Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:52:44 +0000
The Department of Defense (DOD) has moved to develop a second transportable microreactor under Project Pele, granting X-energy a contract option to develop an enhanced engineering design. The one-year contract […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:55:21 +0000
BWX Technologies (BWXT) said it was awarded a “two-phase, two-year contract” with the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in the state to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:59:24 +0000
A number of companies with ties to the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:39:35 +0000
A number of companies in the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has been monitoring. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:10:44 +0000
The Department of Defense (DOD) has picked BWX Technologies’ (BWXT’s) microreactor design for its “Project Pele” full-scale transportable prototype. The selection closes out a much-watched contest with X-energy for the contract from the DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) to build and operate what could be the nation’s first advanced microreactor. Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT will now […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:29:06 +0000
The Department of Defense (DOD) will push forward on Project Pele, a much-watched mobile microreactor prototype, and demonstrate its full operation for a minimum of three years at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) on April 15 formally released a record of decision (ROD) to proceed with the program, […]
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