A near term lead cooled integral reactor that is passively safe for the Canadian oilsand market

April 7, 2017September 21, 2013 by Brian Wang

LEADIR-PS100 was presented by Ralph Hart at TEAC5 (Thorium Energy Alliance Conference) in May, 2013. Ralph Hart is Northern Nuclear chief engineer. LEAD‐cooled Integral Reactor ‐ Passively Safe is being developed for the Canadian oilsand market. LEADIR‐PS100 has an output of 100 MWth • Initial market focus is the Canadian Arctic and Western Canadian Oilsands. • …

Skin cancer vaccine in clinical trials was able to get complete regression in 50% of animals

April 7, 2017September 10, 2013 by Brian Wang

Harvard scientists, engineers, and clinicians announced that they have begun a Phase I clinical trial of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer. The technology was initially designed to target cancerous cells in skin, but might have application to other cancers. In the preclinical study reported in Science Translational …