A Breakdown of Cuba’s Grid Collapse and Recovery Efforts

Credit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:05:01 +0000

Cuba is in the throes of a severe energy crisis, driven by fuel supply disruptions and compounded by obstacles in securing vital technologies and supplies needed to modernize and operate […]

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Figure 1: Power situation in Cuba as of Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Source: Amaury Perez

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DOE Selects Four Companies to Boost U.S. HALEU Enrichment for Advanced Nuclear

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:18:45 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded contracts with a total potential value of $8 million to four nuclear fuel companies to further U.S. enrichment capabilities for high-assay, low-enriched […]

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DOE Releases $900M to Spur Gen III+ Nuclear SMR Deployment, Targets Two ‘First Mover’ Projects

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:07:06 +0000

A $900 million funding opportunity released by the Department of Energy (DOE) on Oct. 16 seeks to spur “first mover” teams that could deploy the first two Gen III+ light […]

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Breakthrough for sCO2 Power Cycle as STEP Demo Completes Phase 1 of 10-MW Project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:02:04 +0000

In a significant breakthrough for the development of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycles, the 10-MWe Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant in San Antonio, Texas, has wrapped […]

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The 10-megawatt (MWe) Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant in San Antonio, Texas, has successfully completed phase 1 testing, demonstrating operability, efficiency, and commercial readiness of the supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycle.

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Billions in Federal Funding Earmarked for Power Plant CCS Projects: Here’s a Snapshot

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:13:00 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled plans on Sept. 27 to inject $1.3 billion into its portfolio of federally funded carbon capture demonstration and large-scale pilot programs by the end […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: Hydrogen Cofiring at U.S. Gas Power Plants (Infographic)

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:48:51 +0000

While natural gas power accounted for 43% of total U.S. power generation in 2023, several state and federal policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions are bolstering interest in hydrogen […]

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ACU Secures NRC Permit to Build Research Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:44:37 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Abilene Christian University (ACU) a construction permit to build its Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) facility on the university’s campus in Texas. The […]

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Idaho Falls Power Negotiating PPA for MARVEL-Inspired Aalo-1 Nuclear Fleet

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:33:02 +0000

Municipal power utility Idaho Falls Power (IFP) has announced it is negotiating a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aalo Atomics, a 2022-founded nuclear engineering firm inspired by Idaho National Laboratory […]

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Aalo Atomics’ Aalo-1 reactor is a non-pressurized, pool-type reactor using the simple and robust safety profile of sodium-cooled reactors. Courtesy: Aalo Atomics

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BWXT Secures Contract to Advance Domestic Uranium Enrichment Pilot Plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:12:31 +0000

BWXT Technologies has won a contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to evaluate options for deploying a centrifuge pilot plant that could establish a new domestic uranium enrichment […]

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Cascade of gas centrifuges used to enrich uranium. This 1984 photograph is of the gas centrifuge plant in Piketon, Ohio. Courtesy: U.S. Photonics, Inc/NRC/Flickr

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Another Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor Begins Construction in the U.S.

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:31:00 +0000

Construction of Hermes, Kairos Power’s 35-MWth iterative non-power demonstration molten salt nuclear reactor, has officially kicked off in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The effort marks another major step for the burgeoning advanced […]

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