Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:25:44 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has wrapped up its final safety evaluation for Kairos Power’s Hermes 2 “low power” advanced test facility, comprising two 35-MWth test molten salt reactors—similar to […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:08:05 +0000
Engineering giant Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with nuclear technology specialist BWXT Technologies to advance the design and development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor (BANR). The […]
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Credit to Author: Kaitlyn Albertoli| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:20:58 +0000
As climate change accelerates, rising humidity is causing an increase in the number and severity of storms occurring in the northern hemisphere. An academic study found that the frequency of […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:52:20 +0000
One of the largest solar-plus-storage installations in the U.S. has entered commercial operation. Primergy Solar and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners on July 18 announced that the Gemini Solar + Energy Storage […]
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Credit to Author: Angel Vina| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:28:28 +0000
By now, with the most devastating effects of the pandemic behind us, it’s important to remember the key takeaway—there’s no such thing as “business as usual.” As a result, companies have […]
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Credit to Author: Sally Jacquemin| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:55:56 +0000
Most people, when they imagine a power plant, picture equipment like smokestacks that stretch hundreds of feet into the sky, massive, spinning turbines and the hum of electric transmission lines […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:39:38 +0000
Adding new reactors to the U.S.’s fleet of nuclear power plants doesn’t happen every day. In fact, prior to the addition of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4, it hadn’t been done from scratch in decades
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:27:37 +0000
The Morrow Repower Project, winner of POWER’s 2024 Reinvention Award, exemplified a strategic coal-to-gas conversion at a brownfield site that masterfully combined cutting-edge advanced technology with a
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:26:28 +0000
Brazilian independent power generator Epasa faced significant environmental and operational challenges with heavy fuel oil sludge. Through innovative engineering and problem-solving, the company developed a
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:26:00 +0000
As the oldest renewable energy resource, hydropower is well-established as a reliable source of dispatchable energy. Yet, it is often overlooked and taken for granted. It’s commonly believed that hydro’s
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