Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:22:40 +0000
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) has continued to announce billions of dollars of loan guarantees to energy companies in the final days of the Biden administration, including for upgrades […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:20 +0000
Advanced nuclear technology firm Oklo is partnering with Texas-based prime and backup solutions company RPower to roll out an innovative “phased energy model” that will combine natural gas and nuclear […]
The post Nuclear-Gas Synergy: Oklo and RPower Unveil Phased Model to Address Data Center Power Demands appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:10:42 +0000
Sweden has broken ground on its final repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)—a milestone reached after 40 years of research and development—making it the world’s second deep geological repository (DGR) […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:51:31 +0000
San Miguel Electric Cooperative Inc. (SMECI), a not-for-profit generation and transmission rural electric cooperative located in Atascosa County, Texas, was awarded more than $1.4 billion through the U.S. Department of […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:31:46 +0000
Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development, […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:43:26 +0000
Steam is used for a wide variety of critical processes across many industrial sectors. For example, the food and beverage industry uses steam for sterilization of food processing equipment; cooking, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:27:02 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named six companies that will compete for 10-year contracts totaling $2.7 billion for the supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to support the nation’s […]
The post Six Companies Tapped for $2.7 Billion LEU Push to Boost Domestic Nuclear Fuel Supply appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:29:52 +0000
Russia has launched its third cycle of testing innovative uranium-plutonium REMIX fuel at the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant in Saratov Oblast, a key step that advances the closed nuclear fuel […]
The post Russia Advances REMIX Fuel Trials in Boost for Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:48:50 +0000
Houston-based geothermal technology firm Quaise Energy is exploring how geothermal heat could hybridize and decarbonize a remote, privately owned power coal-fired plant that supports mining operations at Nevada Gold Mines […]
The post Quaise Partners with Nevada Gold Mine to Explore Geothermal Retrofit for Coal Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:08:52 +0000
DeepGEO, a multinational spent nuclear fuel (SNF) repository developer, and Copenhagen Atomics, a Danish advanced thorium reactor innovator, have signed a first-of-its-kind collaboration agreement that seeks to revolutionize the nuclear […]
The post DeepGEO, Copenhagen Atomics Sign Pact to Align Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing with Spent Fuel Management appeared first on POWER Magazine.
