SMRs are cheaper and quicker to build than traditional reactors, and can also be deployed in remote regions and on ships and aircraft. Their “modular” format means they can be shipped by shipping container homes ideas from the factory and installed relatively quickly on any proposed site.
The scheme was set up by the Mountain Wave Project (MWP) and researchers from the German Aerospace Centre. Pilot Klaus Ohlmann, left, and co-pilot Jona Keimer, right, took an hour and a half to reach the summit after taking off from the base camp at Pokhara airport in Nepal on 28 January
The first 3D models of the Everest flight will be available in the coming weeks. The researchers are keeping a blog to provide additional details of their adventurous research expedition to the Himalayas.
The Stemme S10-VTX glider, pictured, was mounted with a specialist 3D Modular Airborne Camera System (MACS) built by the German Aerospace Centre. The 3D model will be used to help improve forecasts of landslides and floods resulting from the outbursting of glacial lakes
China has been looking into using small reactors to provide urban heating in the north and run desalination facilities along the coast. It is also using them to support construction activities in disputed parts of the South China Sea.
SHANGHAI, July 13 (Reuters) – China has started construction of the first commercial onshore nuclear project using its homegrown “Linglong One” small modular reactor (SMR) design, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Tuesday, about four years later than planned.
To cope with the high altitudes and cold temperatures of the Himalayas, pictured, which can drop to below -35°C, engineers put the camera through a series of tests before the flight. This included tests in a vacuum chamber, at moderate altitudes above the Alps and during unusual lighting conditions
German pilots flew the motorised glider, pictured, over the summit of Mount Everest and filmed the event using a specialist 3D camera. Researchers plan to use this footage to build a 3D model of the Nepalese mountain with a resolution down to 15 centimetres