Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:24:27 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed its staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance to create Part 53, a much-awaited risk-informed and technology-inclusive licensing framework geared toward […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:14:49 +0000
Nuclear energy has long been a topic of debate due to concerns about its environmental impact and the disposal of nuclear waste. However, a paradigm shift is underway that could […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:25:46 +0000
Kairos Power will secure $303 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) under a novel performance-based, fixed-price milestone approach to support the design, construction, and commissioning of its 35-MWth Hermes […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:57:52 +0000
Community Nuclear Power (CNP), the UK’s only independent small modular reactor (SMR) development company, will spearhead a project to build four Westinghouse AP300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in North Teeside, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:43:16 +0000
A report published by the Pueblo Innovative Energy Solutions Advisory Committee (PIESAC) says the closure of Comanche Unit 3, a coal-fired power plant capable of generating about 800 MW gross, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:17:02 +0000
The UK may be poised to become the first European country to launch domestic production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU). New funding announced by the country’s government this week signifies […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:17:24 +0000
China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) announced on Dec. 6 that China’s independently developed high-temperature gas-cooled modular pebble bed (HTR-PM) reactor demonstrator had commenced commercial operation. The HTR-PM project was constructed […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:10:01 +0000
Westinghouse’s first customer for its eVinci microreactor—a flagship 5-MWe/13 MWth “nuclear battery”—is poised to be the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Canada’s second-largest research and technology organization. The commercial laboratory that […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:40:45 +0000
Centrus, a firm poised to demonstrate high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production, will partner with microreactor technology developer Oklo on several pioneering steps to build out the HALEU front-end supply chain, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:37 +0000
Efforts by Japanese nuclear fuel manufacturers to develop accident tolerant fuel (ATF) materials are making progress, and their commercialization is currently expected between 2030 and 2035 after key
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