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Westinghouse, Radiant Secure $5M for Microreactor Tests at INL’s Pioneering DOME Testbed

November 19, 2024 admin dome, engineering, inl, microreactor, Nuclear, power, radiant, Research and Development, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:55:53 +0000

Westinghouse and Radiant Industries have secured a $5 million Department of Energy (DOE) award to advance their microreactor designs for testing at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) testbed at […]

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What Are Microreactors and How Soon Could We See One in Operation

October 22, 2024 admin full coverage, idaho national laboratory, inl, marvel, microreactor, microreactors, news, Nuclear, Plant Design, power, power podcasts, project pele, Research and Development, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:40:57 +0000

Microreactors are a class of very small modular reactors targeted for non-conventional nuclear markets. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports a variety of advanced reactor designs, including gas, liquid-metal, […]

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Project Pele, DOD’s HTGR Mobile Nuclear Microreactor, Breaks Ground

September 25, 2024 admin bwxt technologies, citrc, dod, energy security, generation iv nuclear reactor, htgr, inl, microreactor, milestone, Military, Nuclear, power, project pele, resilience, sco, Technology, triso

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:36:44 +0000

Groundbreaking has kicked off at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where Project Pele—the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) full-scale transportable microreactor prototype—will be placed for testing in 2026. When operational, the reactor […]

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

September 18, 2024 admin aalo atomics, advanced nuclear, Business, commercialization, Fuel, full coverage, idaho falls power, inl, marvel, mircoreactor, news, NRC, Nuclear, ppa, Safety, smrs, sodium-cooled reactors, Technology, triga

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

July 30, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, DOE, engineering, financing, flibe, Fuel, full coverage, gen iv reactor, hermes, inl, kairos, molten salt reactor, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear demonstration, nuclear energy, ornl, power, Research and Development, supply chains, Technology, triso

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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Nuclear Cogeneration Gains Momentum in Wyoming with New Microreactor Partnership

July 24, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, ardp, banr, burns & mcdonnell, Business, BWXT, cogeneration, data centers, DOE, engineering, finance, full coverage, inl, Markets, microreactor, Mining, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, Power Demand, remote power, Technology, trends, triso, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:08:05 +0000

Engineering giant Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with nuclear technology specialist BWXT Technologies to advance the design and development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor (BANR). The […]

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INL Achieves Fabrication of Commercial-Grade Specialized Nuclear Fuel Pellets

November 22, 2023 admin accident tolerant fuel, centrus, DOE, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, inl, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:24:32 +0000

In early 2023, INL researchers fabricated roughly two dozen pellets of uranium dioxide (UO2) high-assay low-enriched uranium at the lab’s Experimental Fuels Facility at the Material and Fuels Complex. “These HALEU uranium dioxide fuel pellets are about the size of a gummy bear, seen here next to an INL business card,” the lab noted. Source: INL

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has fabricated roughly two dozen commercial-grade fuel pellets of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) uranium dioxide (UO2), the Department of Energy (DOE) revealed on Nov. 20. The […]

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The POWER Interview: DOE’s Unique New Advanced Nuclear Reactor Test Beds

November 16, 2023 admin DOE, dome, inl, Interview, lotus, news, nric, Nuclear, Research and Development, test beds

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:12:01 +0000

The DOE’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has since 2021 set out to refurbish EBR II (which operated from 1964 – 1994) as a new test bed for higher thermal power reactor projects. The Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is a demonstration platform that is flexible enough to test four to five advanced reactors. Testing could begin in 2026. Source: DOE

In October, the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) kicked off a ceremony to repurpose the iconic Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) containment structure at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as a new […]

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‘Incredible Milestone’ Reached on MARVEL Microreactor Enables Project to Proceed

October 11, 2023 admin DOE, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, idaho national laboratory, inl, marvel, microgrid, microreactor, news, Nuclear, Plant Design, power, r&d, Research and Development, Technology, triga

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:01:23 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) MARVEL microreactor achieved 90% final design, a key step that will allow the project to move forward with preparation for fabrication and construction. “This […]

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Nuclear Power Is Making a Comeback: What Will It Take to See Meaningful Growth?

October 3, 2023 admin Business, bwrx-300, full coverage, ge hitachi, idaho national laboratory, inl, International, marvel, microreactor, nano nuclear energy, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, opg, Plant Design, power, project pele, Research and Development, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology, TVA, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:16:00 +0000

There are many reasons for the nuclear power industry to feel optimistic about the future. For example, the entry of Vogtle Unit 3 into commercial operation on July 31 was a significant milestone and one worth

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