News articles tagged with 'reactor'
Tried and true recipes
— 5 Mar 2011 13:15 | TechnologyNuclear reactor technology research dwindled away when nuclear power fell out of favor several decades ago. Renewed interest in fission-based energy means knowledge gained in past research…
Trapped sunlight cleans water
— 11 Jan 2011 17:50 | PhysicsHigh energy costs are one drawback of making clean water from waste effluents. According to an article in the journal Biomicrofluidics, which is published by the American Institute…
TU Delft to help cancer patients
— 25 Sep 2010 12:20 | HealthTU Delft's nuclear research reactor will be used as a back-up facility for the production of the radioactive isotope molybdenum-99, when supplies run out. Molybdenum-99 is widely used…
Scientists call for a global nuclear renaissance in new study
— 13 Aug 2010 07:42 | TechnologyScientists outline a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy that could see nuclear reactors with replaceable parts, portable mini-reactors, and ship-borne…
SNM cautions that Canada's Chalk River coming back online will not solve long-term isotope shortage
— 9 Jul 2010 09:58 | HealthSNM is optimistic that the anticipated recommencement of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)-run National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Canada, will provide…
Cyclotrons could alleviate medical isotope shortage
— 8 Jun 2010 13:15 | HealthThe most widely used medical radioisotope, Technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is essential for an estimated 70,000 medical imaging procedures that take place daily around the world. Ageing reactors,…
Advancing the nuclear enterprise through better computing
— 19 May 2010 12:05 | TechnologyScientists at the Nuclear Science and Technology Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are merging decades of nuclear energy and safety expertise…
Using supercomputers to explore nuclear energy
— 23 Jan 2010 09:30 | TechnologyEver wanted to see a nuclear reactor core in action? A new computer algorithm developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory allows scientists…
SNM applauds House action to build medical isotopes reactor in the US
— 8 Nov 2009 11:28 | HealthSNM applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its passage of H.R. 3276 - the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009…
Worldwide isotope shortage continues to pose significant challenges
— 9 Sep 2009 14:23 | HealthSNM recently conducted a survey of nuclear pharmacies - pharmacies that supply the critical radioisotope Technetium-99m, which is used in more than 16 million nuclear medicine tests…