjects: SCHOOL day, MOLECULAR biologists, NUCLEAR reactors, CULTIVARS, ARTIFICIAL intelligence

THE NEW MOON(S) RACE.

Authors: ORNES, STEPHEN

Source: Discover. Jan/Feb2025, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p20-22. 3p. 7 Color Photographs.

Subjects: LUNAR surface, MOON, LUNAR south pole, SCIENTIFIC apparatus & instruments, EXTRATERRESTRIAL life, TITAN (Satellite), NUCLEAR reactors

"Fusion is not a typical bet." Interview with Silicon Valley venture capitalist Mark Coopersmith.

Authors: Drollette Jr., Dan (AUTHOR)

Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Nov2024, Vol. 80 Issue 6, p358-364. 7p.

Subjects: BUSINESSPEOPLE, BUSINESS enterprises, VENTURE capital, VENTURE capital companies, DECISION making in investments, FUSION reactors

Small and advanced nuclear reactors: Closing the fuel cycle?

Authors: Corkhill, Claire (AUTHOR), Joyce, Malcolm (AUTHOR), Lacey, Derek (AUTHOR), Thrift, Nigel (AUTHOR)

Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Jan2025, Vol. 81 Issue 1, p43-47. 5p.

Subjects: RADIOACTIVE waste disposal, NUCLEAR fuels, ENERGY consumption, FUEL cycle, NUCLEAR energy, NUCLEAR reactors

The fuel supply quandary of fusion power reactors.

Authors: Jassby, Daniel L. (AUTHOR)

Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Nov2024, Vol. 80 Issue 6, p377-384. 8p.

Subjects: PILOT plants, TOKAMAKS, DEUTERIUM, SELF-reliant living, NEUTRONS, FUSION reactor blankets, FUSION reactors

After ITER: What China and others are doing in fusion. Interview with MIT's Dennis Whyte.

Authors: Drollette Jr., Dan (AUTHOR)

Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Nov2024, Vol. 80 Issue 6, p371-376. 6p.

Subjects: RARE earth metals, ENERGY development, LARGE Hadron Collider, PLASMA physics, HIGH temperature superconductors, FUSION reactors, FUSION reactor blankets

Geographic Terms: CHINAReport Available

Analysis of the Cobalt-60 Production in the AP1000-Like Pressurized Water Reactor Using SERPENT2.

Authors: Świa̧tkowska, Julia¹ (AUTHOR) julia.swiatkowska1@gmail.com, Darnowski, Piotr² (AUTHOR) piotr.darnowski@pw.edu.pl

Source: Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering (Springer Science & Business Media B.V. ). Mar2025, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p3203-3213. 11p.

Subject Terms: *CANDU reactors, *NEUTRON absorbers, *PHYSICAL & theoretical chemistry, *STERILIZATION equipment, *MEDICAL equipment, *PRESSURIZED water reactors

Nurturing nuclear power in India.

Authors: Grover, R. B.¹ rbgrover@hbni.ac.in

Source: Current Science (00113891). 2/10/2025, Vol. 128 Issue 3, p240-244. 5p.

Subject Terms: *NUCLEAR reactors, *RESEARCH reactors, *NUCLEAR energy, *NUCLEAR industry, *FUEL cycle, *INTERSTITIAL hydrogen generation, *PUBLIC opinion

Geographic Terms: INDIA

The Future of Nuclear Energy: Key Chemical Aspects of Systems for Developing Generation III+, Generation IV, and Small Modular Reactors.

Authors: Kiegiel, Katarzyna¹ (AUTHOR) k.kiegiel@ichtj.waw.pl, Chmielewska-Śmietanko, Dagmara¹ (AUTHOR), Herdzik-Koniecko, Irena¹ (AUTHOR), Miśkiewicz, Agnieszka¹ (AUTHOR), Smoliński, Tomasz¹ (AUTHOR), Rogowski, Marcin¹ (AUTHOR), Ntang, Albert¹ (AUTHOR), Rotich, Nelson Kiprono¹ (AUTHOR), Madaj, Krzysztof¹ (AUTHOR), Chmielewski, Andrzej G.¹ (AUTHOR) a.chmielewski@ichtj.waw.pl

Source: Energies (19961073). Feb2025, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p622. 50p.

Subject Terms: *FUEL cycle, *MOLTEN salt reactors, *RADIOACTIVE waste disposal, *RADIOACTIVE waste management, *GREENHOUSE gases, *NUCLEAR reactors

A Public Path to Building a Star on Earth: Until fusion technologies can meet society's goals, government-supported research should remain broad, and stakeholders should resist attempts to narrow its reach.

Authors: FORD, MICHAEL¹

Source: Issues in Science & Technology; Summer2024, Vol. 40 Issue 4, p63-67, 5p

Advanced High-Temperature Sodium-Cooled Thermal Reactors Using Less Than 10% Enriched UO2 Fuel.

Authors: Youinou, Gilles¹, gilles.youinou@inl.gov

Source: Nuclear Science & Engineering; Apr2025, Vol. 199 Issue 4, p613-630, 18p

Math's Hairiest Problem.

Authors: MURTAGH, JACK (AUTHOR)

Source: Scientific American. Mar2025, Vol. 332 Issue 3, p80-81. 2p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.

