U.S. Air Force Selects Fast Microreactor for Nuclear Power Pilot

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:54:58 +0000

The U.S. Air Force’s first nuclear microreactor planned for Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska under a federal nuclear microreactor pilot program will be an Oklo liquid metal-cooled fast reactor. […]

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Centrus, Oklo Set Out to Solidify HALEU Fuel Cycle, Trade Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:40:45 +0000

Centrus, a firm poised to demonstrate high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production, will partner with microreactor technology developer Oklo on several pioneering steps to build out the HALEU front-end supply chain, […]

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Centrus Gets NRC Green Light to Introduce Uranium Into HALEU Nuclear Enrichment Cascade

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:11:55 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has allowed Centrus Energy—a firm contracted by the  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production with domestic technology—to introduce uranium […]

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U.S. DOE Releases Report for Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:40:40 +0000

The U.S. recently took another important step in implementing a comprehensive strategy to advance the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. The Biden-Harris administration on June 5 […]

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Fusion Energy Projects Get Boost from DOE Funding

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:51:40 +0000

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first round of awardees of the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program. The program is the latest in a series of efforts designed to […]

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OTEC, a Long-Stalled Baseload Ocean Power Technology, Is Seeing a Swell

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:40 +0000

A project to deploy a 1.5-MW commercial-scale ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) platform in the African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe by 2025 has gained a key design certification. The crucial

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DOE: MARVEL Microreactor Prototype Installed, Gearing Up for Testing

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 18:21:22 +0000

A full-scale electrically heated prototype of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 100-kWth MARVEL nuclear microreactor has been successfully installed at a facility in New Freedom, Pennsylvania, and is readying for […]

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U.S. Power Sector Trade Groups Flag Critical Electrical Steel Crunch

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 14:52:46 +0000

Nine trade groups—including four representing the power sector—have urged the Biden administration to prioritize actions that support the domestic production of electrical steel, warning that shortages are contributing to “significant […]

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Oklo’s Next Two Nuclear Power Plants Planned for Southern Ohio

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 15:53:50 +0000

Advanced nuclear reactor technology firm Oklo will build its second and third commercial 15-MWe Aurora Powerhouse reactors on land owned by the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI), a community reuse […]

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