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Focused Energy, Livermore Lab Join in Support of Fusion Research

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:00:36 +0000

Focused Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have announced the signing of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to develop a model simulating the behavior of […]

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Texas A&M Launches SMR ‘Energy Proving Ground’ with Selection of Four Nuclear Firms

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:48:21 +0000

Texas A&M University System has unveiled four nuclear developers with which it plans to explore building and operating small modular reactor plants (SMRs) at its Texas A&M-RELLIS campus near College […]

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Artist’s rendering of Texas A&M’s ‘Energy Proving Ground’ at the RELLIS Campus, where four selected nuclear developers will advance SMR technology and testing. Courtesy: TAMU

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Streamlining Outage Efficiency at a Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:00:19 +0000

Nuclear power plant outages demand efficiency, safety, and a high level of coordination to execute time-critical tasks and bring plants back online quickly. When a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant faced […]

The post Streamlining Outage Efficiency at a Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Major Solar Tracker Technology Deal as Kinematics Completes Acquisition of P4Q

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:32:05 +0000

Kinematics, an Arizona-headquartered global group focused on intelligent motion control, said it has completed its acquisition of P4Q. Kinematics on Feb. 4 said it will now integrate P4Q’s high-performance electronics […]

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Could Space Solar Power Play a Key Role in Disaster Relief?

Credit to Author: Srikanth Raviprasad| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:09:34 +0000

The Los Angeles wildfires of January 2025 highlight a critical vulnerability in disaster response: power failure. With insured losses potentially reaching $45 billion and more than 170,000 residents displaced, reliable […]

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CORE POWER Hires Engineering Firm to Support Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:35:07 +0000

Shipping nuclear propulsion start-up CORE POWER, which in November of last year announced a deal with Westinghouse for design and development of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs), has hired an […]

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Mattiq Partners With Heraeus to Advance Electrocatalyst Innovation for Hydrogen Production

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:21:33 +0000

Mattiq, a Chicago, Illinois-headquartered clean chemistry company, on Jan. 30 announced a strategic partnership with global metals company Heraeus Precious Metals to develop and commercialize advanced electrocatalyst materials for green […]

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