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Babcock has announced further progress on its efforts to dismantle and recycle a UK Royal Navy (RN) decommissioned ...
“Life on a submarine is not for everyone,” the retired Commander added. “While the training is intense, you do not know if ...
The United Kingdom’s latest Strategic Defence Review (SDR) has underlined the UK Royal Navy core role in North Atlantic ...
China has approved the construction of 10 new nuclear reactors, aiming to surpass the United States as the top nuclear power producer by 2030. The United States is also accelerating its nuclear ...
Interest in advanced nuclear reactors has been growing among states. Advanced nuclear reactors are typically considered non-light water reactors and small modular light water reactors, according ...
A recent article published by Plymouth Plus, titled “Disaster as broken £1 billion nuclear submarine arrives ... The report, which states that the Royal Navy’s HMS Astute arrived with a potentially ...
The current fleet of nuclear reactors are based in huge imposing facilities generally located in isolated locations away from population centers. This need not be the case. In the near future ...
“The UK nuclear-powered submarine HMS Astute docking in Gibraltar’s military ... say the vessels are equipped to shield the nuclear reactors, preventing it from escaping into the environment.
HMS Astute arriving in Gibraltar this morning ... It was reported that no crew members were injured during the collision and that the submarine's nuclear reactor section remained undamaged.
And if that wasn't enough to give a nuclear engineer a haunted look, there's the problem of fabricating the fuel for the reactor. You can't use metallic uranium like in conventional fuel rods.
The Royal Navy has officially named its 6th Astute-class submarine, HMS Agamemnon, in a formal ceremony marking a key milestone in its journey to service. This state-of-the-art nuclear-powered ...
Her sister ship, HMS Astute, visited Gibraltar earlier this year. Anson's nuclear reactor will not need to be refuelled during the boat's 25-year service. Since the submarine can purify water and air, ...