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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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Small Modular Reactors Have High-Level Support

October 17, 2019 admin Business, DOE, Environmental, International, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear waste, Plant Design, rick perry, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology, wcs, wipp, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:03:58 +0000

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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry is headed to Brussels, Belgium, to promote small modular reactor (SMR) concepts to European Union (EU) prospects. Perry will be a featured speaker during the “1st U.S.-EU High-Level Industrial Forum on Small Modular Reactors,” which will be held Oct. 21. “The U.S. and the EU share a […]

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Industry Groups to Congress: Inaction on Nuclear Waste Not an Option

December 6, 2018 admin DOE, Fuel, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, Spent nuclear fuel, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:28:16 +0000

Fifteen notable industry groups have urged Congressional leaders to act on the federal used nuclear fuel program, noting no progress on the Yucca Mountain repository license application and consolidated interim storage is “untenable.” The broad coalition of labor unions, state public service commissioners, clean energy organizations, and energy trade associations told U.S. House and Senate […]

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Plans Move Forward for Privately Funded Storage of Nuclear Waste

September 5, 2018 admin Business, DOE, Environmental, holtec, interim storage partners, interim waste storage, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, NEW MEXICO, news, Nuclear, Technology, texas, Trump, Yucca Mountain

The Trump administration has revived the discussion of using Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a repository for the nation’s nuclear waste. Nevada officials remain opposed to the idea of putting spent nuclear fuel in long-term storage at a site about 100 miles from Las Vegas. But while a bill to resurrect Yucca Mountain as a […]

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Oyster Creek Will Close Sept. 17; Fuel Could Remain at Site for 60 Years

July 3, 2018 admin decommissioning, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, news, nine mile point, NRC, Nuclear, oyster creek, Yucca Mountain

Officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 2 said Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the country’s oldest operating nuclear power plant, will officially close on September 17. They also said radioactive material is likely to remain at the site in New Jersey until at least the late 2070s, and perhaps beyond. The […]

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