‘Incredible Milestone’ Reached on MARVEL Microreactor Enables Project to Proceed

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:01:23 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) MARVEL microreactor achieved 90% final design, a key step that will allow the project to move forward with preparation for fabrication and construction. “This […]

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Deloitte Report Details Importance of Energy Storage to U.S. Power Grid

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:04:52 +0000

Energy industry analysts have said energy storage will be needed to support the integration of renewable energy into the U.S. power grid, and to provide grid flexibility and reliability. Energy […]

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DOD Advances X-Energy Mobile Nuclear Microreactor as Second Project Pele Design

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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U.S. Air Force Selects Fast Microreactor for Nuclear Power Pilot

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:54:58 +0000

The U.S. Air Force’s first nuclear microreactor planned for Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska under a federal nuclear microreactor pilot program will be an Oklo liquid metal-cooled fast reactor. […]

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Centrus, Oklo Set Out to Solidify HALEU Fuel Cycle, Trade Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel

Credit 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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Centrus Gets NRC Green Light to Introduce Uranium Into HALEU Nuclear Enrichment Cascade

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:11:55 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has allowed Centrus Energy—a firm contracted by the  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production with domestic technology—to introduce uranium […]

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U.S. DOE Releases Report for Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:40:40 +0000

The U.S. recently took another important step in implementing a comprehensive strategy to advance the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. The Biden-Harris administration on June 5 […]

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Fusion Energy Projects Get Boost from DOE Funding

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:51:40 +0000

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first round of awardees of the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program. The program is the latest in a series of efforts designed to […]

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OTEC, a Long-Stalled Baseload Ocean Power Technology, Is Seeing a Swell

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:40 +0000

A project to deploy a 1.5-MW commercial-scale ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) platform in the African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe by 2025 has gained a key design certification. The crucial

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