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Oklo Microreactor Is INL’s Pick for First-of-a Kind HALEU-Fueled Nuclear Demonstration

February 19, 2020 admin advanced reactors, batelle, Business, DOE, downblending, haleu, inl, Markets, micro-reactor, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, oklo, Research and Development, Technology, u-235

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:51:24 +0000

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Oklo, developer of a 1.5-MW passive compact fast reactor, will be the first to receive high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) nuclear fuel from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to aid a first-of-its-kind demonstration of its Aurora microreactor, which could begin in 2024. Marking a significant boost for advanced nuclear innovation, which industry experts are banking on to […]

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Mixed Reactions to FERC’s Recent MOPR Order from Power Generators

December 28, 2019 admin america's power, appa, awea, Business, climate change, Coal, courts, Environmental, epsa, Exelon, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, nei, news, nrdc, Nuclear, pjm, Power Demand, Renewables, seia, Sierra Club, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:27:40 +0000

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On Dec. 19, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed PJM Interconnection to dramatically expand its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) to nearly all state-subsidized capacity resources. It’s the latest of a series of dramatic revisions to the grid operator’s rule, which essentially functions to provide a minimum offer screening process to bar new market […]

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NRC Issues First Subsequent License Renewals, Extends Nuclear Reactor Life to 80 Years

December 11, 2019 admin aging fleet, Business, DOE, fleet, fpl, modifications, nei, news, north anna, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear retirements, O&M, peach botton, replacements, Research and Development, Safety, surry, Technology, turkey point, upgrades

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:17:57 +0000

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Marking a major milestone for the U.S. nuclear power sector, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has for the first time issued license renewals that authorize nuclear reactor operation beyond 60 years and up to 80 years. The regulatory body on Dec. 5 issued subsequent license renewals (SLRs) for Units 3 and 4 at Florida Power […]

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Nuclear Waste Bill Gains Traction in the House

November 21, 2019 admin House of Representatives, Legislative, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, Spent nuclear fuel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:44:58 +0000

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A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982 and give the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to site, build, and operate one or more interim storage sites that would consolidate spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from decommissioned nuclear reactors has passed out of committee and been reported to the full House […]

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Ohio Enacts Controversial Bill to Subsidize Nuclear, Coal, and Slash Renewable Standard

July 23, 2019 admin acore, awea, Coal, Gas, nei, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, ovec, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:42:29 +0000

Ohio’s Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on July 23 quickly signed a controversial nuclear subsidy bill that narrowly passed the state’s House of Representatives on Tuesday, making Ohio the fifth state in the nation to prop up nuclear power. Lawmakers passed H.B. 6 with a 51–38 vote Tuesday. The bill passed the state Senate on July […]

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Facing Urgency, DOE Moves to Demonstrate HALEU Fuel Production Capability for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

January 10, 2019 admin advanced reactors, Business, centrifuge, centrus, DOE, economics, existing nuclear fleet, Fuel, high-enriched fuel, light water reactors, microreactors, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, Research and Development, small modular reactors, Technology, uranium, usec

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:30:33 +0000

To propel interest and bolster development of advanced nuclear reactor designs, the Department of Energy (DOE) will demonstrate—by October 2020—the production of high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel in a first-of-its-kind $115 million project at the agency’s uranium enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio. HALEU is nuclear fuel that is enriched to a higher degree […]

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Bipartisan Nuclear Modernization Bill Clears Congress

December 27, 2018 admin accident tolerant fuel, advanced nuclear technology, baffle bolts, Business, Fuel, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear licensing, nuclear plant modernization, reactors, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:24:36 +0000

A bipartisan bill to modernize regulation of the nation’s nuclear power fleet passed in the U.S. Senate on Dec. 20 and the House on Dec. 21 without much opposition. It now heads to President Trump. S.512, better known as the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), seeks to provide a program to develop […]

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Industry Groups to Congress: Inaction on Nuclear Waste Not an Option

December 6, 2018 admin DOE, Fuel, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, Spent nuclear fuel, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:28:16 +0000

Fifteen notable industry groups have urged Congressional leaders to act on the federal used nuclear fuel program, noting no progress on the Yucca Mountain repository license application and consolidated interim storage is “untenable.” The broad coalition of labor unions, state public service commissioners, clean energy organizations, and energy trade associations told U.S. House and Senate […]

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Big Gains for Tiny Nuclear Reactors

November 3, 2018 admin AP1000, Business, cgn, China, Defense, dod, evinci, general atomics, haleu, India, International, Markets, micro-reactors, nei, news, Nuclear, NuScale, oklo, Pakistan, Plant Design, Research and Development, siberia, Taishan, Technology, triso, urenco, Westinghouse, x-energy

As the hubbub of interest and activity surrounds development of small modular reactors (SMRs) hovering between 60 MW and 300 MW, and medium-sized nuclear reactors of under 700 MW, several nuclear technology

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