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The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competi...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: ROLLS-ROYCE POWER ENGINEERING PLC
The project investigates and develops innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies, addressing the carbon footprint of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Uranium has been the fuel for the world's commercial nuclear power stations. Its reserves are, however, finite and the demands of planned Generation III 'New Build' reactors could consume much of the available supply. Op...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge
The project assesses the sustainability and proliferation resistance of thorium-fuelled nuclear energy, which is an alternative fuel option for the nuclear fuel cycle.
Nuclear energy, derived from splitting the atom, is an important component of current UK electricity generation because it is low carbon and it is not affected by the weather. In order for the UK to reach its commitment ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Lancaster University
The project focuses on reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of nuclear fuel manufacture, which indirectly contributes to addressing the carbon footprint of the nuclear fuel cycle.