Chinese pebble-bed nuclear reactor passes “meltdown” test

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The Shidaowan plant, a demonstration high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor with a pebble-bed module (HTR-PM), went into commercial operation last December. Shidaowan’s twin 100-MW units house tiny uranium capsules encased in graphite shells about the size of billiard balls (dubbed “pebbles”), which … Read more

CZ5B (Chinese rocket) Reentry Prediction

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Academic Space Leader to Serve Third Term on Aerospace’s Board of Trustees EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 23, 2020 – The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) has reelected Dr. Daniel E. Hastings, an academic leader with broad technical expertise and groundbreaking research in space, … December 2020