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In First, NRC Approves Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Enriched up to 8% for Commercial Power Generation

February 15, 2024 admin advanced reactors, ATF, Business, commercial power generation, Fuel, full coverage, gnf, haleu, leu+, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear technology, Technology, u-235 enrichment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:33:06 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas (GNF) its first-ever authorization to produce nuclear fuel with uranium-235 (U-235) enrichments up to 8% for commercial power generation. GNF, […]

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DOE Launches Nuclear RFP for Uranium Enrichment to Expand Domestic HALEU Chain

January 14, 2024 admin advanced reactors, Business, deconversion, DOE, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, natrium, news, Nuclear, office of nuclear energy, power, recycling, rfp, supply chains, terrapower, uranium enrichment, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:49:07 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for uranium enrichment and storage services as part of a measure aimed at stimulating a domestic supply […]

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UK Eyes Domestic HALEU Nuclear Fuel Production as Global Interest Ramps Up

January 13, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, energy policy, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, global nuclear market, haleu, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear reactor, power, Russia, supply chains, Technology, tenex, trends, uk, uranium enrichment

Credit 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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INL Achieves Fabrication of Commercial-Grade Specialized Nuclear Fuel Pellets

November 22, 2023 admin accident tolerant fuel, centrus, DOE, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, inl, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:24:32 +0000

In early 2023, INL researchers fabricated roughly two dozen pellets of uranium dioxide (UO2) high-assay low-enriched uranium at the lab’s Experimental Fuels Facility at the Material and Fuels Complex. “These HALEU uranium dioxide fuel pellets are about the size of a gummy bear, seen here next to an INL business card,” the lab noted. Source: INL

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has fabricated roughly two dozen commercial-grade fuel pellets of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) uranium dioxide (UO2), the Department of Energy (DOE) revealed on Nov. 20. The […]

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

September 14, 2023 admin BWXT, commercial spin-offs, department of defense (dod), DOE, energy resilience, fossil fuel offsetting, full coverage, haleu, htgr, inl, microreactor, mobile nuclear power plant, news, Nuclear, nuclear power development, project pele, record of decision, record of decision (rod), Research and Development, Technology, triso, tristructural isotropic (triso) reactor fuel, x-energy

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

August 31, 2023 admin alaska, aurora powerhouse, Business, centrus, DOE, eielson air force base, federal microreactor pilot program, Fuel, haleu, news, Nuclear, nuclear licensing, nuclear micro-reactor, oklo, Technology, u.s. air force

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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HALEU Fuel, Grid, and WTE Cooling System Projects Featured in Power News and Notes (Aug. 30, 2023)

August 31, 2023 admin acc, air cooled condenser, avangrid, b&w, biomass, Business, BWXT, dlr, dynamic line ratings, Environmental, full coverage, haleu, International, linevision, news, news and notes, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, T&D, Technology, waste to energy

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

August 28, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, advanced nuclear fuel, american centrifuge plant, aurora powerhouse, Business, centrus, deconversion, DOE, enrichment, full coverage, haleu, Markets, microreactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear industry, oklo, Power Demand, supply chain, supply chains, Technology

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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Busy Week: News and Notes from the Power Industry (July 27, 2023)

July 27, 2023 admin aeroderivative, b&w, biomass, Business, BWXT, Carbon Capture, CCS, Coal, coal conversion, Fuel, Gas, gas turbine, ge vernova, haleu, International, news, news and notes, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power, power, Power Demand, Research and Development, space power, uk, Westinghouse

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

June 16, 2023 admin advanced reactors, american centrifuge cascade, centrus energy, DOE, haleu, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, uf6, uranium enrichment

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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