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BWRX-300 Becomes First SMR to Clear Two Phases of Canadian Nuclear Design Review

March 17, 2023 admin Business, bwrx-300, Canada, design review, full coverage, International, Legal & Regulatory, licensing, news, NRC, Nuclear, Poland, smr, uk, vdr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:01:53 +0000

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 design has cleared the first two phases of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) Vendor Design Review (VDR) process, marking a first for a small modular reactor (SMR). The Canadian nuclear regulator’s VDR process is an optional pre-licensing mechanism that allows CNSC staff to give applicants feedback early in the […]

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EPA Projects Final ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ Will Result in 14 GW of Coal Retirements

March 16, 2023 admin air quality, Business, Coal, coal closures, csapr, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Gas, good neighbor plan, Legal & Regulatory, low-nox burners, Markets, NAAQS, news, NOx, over-fire air, ozone, power plants, regulations, scr, smog, sncr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:23:48 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15 issued the final “Good Neighbor Plan,” its latest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that could require coal, oil, or gas steam power plants in 22 states to reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels by 50% by 2027 compared to the 2021 ozone season. […]

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Enel and Newcleo Agree to Partner on New Gen-IV Small Modular Reactors

March 14, 2023 admin Business, enel, engineering, fast reactor, full coverage, International, newcleo, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear waste, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:58:39 +0000

The Enel Group and clean nuclear technology company newcleo signed an agreement under which they will work together on Generation IV nuclear technology projects. Under the deal, Enel will collaborate with newcleo by providing “specialized expertise” through the sharing of “a number of the company’s qualified personnel.” newcleo, for its part, will secure an option […]

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Energy Sustainability: The Emerging and Effective Use of Hydrogen

March 9, 2023 admin clean energy, climate change, Environmental, full coverage, hydrogen, International, net-zero, news, power, Renewables, Research and Development

Credit to Author: Nishant Tiwary| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:39:14 +0000

Climate change and the dangers posed to the environment by increasing levels of CO2 have led to a greater focus on a non-polluting energy source: renewable hydrogen. Described as the “most abundant clean fuel in the universe,” the application of hydrogen as a fuel for transportation, including plans for a hydrogen-powered aircraft in the next […]

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Help Wanted: Retirements and the Energy Transition Lead to Job Openings in the Power Industry

March 8, 2023 admin Business, diversity, equity, full coverage, inclusion, jobs, news, power, power podcasts, pseg, retirement, the power podcast, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 21:01:08 +0000

It seems like industry insiders have been lamenting the aging power workforce for decades. Yet, there is still a large percentage of workers in the current workforce that are retirement eligible—some studies suggest the percentage is as high as 40%. Meanwhile, the energy transition has created a large number of new jobs building and operating […]

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Vogtle 3 Reaches Initial Criticality, Marking Pivotal Nuclear Startup Milestone

March 6, 2023 admin AP1000, Business, full coverage, Georgia Power, news, Nuclear, Southern Co., Technology, timeline, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 23:59:35 +0000

Vogtle 3, one of two 1,117-MW Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors Southern Nuclear Operating Co. is building in Georgia, has reached initial criticality. The event marks a pivotal milestone for the Generation III+ pressurized water reactor (PWR)—the first of its kind built in the U.S. “Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence […]

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Entergy Picks EPC Team for Massive Hydrogen-Capable CCGT Project in Texas

March 3, 2023 admin Business, ccgt, engineering, entergy, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, mitsubishi power, news, sargent & lundy, Technology, tic

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:05:46 +0000

A 1.2-GW hydrogen-capable combined cycle power project that Entergy Texas has proposed to build in Orange County, Texas, will be spearheaded by an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) consortium led by Mitsubishi Power, Sargent & Lundy, and TIC. Construction of the $1.19 billion Orange County Advanced Power Station (OCAPS), which received the Public Utility Commission […]

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Novel UAMPS-NuScale SMR Nuclear Project Gains Participant Approval to Proceed to Next Phase

March 3, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, Business, carbon-free power project, cfpp, costs, full coverage, idaho, inl, news, Nuclear, NuScale, schedule, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:11:16 +0000

Despite a steep hike in the project cost estimate for the proposed 462-MWe Carbon-Free Power Project (CFPP), 26 of 27 public power entities have voted to continue development of the first-of-its-kind six-module NuScale Power VOYGR-6 small modular nuclear (SMR) plant. The 26 project participants—subscribers who could eventually offtake portions of the project’s power—lodged financial commitments […]

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Is a Nuclear Reactor Headed to the Heart of Your City?

March 2, 2023 admin Business, chp, cogeneration, combined heat and power, district energy, Environmental, EPRI, full coverage, microreactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Plant Design, power

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:33:33 +0000

It’s not uncommon for nuclear power plants to be sited relatively close to large metropolitan areas (within 50 miles, for example), after all, that is where the biggest loads are, but reactors are rarely placed near the center of large cities. This is mainly due to the risks associated with a meltdown, or even a […]

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X-energy and Dow Will Deploy a 320-MWe Xe-100 Nuclear Facility at Gulf Coast Site

March 2, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, ardp, Business, DOE, dow, full coverage, htgr, industrial decarbonization, Markets, news, Nuclear, supply chains, Technology, x-energy, xe-100

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:46:58 +0000

X-energy will demonstrate its four-unit 320-MWe Xe-100 advanced nuclear reactor facility under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) at a Dow site in the U.S. Gulf Coast region by the end of the decade—not in Washington State as originally planned. The shakeup stems from a joint development agreement (JDA) the nuclear […]

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