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ATM No 216 2026 FEB 24
Kairos, DOE enhance collaboration on advanced reactor design
- The US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power have entered into a USD27 million strategic partnership to accelerate the technology needed to deploy a new generation of advanced nuclear reactors.
- ORNL will provide expertise and access to specialised facilities to review and evaluate various aspects of Kairos Power's novel fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor design.
- Kairos is building the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor - known as Hermes 1 - in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
내년 고준위 방사성폐기물 처분시설 유치 지자체 공모
- 정부가 내년 중 고준위방사성폐기물(방폐물) 처분시설을 유치할 지방자치단체(지자체) 공모에본격 착수한다.
- 연내 부적합지역 배제 작업을 마친 후 내년엔 지자체 공모 절차를 진행한다는 게 위원회의목표다.
- 김현권 위원장은 “과학적 근거와 국민적 신뢰, 소통을 바탕으로 고준위방폐물 관리정책이 차질 없이 추진되도록 노력하겠다”고 말했다.
Reactor vessel installed at Lufeng 6
- The reactor pressure vessel has been hoisted into place at unit 6 of the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province.
- It is the second of two HPR1000 (Hualong One) units under construction at the site, where four CAP1000s are also planned.
- Units 5 and 6 are expected to be connected to the grid in 2028 and 2029, respectively.