Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 16:52:09 +0000
It’s welcome that the U.S. House of Representatives in April revived policy discussions over nuclear waste. Our organizations support nuclear energy as a tool of economic opportunity and emissions reduction, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 14:01:40 +0000
A year after EPRI and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) unveiled the first phase of their Advanced Reactor Roadmap, the nuclear industry and its stakeholders have rallied to make significant […]
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Credit to Author: Stephanie Irwin| Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 20:48:43 +0000
The College of Engineering at Tennessee Tech University announced on May 21 the launch of its Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering degree program, only the second such program currently […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 23:04:16 +0000
Wildfires have had a devastating impact on California and on the state’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). PG&E’s equipment has been linked to several major wildfires in […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 20:01:56 +0000
All regions across the bulk power system (BPS) are generally prepared to meet resource adequacy criteria to meet normal peak demand this summer, but ongoing concerns about extreme weather events, […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 13:48:31 +0000
EPRI, in collaboration with Southern Company and Storworks, has recently completed testing of a pilot concrete thermal energy storage (CTES) system at Alabama Power’s Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating plant […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 12:15:44 +0000
The U.S. has officially exceeded five million solar installations, marking a significant achievement in the nation’s clean energy transition. This milestone comes just eight years after the U.S. reached one […]
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Credit to Author: Phil Cruver| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 18:03:51 +0000
For more than a century, fossil fuel companies have drilled oil and gas wells to increase the production, consumption, and export of fossil fuels. These wells are often abandoned once […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 18:57:51 +0000
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and its remote grid program received an honorable mention in the Energy category of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards. Winners were announced […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 12:55:43 +0000
It’s no secret that the U.S. electric power system has undergone a remarkable transition that continues today. Coal-fired generation, which was the leading source of power generation during the 20th […]
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