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Oklo Microreactor Is INL’s Pick for First-of-a Kind HALEU-Fueled Nuclear Demonstration

February 19, 2020 admin advanced reactors, batelle, Business, DOE, downblending, haleu, inl, Markets, micro-reactor, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, oklo, Research and Development, Technology, u-235

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:51:24 +0000

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Oklo, developer of a 1.5-MW passive compact fast reactor, will be the first to receive high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) nuclear fuel from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to aid a first-of-its-kind demonstration of its Aurora microreactor, which could begin in 2024. Marking a significant boost for advanced nuclear innovation, which industry experts are banking on to […]

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Here’s How Energy Storage Kills Coal, One Factory At A Time

February 13, 2020 admin advanced manufacturing, Coal, DOE, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, ieefa, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:27:21 +0000

A new round of $187 million for energy storage and energy efficiency R&D will squeeze coal out of power plants and factories, too

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Engineering Group: American Gas Turbines Will Remain Relevant But Need Advancement

February 12, 2020 admin Business, climate change, Cybersecurity, decarbonization, DOE, engineering, Environmental, Fuel, Gas, gas turbine research, gas turbines, hydrogen, International, Markets, national academies, news, r&d, Renewables, Research and Development, storage, technologies, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:26:45 +0000

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Given current trends, the U.S. gas turbine industry is set to play a critically important role in power generation, aircraft propulsion, and the oil and gas industry “for decades to come,” but it could benefit from prioritized research and development (R&D) and technological leadership, a new publication from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and […]

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Nuclear a Major Focus in Trump’s Latest Budget Request—and 8 Other Takeaways

February 11, 2020 admin Artificial Intelligence, Budget, budget request, Business, Coal, Cybersecurity, DOE, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, fossil energy, funding, fy2021, Gas, iiot, iiot power, loan guarantees, Markets, national security, news, Nuclear, pmas, programs, quantum information science, Renewables, Research and Development, secretary of energy, Solar, Technology, TVA, Wind, wind and solar

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:23:04 +0000

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Yucca Mountain, the 1987 Congressionally appointed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF), may be officially dead; transmission assets held by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and three Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) will be put up for sale; and hundreds of millions of dollars in unobligated balances for flagship programs like the Advanced Research […]

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DOE Announces Additional $64 Million for Clean Coal Projects

February 7, 2020 admin atlantic council, brouillette, Business, clean coal, Coal, coal first, DOE, news, Renewables

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:21:31 +0000

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has earmarked $64 million in additional funding for research and development of smaller, more efficient, and cleaner coal plants. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette on Feb. 7 announced the money would be part of the DOE’s “Coal FIRST Initiative,” telling the audience at an Atlantic Council meeting Friday in Washington, […]

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More & Better Electric Vehicles For US Auto Industry: Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work

January 30, 2020 admin clean transport, DOE, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Electricity, Energy, gm, mark w. menezes, United States, US

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:40:39 +0000

Coal is out, oil and natural gas on the run as Energy Department launches aggressive new push for electric vehicles and electrification — wait, what

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MOX Nuclear Fuel Loaded in Russian Reactor, More to Come

January 28, 2020 admin Department of Energy, DOE, Fuel, International, mixed-oxide fuel, mox, mox fuel fabrication facility, national nuclear security administration, news, nnsa, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant, O&M, Plant Design, rosatom, Russia, Safety, savannah river, tvel

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:45:33 +0000

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Power plant engineers have loaded 18 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies in Unit 4 at the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Distinct from traditional nuclear fuel with enriched uranium, MOX fuel pellets are based on the mix of nuclear fuel cycle derivatives, such as plutonium oxide bred in commercial reactors and uranium oxide […]

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Sneaky: Energy Department Pushes Electric Vehicles Under Trump’s Nose

January 24, 2020 admin batteries, clean transport, consumer technology, dan brouillette, DOE, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, enevate, ev batteries, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev r&d, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, rice university, us doe

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:10:13 +0000

The Energy Department is pursuing a mobility future populated by electric vehicles, despite the recently impeached President’s support for fossil fuel

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Interest in DOE’s Versatile Test Reactor Heats Up

January 23, 2020 admin battelle, bea, bechtel, Business, DOE, ge hitachi, inl, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Technology, terrapower, versatile test reactor, vtr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:35:21 +0000

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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and TerraPower are jointly pursuing an opportunity to design and build the U.S. Department of Energy’s Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), an experimental fast neutron nuclear reactor that could start up by 2026. The companies on Jan. 21 announced they collaborated on a response to an expression of interest (EOI) issued […]

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U.S. Company Has Deal with Jordan for Nuclear Technology

January 2, 2020 admin Business, clay sell, dod, DOE, ge global nuclear fuel, International, jordan, jordan atomic energy commission, nasa, news, Nuclear, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology, triso, x-energy

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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There have long been grand plans for developing nuclear power in the Middle East. After Iran brought the Bushehr plant online in 2011, the country talked of building another dozen or so reactors. Saudi Arabia

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