A device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity is referred to as an atomic battery, nuclear battery, radioisotope battery or radioisotope generator. They are not nuclear reactors because although they generate electricity from nuclear energy, they differ in that they do not use a chain reaction.
Yesterday, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the CNSC’s decision to amend the nuclear research and test establishment operating license held by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) for Chalk River Laboratories. The amendment authorizes the construction of a near surface disposal facility (NSDF) on the Chalk River Laboratories site, which is located in Deep River, Ontario.
Critics are labeling a new French energy bill that favors the further development of nuclear power as a step backward. The new bill avoids setting expected targets for solar and wind power and other renewals.
EDF Energy has proposed the creation of more than 800 acres of saltmarsh on the River Parrett in Somerset UK. This would serve as an alternative to the proposal for 280 underwater speakers to produce an acoustic fish deterrent at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided to lift an administrative order imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in 2021 that prohibited the company from moving nuclear fuel or loading it into reactors at the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.