Subjects: NUCLEAR energy, RADIO antennas, RADIO engineering, MAGNETIC confinement, NUCLEAR reactors, FUSION reactors

Vibration control of a longitudinally vibrating rod connected through an elastic coupler by installing a nonlinear vibration reduction coupler.

Authors: Yan, Wanjun^1,2 (AUTHOR), Cui, Haijian³ (AUTHOR) chj841524537@163.com, Hu, Jie⁴ (AUTHOR), Li, Sheng³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration & Active Control. Mar2025, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p533-546. 14p.

Subject Terms: *CONTROL elements (Nuclear reactors), *NUMERICAL analysis, *NONLINEAR systems, *COUPLINGS (Gearing), *RESONANCE

Design and Analysis of Nuclear Transportation Cask Using Phase Changing Material.

Authors: Gudi, Girish Venkatesh¹, scholar.girishvenkateshgudi@gmail.com, Nagraj, R. G.², dr.abhijitd@dpcoepune.edu.in, Dandavate, Abhijit³, nagugr@gndecb.ac.in

Source: Technical Journal / Tehnički Glasnik; Mar2025, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p110-118, 9p

Purity control of simulated moving bed based on advanced fuzzy II controller.

Authors: Xie, Chao-Fan¹ (AUTHOR), Lin, Ting¹ (AUTHOR), Zhang, Hong² (AUTHOR) zhhgw@hotmail.com

Source: PLoS ONE. 2/24/2025, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p1-14. 14p.

Subject Terms: *MOVING bed reactors, *SEPARATION (Technology), *SIMPLICITY

Adsorption of Au(III), Pt(IV), Pd(II), and Rh(III) ions on activated carbon in a batch reactor supported by microwave radiation.

Authors: Michałek, Tomasz¹ (AUTHOR), Wojtaszek, Konrad¹ (AUTHOR), Youssif, Mahmoud M.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Żabiński, Piotr¹ (AUTHOR), Kołczyk-Siedlecka, Karolina¹ (AUTHOR), Kowalik, Remigiusz¹ (AUTHOR), Socha, Robert P.³ (AUTHOR), Hessel, Volker^4,5 (AUTHOR), Wojnicki, Marek¹ (AUTHOR) marekw@agh.edu.pl

Source: Scientific Reports. 2/18/2025, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-18. 18p.

Subject Terms: *PRECIOUS metals, *BATCH reactors, *ACTIVATED carbon, *ACTIVATION (Chemistry), *IONIC solutions, *IONIC strength

Enhanced exploration of LiF–NaF thermal conductivity through transferable equivariant graph neural networks.

Authors: Murg, Luca^1,2 (AUTHOR), Lee, Shao-Chun³ (AUTHOR), Grizzi, Vitor F.¹ (AUTHOR), Z, Y^1,3,4,5,6,7 (AUTHOR) yzyz@umich.edu

Source: Journal of Applied Physics. 2/14/2025, Vol. 137 Issue 6, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *GRAPH neural networks, *MOLTEN salt reactors, *HEAT storage, *AB-initio calculations, *THERMAL conductivity, *FUSED salts

ANFIS algorithm for mapping computational data of water reservoir homogenization with air bubble flows.

Authors: Kolsi, Lioua¹ (AUTHOR), Behroyan, Iman² (AUTHOR), Darweesh, Moustafa S.³ (AUTHOR), Alshammari, Badr M.⁴ (AUTHOR), Armaghani, T.⁵ (AUTHOR), Babanezhad, Meisam^5,6 (AUTHOR) meisam.babanezhad@gmail.com

Source: Scientific Reports. 2/12/2025, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-16. 16p.

Subject Terms: *BUBBLE column reactors, *ARTIFICIAL intelligence, *MEMBERSHIP functions (Fuzzy logic), *FUZZY logic, *FLUID flow

Cultivation of filamentous fungi in airlift bioreactors: advantages and disadvantages.

Authors: Cerrone, Federico^1,2 (AUTHOR) Federico.cerrone@dcu.ie, O'Connor, Kevin E.^2,3,4 (AUTHOR)

Source: Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology. 2/10/2025, Vol. 109 Issue 1, p1-23. 23p.

Subject Terms: *BUBBLE column reactors, *AIRLIFT bioreactors, *SCIENTIFIC literature, *FILAMENTOUS fungi, *CRITICAL velocity

Measurements of stable ruthenium fission products in nuclear reactor fuel samples.

Authors: Patton, Genna M.¹ (AUTHOR) gpatton@lanl.gov, Torrano, Zachary A.¹ (AUTHOR), Salazar, Amanda¹ (AUTHOR), Miller, Jeffrey¹ (AUTHOR), Sanborn, Matthew E.¹ (AUTHOR) sanborn@lanl.gov, Hanson, Susan K.¹ (AUTHOR) skhanson@lanl.gov

Source: Scientific Reports. 2/4/2025, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *NUCLEAR fuel rods, *PRESSURIZED water reactors, *FISSION products, *NUCLEAR nonproliferation, *RADIOACTIVE substances, *URANIUM isotopes, *NUCLEAR fuels