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Westinghouse, CORE POWER Partner for Floating Nuclear Power Plants

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:04:41 +0000

Westinghouse Electric Co. and CORE POWER said the companies have formalized a deal for the design and development of a floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) using the Westinghouse eVinci microreactor. […]

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

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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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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

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