Nuclear researchers use the Denovo application to, among other things, model the behavior of neutrons in a nuclear power reactor.

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An application for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset has been submitted by EDF Energy.

BBC: Hinkley Point C application submitted

Meanwhile, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing GE's application to build a plant.

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As it happens, while I was visiting Fort McMurray a company called the Energy Alberta Corporation filed an application to build a pair of nuclear reactors four hundred miles west of town.

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"The application of such studies to anything other than a nuclear explosive is unclear to the agency, " the report says.

BBC: UN nuclear agency IAEA: Iran 'studying nuclear weapons'

Developer Horizon Nuclear Power has previously said it hopes to lodge a planning application for the new Wylfa plant by the end of 2011.

BBC: Wylfa among locations chosen for new nuclear stations

We reiterated the importance of a full and non-selective application and implementation of the NPT's three pillars - nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, and peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

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Frank Barnaby, a respected nuclear physicist and weapons expert, says that a version of the compound with some military application may have been developed in the Soviet Union.

ECONOMIST: Red mercury

With the Entervise Remote Expert application running on Motorola's HC1 headset computer, we can perform independent quality oversight at nuclear power plants without requiring a second person to enter restricted areas.

ENGADGET: Motorola Solutions outs HC1 head-mounted computer, keeps workers' hands free in sticky situations (update: video)