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DOE Confirms Fusion Energy Milestone at California Lab

December 13, 2022 admin California, DOE, fusion, lawrence livermore national laboratory, national ignition facility, news, Nuclear, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:08:55 +0000

The first nuclear fusion reaction to result in a net energy gain has been successfully completed by scientists at a laboratory in California, a milestone in the decades-long pursuit of a way to produce unlimited energy with no carbon emissions or nuclear waste. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm made the official announcement Dec. 13 during […]

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U.S. Officials Set to Announce Fusion Energy Breakthrough

December 12, 2022 admin DOE, fusion, Interview, lawrence livermore, news, Nuclear, podcast, power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 04:46:43 +0000

U.S. scientists reportedly have carried out the first nuclear fusion experiment to achieve a net energy gain. The Dept. of Energy (DOE) is expected to announce the breakthrough on Dec. 13, according to news reports late Sunday. The nuclear power industry has pursued fusion technology for decades, with a renewed emphasis for those efforts in […]

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Underground Water Battery To Bust Energy Storage Dam Wide Open

December 2, 2022 admin arpa-e, clean power, clean tech, closed loop energy storage, cps energy, DOE, Energy, Energy Storage, hydroelectric, national hydropower association, nrel, pumped hydro, quidnet energy, renewable energy, san antonio, texas, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:30:56 +0000

Pumped hydro already accounts for 93% of utility-scale energy storage in the US, and plans are in the works to build up from there.

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DOE Grants First-Round Civil Nuclear Credit Award—$1.1B—to Diablo Canyon

November 23, 2022 admin Business, civil credit nuclear program, climate change, cnc, diablo canyon, DOE, economics, Environmental, full coverage, funding, holtec, Legislative, news, Nuclear, palisades, PG&E, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:12:24 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first round of funding from its $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program is poised to go to Diablo Canyon Power Plant, California’s only operational nuclear plant. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Diablo Canyon’s owner, could receive up to $1.1 billion in credits to extend the 2.2-GW plant’s operation for […]

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Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Are Heading Out To Sea

November 11, 2022 admin arc industries, arcus, arpa-e, clean power, clean tech, DOE, Energy, hover, offshore vertical axis wind turbines, offshore wind energy, renewable energy, rooftop wind turbine, sandia, seatwirl, uge, us department of energy (doe), usa, vertical axis wind turbines, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:05:14 +0000

Vertical axis wind turbines will soon be coming to a rooftop (or ocean) near you, if all goes according to plan.

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Six Major Electric Utilities Join Forces to Pursue a Southeastern Hydrogen Hub

November 3, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Coal, DOE, dominion energy, duke energy, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, Hydro, hydrogen, hydrogen hub, iija, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Southern Co., TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:48:30 +0000

Marking intent interest from the power sector in hydrogen’s decarbonization potential, six major utilities—Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E), Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU), Southern Co., and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)—have announced they will jointly pursue federal financial support for a Southeast Hydrogen Hub. The utilities, along with Battelle, an independent […]

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PacifiCorp, TerraPower Evaluating Deployment of Up to Five Additional Natrium Advanced Reactors

October 28, 2022 admin Business, Coal, coal plants, DOE, full coverage, natrium, news, Nuclear, pacificorp, Technology, terrapower

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:15:45 +0000

Regulated utility PacifiCorp has launched a joint study with nuclear technology firm TerraPower to evaluate the feasibility of deploying up to five additional Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactors (SFRs) and integrated energy storage systems at retired coal plant sites in the utility’s service territory by 2035. The joint study “will evaluate, among other things, the […]

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Nuclear Fuel Facility Unveiled for Natrium Fast Reactor Demonstration

October 27, 2022 admin Business, DOE, full coverage, geh, gnf-a, haleu, natrium, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, triso-x, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:11:52 +0000

A fuel fabrication facility that will create reliable fuel for TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) 345-MWe Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactor (SFR) demonstration in Wyoming and future Natrium nuclear plants is taking shape at Global Nuclear Fuel–Americas’ (GNF-A’s) nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. GNF-A, a 2007-established GE-led joint venture with […]

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U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing May Be Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

October 27, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, advanced nuclear fuel, argonne, Business, curio, DOE, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, International, mox, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oklo, pyroprocessing, recycling, reprocessing, separation, supply chains, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:47:24 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has ramped up efforts to explore recycling spent nuclear fuel (SNF), or used nuclear fuel (UNF), from the nation’s fleet of light water reactors (LWRs), doling out $38 million in federal awards to a dozen projects on Oct. 21. Teams will receive funding under the DOE’s March 2022–launched “Converting UNF […]

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DOE Unveils Next Steps for Nuclear Waste Consent-Based Siting Process

September 22, 2022 admin blue ribbon commission, Business, consent-based siting, DOE, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, nwpa, Spent nuclear fuel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:11:33 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated community outreach to facilitate consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), and interim storage facility siting. The effort, outlined in a series of steps the DOE expects to take in response to a recent request for public input, marks a significant first step toward advancing the agency’s […]

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