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Centrus, Oklo Set Out to Solidify HALEU Fuel Cycle, Trade Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel

August 28, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, advanced nuclear fuel, american centrifuge plant, aurora powerhouse, Business, centrus, deconversion, DOE, enrichment, full coverage, haleu, Markets, microreactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear industry, oklo, Power Demand, supply chain, supply chains, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:40:45 +0000

Centrus, a firm poised to demonstrate high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production, will partner with microreactor technology developer Oklo on several pioneering steps to build out the HALEU front-end supply chain, […]

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DOE: MARVEL Microreactor Prototype Installed, Gearing Up for Testing

May 25, 2023 admin DOE, engineering, inl, marvel, microreactor, news, Nuclear, prototype, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 18:21:22 +0000

A full-scale electrically heated prototype of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 100-kWth MARVEL nuclear microreactor has been successfully installed at a facility in New Freedom, Pennsylvania, and is readying for […]

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Searching for Advanced Nuclear Power Technology? Look to Idaho

May 2, 2023 admin engineering, idaho national laboratory, inl, marvel, microreactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Plant Design, power, r&d, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:17:50 +0000

It might surprise many people to learn that nearly every operating reactor in the world has technological roots in Idaho. The fact is, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), which was known as the National

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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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NASA Picks Three Nuclear Power Concepts for Demonstration on the Moon

June 23, 2022 admin battelle, Business, engineering, fission, fission surface power, full coverage, inl, lunar power, microreactor, nasa, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, space power, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:38:28 +0000

Three teams comprising some of the most prominent engineering and technology firms in the U.S. will provide initial designs for a fission surface power (FSP) system as part of a federal project to demonstrate a 40-kW nuclear reactor for power applications on the moon. NASA and Battelle Energy Alliance—the contracted entity that manages and operates […]

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DOD Picks BWXT Design for ‘Project Pele’ Prototype Nuclear Microreactor

June 9, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, BWXT, defense microreactor, dod, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, htgr, microreactor, news, Nuclear, project pele, Research and Development, Safety, sco, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:10:44 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) has picked BWX Technologies’ (BWXT’s) microreactor design for its “Project Pele” full-scale transportable prototype. The selection closes out a much-watched contest with X-energy for the contract from the DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) to build and operate what could be the nation’s first advanced microreactor. Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT will now […]

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DOE’s Decision to Build Versatile Test Reactor Coming Soon

May 18, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, DOE, fast neutron, full coverage, inl, Legislative, microreactor, news, Nuclear, ornl, Research and Development, Technology, vtr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:53:50 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is poised to decide whether it will build the 300-MWth Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), a fast neutron national user facility that could provide the nuclear industry with a much-needed high-performance testing capability for advanced reactors and existing commercial reactors. The DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) on May 13 released […]

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INL Mulling Building New Nuclear Reactor to Energize Net-Zero Campus Microgrid

April 29, 2022 admin Business, Climate, climate change, Environmental, full coverage, inl, microgrid, microreactor, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, SCIENCE, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:30:48 +0000

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is exploring designing, building, and operating an onsite nuclear reactor resource as part of a broader effort to achieve net-zero emissions at its sprawling campus in Idaho Falls by 2031. Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), an entity that manages and operates the Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, on April 29 launched […]

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Green Light for Project Pele, Defense Department’s Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Demonstration

April 21, 2022 admin BWXT, Distributed Generation, distributed power, dod, DOE, engineering, full coverage, haleu, htgr, microreactor, news, Nuclear, project pele, Research and Development, Technology, triso, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:29:06 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) will push forward on Project Pele, a much-watched mobile microreactor prototype, and demonstrate its full operation for a minimum of three years at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) on April 15 formally released a record of decision (ROD) to proceed with the program, […]

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