Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:59:12 +0000
While the past year has marked stunning triumphs for nuclear energy, experts caution that high costs, regulatory bottlenecks, and the need for market alignment remain major hurdles on the path to a true
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:08:59 +0000
Marking the first-ever revival of a nuclear power plant in the U.S., the Department of Energy (DOE) on Sept. 30 finalized a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec International to […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:33:02 +0000
Municipal power utility Idaho Falls Power (IFP) has announced it is negotiating a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aalo Atomics, a 2022-founded nuclear engineering firm inspired by Idaho National Laboratory […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:31:00 +0000
Construction of Hermes, Kairos Power’s 35-MWth iterative non-power demonstration molten salt nuclear reactor, has officially kicked off in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The effort marks another major step for the burgeoning advanced […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:08:05 +0000
Engineering giant Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with nuclear technology specialist BWXT Technologies to advance the design and development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor (BANR). The […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 02:29:02 +0000
In a strategic move to jumpstart domestic uranium enrichment capacity in the U.S., the Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a request for proposals (RFP) to buy low-enriched uranium (LEU) […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:50:50 +0000
Bill Gates’ nuclear innovation firm TerraPower has broken ground on the non-nuclear portion of Kemmerer Unit 1, a 345-MW Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) power plant. The groundbreaking on June […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 12:05:33 +0000
The White House has unveiled a suite of new measures aimed at slashing risks associated with new nuclear reactor development and construction, underscoring its policy push to champion nuclear. At […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 14:01:40 +0000
A year after EPRI and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) unveiled the first phase of their Advanced Reactor Roadmap, the nuclear industry and its stakeholders have rallied to make significant […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 19:22:39 +0000
The U.S. Senate on April 30 passed—by unanimous consent—a bill to ban imports of unirradiated low-enriched uranium (LEU) produced in Russia. The bill now heads to the president’s desk for […]
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