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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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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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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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:58:06 +0000
Westinghouse has revealed it is designing a transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring an eVinci microreactor with Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy, aiming to deliver a first project in Canada […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:10:01 +0000
Westinghouse’s first customer for its eVinci microreactor—a flagship 5-MWe/13 MWth “nuclear battery”—is poised to be the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Canada’s second-largest research and technology organization. The commercial laboratory that […]
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:31:27 +0000
There are many reasons to be optimistic about the prospects for nuclear energy. As a carbon-free energy source, it is a great option for power generation in a world trying […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:52:44 +0000
The Department of Defense (DOD) has moved to develop a second transportable microreactor under Project Pele, granting X-energy a contract option to develop an enhanced engineering design. The one-year contract […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:55:21 +0000
BWX Technologies (BWXT) said it was awarded a “two-phase, two-year contract” with the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in the state to […]
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