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Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:58:06 +0000

Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more baseload power and emissions-free generation has some companies ready to restart idled

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Westinghouse, Radiant Secure $5M for Microreactor Tests at INL’s Pioneering DOME Testbed

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:55:53 +0000

Westinghouse and Radiant Industries have secured a $5 million Department of Energy (DOE) award to advance their microreactor designs for testing at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) testbed at […]

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The DOE’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has since 2021 set out to refurbish EBR II (which operated from 1964 – 1994) as a new test bed for higher thermal power reactor projects. The Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is a demonstration platform that is flexible enough to test four to five advanced reactors. Testing could begin in 2026. Source: DOE

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Entergy Louisiana Eyes 2.2 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation to Support Data Center Demand

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:39:57 +0000

A filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission shows that Entergy plans to build more than 2 GW of natural gas-fired power generation in the state, including a 1,500-MW facility […]

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SRP and EDP Renewables Announce New Energy Storage System to Support Increasing Energy Demand

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:05:07 +0000

Salt River Project (SRP) and Flatland Storage LLC, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA), have entered into an agreement to provide 200 MW of new energy […]

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