Scientists Just Discovered a New Way to Transform Matter
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a groundbreaking method to transform graphite into materials with ...
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Cracking graphite extends nuclear power station life
Magnox reactors, such as Wylfa and Oldbury, use a loose stack of several thousand graphite bricks to slow the neutrons created by uranium fission and thereby sustain the nuclear chain reaction. This ...
Unlocking graphite's potential: Sliding layers for advanced material properties
Can copper be turned into gold? For centuries, alchemists pursued this dream, unaware that such a transformation requires a ...
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Electricity generation at nuclear plant to fall by 40% after cracks find
the Office for Nuclear Regulations. In March this year a planned inspection of the graphite bricks that make up the core of Reactor 3 uncovered new "keyway root cracks". These were found to be ...
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Hunterston B to close two years early after cracks found in reactor core
The graphite bricks make up the channels where control rods are inserted to shut down the nuclear reaction in the event of an emergency. The operator has been modelling whether the integrity of ...
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Cracking graphite extends nuclear power station life
Magnox reactors, such as Wylfa and Oldbury, use a loose stack of several thousand graphite bricks to slow the neutrons created by uranium fission and thereby sustain the nuclear chain reaction. This ...