The U.S. Department of Energy conditionally allocates HALEU fuel to NASA and Radiant.
On July 23, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a conditional commitment to provide High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) to NASA and Radiant Industries to meet near-term fuel needs. This marks the third round of HALEU allocations; the materia
2026-07-27
South Korea demonstrates a silicon carbide semiconductor-based beta battery for the first time; the Nickel-63 nuclear battery promises long-term power supply.
On July 26, the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) announced that a team led by Senior Researcher Seo Jae-hwa from its Next-Generation Semiconductor Research Center, in collaboration with Professor Yoon Young-jun’s team at Kyungpo
2026-07-27
Lü Zhaoping's team advances research on radiation-resistant metallic materials to meet the needs of advanced nuclear energy systems.
Recently, the "High-Performance Metallic Materials" Innovative Research Group project—funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and led by Lv Zhaoping, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of the Unive
2026-07-27
South Korea Launches Construction of Trillion-Won Saebit Synchrotron Accelerator
On July 27, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the "Korea Saebit Accelerator" at the synchrotron radiation accelerator site in Ochang, Cheongju, Nor
2026-07-27
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- 1 Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Makes Important Progress in Electrolyzer Design and Electrocatalytic Materials Research
- 2 Major Scientific Facility Enables Breakthrough in New Energy Materials: IHEP Leverages Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility to Reveal High-Efficiency Crystallization Mechanism of Perovskite, Sub-module Photoelectric Conversion Efficiency Reaches 22.9%
- 3 The Chinese Academy of Sciences launches the "Scientific Frontier Extreme Breakthrough Program": the first batch deploys major tasks such as "new element synthesis," relying on large scientific facility clusters to push the limits of nuclear physics and materials science
- 4 Russia's SKIF Synchrotron Radiation Facility Hailed as a Milestone for Russian Science
- 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's "Luoshu" Ultra-Long Neutron Small-Angle Scattering Spectrometer Officially Commissioned
- 6 US Advanced Light Source Upgrade Advances, Soft X-ray Brightness to Increase at Least 100-Fold
- 7 Australia's OPAL Multipurpose Reactor Marks 20 Years of Operation: Supporting Nuclear Medicine, Industrial Silicon Irradiation, and Neutron Science
- 8 Lancaster University in the UK receives EPSRC funding to study antimatter production in intense laser pulses
- 9 CERN Accelerator Complex Enters Full LS3 Shutdown for Upgrades, Paving the Way for the High-Luminosity LHC Era
- 10 25 experimental stations of the PIK high-flux nuclear reactor at the Kurchatov Institute to be commissioned in December 2026
- 11 U.S. Company Proposes Americium-241 Radioisotope Heating Solution for Spacesuits, Receives Early NASA Research Support
- 12 First Heavy Ion Beam Obtained at DC-140 Accelerator of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia
- 13 Cathode High-Voltage Power Supply for CFQS Device ECRH System Manufactured by CNNC Tongchuang Successfully Shipped
- 14 EU Releases 2026–2027 Nuclear Research and Training Work Programme: Focusing on Safety, Innovation, and Capacity Building
- 15 Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches First Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers for Isotope Ratio Analysis