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Cyber Resilience for Wind Power Installations

February 28, 2023 admin Cybersecurity, full coverage, idaho national lab, inl, news, offshore wind, power, Renewables, sandia national labs, Wind, wind power, wind turbine

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:09:47 +0000

A tailored approach to evaluating and implementing benefit-based cybersecurity technologies for wind power plants. Recent research and development (R&D) have provided insights into cybersecurity strategies and business cases for cybersecurity investments. These findings will help renewable sector entities tailor an approach to evaluating and implementing cybersecurity technologies for wind power plants. A Cyber Resilient Reference […]

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How NRIC Is Helping Advance Technology for the Nuclear Power Industry

November 17, 2022 admin advanced reactor, engineering, full coverage, inl, national labs, national reactor innovation center, news, nric, Nuclear, power, Research and Development

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:44:34 +0000

The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) is a national Department of Energy (DOE) program led by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) that allows collaborators to harness the world-class capabilities of the U.S. National Laboratory System. NRIC supports the construction and demonstration of advanced reactor systems through a suite of services and capabilities. “Our vision is […]

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You’ve Heard of Offshore Wind; Now, Offshore Nuclear Is a Thing

September 1, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, core power, DOE, engineering, floating nuclear, full coverage, inl, International, mit energy initiative, news, Nuclear, offshore nuclear, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, terrapower

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:15:43 +0000

CORE POWER announced that it and its partners, the MIT Energy Initiative and the Idaho National Laboratory, were granted funding by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the U.S. “It is an important step forward for […]

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NASA Picks Three Nuclear Power Concepts for Demonstration on the Moon

June 23, 2022 admin battelle, Business, engineering, fission, fission surface power, full coverage, inl, lunar power, microreactor, nasa, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, space power, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:38:28 +0000

Three teams comprising some of the most prominent engineering and technology firms in the U.S. will provide initial designs for a fission surface power (FSP) system as part of a federal project to demonstrate a 40-kW nuclear reactor for power applications on the moon. NASA and Battelle Energy Alliance—the contracted entity that manages and operates […]

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DOE’s Decision to Build Versatile Test Reactor Coming Soon

May 18, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, DOE, fast neutron, full coverage, inl, Legislative, microreactor, news, Nuclear, ornl, Research and Development, Technology, vtr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:53:50 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is poised to decide whether it will build the 300-MWth Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), a fast neutron national user facility that could provide the nuclear industry with a much-needed high-performance testing capability for advanced reactors and existing commercial reactors. The DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) on May 13 released […]

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INL Mulling Building New Nuclear Reactor to Energize Net-Zero Campus Microgrid

April 29, 2022 admin Business, Climate, climate change, Environmental, full coverage, inl, microgrid, microreactor, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, SCIENCE, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:30:48 +0000

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is exploring designing, building, and operating an onsite nuclear reactor resource as part of a broader effort to achieve net-zero emissions at its sprawling campus in Idaho Falls by 2031. Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), an entity that manages and operates the Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, on April 29 launched […]

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Distributed Renewables Cyber Resilience

April 7, 2022 admin connected plant, cyberattack, Cybersecurity, distributed energy, full coverage, idaho national laboratory, iiot, inl, news, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, T&D, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:51:28 +0000

The benefits of renewable energy continue to grow, with wind generation supplying 9.2% of generation in the U.S. and up to 22.6% in other western countries like Germany. Solar is at 2.8% in the U.S. (for utility-scale installations) and near 10% in Germany. Through diversification and greater distribution system integration, the application of renewable energy […]

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Xcel Energy Considering Nuclear Operator Role at Idaho NuScale SMR Plant

March 2, 2022 admin Business, carbon-free power project, engineering, Fluor, inl, news, Nuclear, NuScale, O&M, uamps, voygr, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:37:54 +0000

Xcel Energy is exploring a role as operator of the 462-MWe Carbon-Free Power Project (CFPP), potentially becoming a key member of the first-of-its-kind small modular reactor (SMR) power plant that is under development at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site in Idaho Falls. The development is another sizable step for the six-module NuScale Power VOYGR project. […]

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Nuclear Field Activities Completed for Idaho NuScale SMR Project

February 4, 2022 admin Business, carbon-free power project, cfpp, engineering, Fluor, idaho, inl, news, Nuclear, NuScale, smr, Technology, uamps, voygr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:33:18 +0000

The 462-MWe Carbon-Free Power Project—the first six-module NuScale Power VOYGR-6 power plant—has completed field investigation activities at its Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The achievement announced on Feb. 3 marks a major milestone for CFPP LLC, the entity Utah state energy services interlocal agency Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) established […]

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Exclusive: Why Oklo’s Demonstration of HALEU Could Be Groundbreaking for New Nuclear

February 20, 2020 admin aurora reactor, Business, DOE, downblending, eletrometallurgical process, enriched uranium, Fuel, haleu, heu, inl, Markets, micro-reactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oklo, Research and Development, supply chains, Technology, uranium enrichment, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:06:59 +0000

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In an exclusive interview, executives from Silicon Valley–based Oklo, a company Idaho National Laboratory (INL) chose this week to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind use of recycled high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel in its full-size Aurora micro-reactor, told POWER that the project could have broad implications for the future of nuclear power. Marking a significant boost for […]

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