#nuclear-power

#nuclear-power

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Rolls-Royce has received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop a nuclear reactor for a Moon base.The project will look into how nuclear power could be used to support a future base on the Moon for astronauts.

The 'STEAM+ Expo' logo which was used for the event (Image: Robert Dunn, organiser of the event) On Wednesday 22nd February 2023, Wimbledon High School held its very first STEAM+ Expo' with a theme of Hope through Action'.The evening welcomed staff, students, and friends of WHS to look at the climate crisis in a new light, addressing how what students learn at school provides the younger generation (those who will hopefully be the next world leaders and influencers) vital information to tackle climate change.

Ministers have warned energy firms that they must pass on the benefits of lower wholesale prices to consumers, amid concern that bills could rise this spring.In a speech on Wednesday, Grant Shapps will tell energy suppliers that reduced wholesale prices must be seen in consumer prices, no ifs, buts or maybes.

Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on March 29, 2023.Adem Altan, AFP Turkey's ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday re-emerged from a two-day absence and spoke by video link with Vladimir Putin at a virtual ceremony unveiling a Russian-built nuclear power plant.

Nolan teased the trailer will debut in theaters ahead of "Guardians of the Galaxy" showings in two weeks." Oppenheimer " is here, and while the world might not be forever changed, the trailer will certainly be an event.Universal Pictures unveiled the full trailer of Christopher Nolan's upcoming biographical feature about J. Robert Oppenheimer to CinemaCon 2023 attendees Wednesday night to rapturous applause from the audience.

A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, the repercussions continue to reverberate around the world.Not only has the war in Ukraine set off a geopolitical realignment, but it has caused economic hardship far from the epicenter of the fighting.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Government is adding to the risk that taxpayers and consumers will face unnecessary costs in the race to decarbonise the UK's power network by delaying a key planning document, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.

Russia says the top diplomats spoke on the move' at a G20 meeting in India but did not hold Ukraine negotiations.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have met briefly at a gathering of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries.

A row erupted between two of the European Union's biggest economies after Berlin upset some of its partners, notably France, by blocking at the last minute a landmark deal to prohibit new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035.The ban is key to Brussels' ambitious plan to become a climate neutral economy by 2050, with net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz bump fists after holding a joint news conference at the conclusion of an EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium December 17, 2021.Reuters (pool) A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatens to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders on Thursday.

North Korea on Monday described its latest ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea as leader Kim Jong Un called for his nuclear forces to sharpen their war readiness in the face of his rival's expanding military exercises with the United States.The report by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency came after the South Korean and Japanese militaries on Sunday detected North Korea firing a short-range ballistic missile into waters off its eastern coast.

Asia will for the first time use half of the world's electricity by 2025, even as Africa continues to consume far less than its share of the global population, according to a new forecast released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency.Much of Asia's electricity use will be in China, a nation of 1.4 billion people whose share of global consumption will rise from a quarter in 2015 to a third by the middle of this decade, the Paris-based body said.