DOE Picks Six Companies to Provide HALEU Fuel Services for Advanced Reactors

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:51:10 +0000

The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced six companies have successfully bid to provide deconversion services for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel to support advanced nuclear reactors. The DOE on […]

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Nuclear Cogeneration Gains Momentum in Wyoming with New Microreactor Partnership

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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Graphic illustrating the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor (BANR), a transportable microreactor designed for efficient energy production using TRISO fuel.

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Nuclear Supply Chain for the BWRX-300 SMR Takes Shape

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:45:16 +0000

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is forming a group of qualified supply chain companies to help ensure the deployment of its BWRX-300 small nuclear modular reactor (SMR). The move comes […]

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GE Vernova in March suggested its SMR business could be scaled up to generate more than $2 billion in annual revenue by the mid-2030s. This image shows GE Vernova’s priority regions for SMR growth. Courtesy: GE Vernova

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DOD Advances X-Energy Mobile Nuclear Microreactor as Second Project Pele Design

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:52:44 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) has moved to develop a second transportable microreactor under Project Pele, granting X-energy a contract option to develop an enhanced engineering design. The one-year contract […]

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Wyoming Energy Authority Makes Investment Toward Microreactor Deployment

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:55:21 +0000

BWX Technologies (BWXT) said it was awarded a “two-phase, two-year contract” with the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in the state to […]

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HALEU Fuel, Grid, and WTE Cooling System Projects Featured in Power News and Notes (Aug. 30, 2023)

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:59:24 +0000

A number of companies with ties to the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has […]

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Busy Week: News and Notes from the Power Industry (July 27, 2023)

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:39:35 +0000

A number of companies in the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has been monitoring. […]

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DOD Picks BWXT Design for ‘Project Pele’ Prototype Nuclear Microreactor 

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:10:44 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) has picked BWX Technologies’ (BWXT’s) microreactor design for its “Project Pele” full-scale transportable prototype. The selection closes out a much-watched contest with X-energy for the contract from the DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) to build and operate what could be the nation’s first advanced microreactor.  Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT will now […]

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Green Light for Project Pele, Defense Department’s Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Demonstration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:29:06 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) will push forward on Project Pele, a much-watched mobile microreactor prototype, and demonstrate its full operation for a minimum of three years at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) on April 15 formally released a record of decision (ROD) to proceed with the program, […]

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