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NRC Dramatically Reconsiders SLR Approvals, Sets New Conditions for Nuclear Life Extensions

March 3, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, license renewals, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear lifetimes, peach bottom, slrs, subsequent license renewals, turkey point

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:30:30 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in a dramatic reversal on Feb. 24 threw out a key environmental review that staff applied to subsequent license renewal (SLR) approvals for units at Turkey Point and Peach Bottom nuclear plants in 2019 and 2020, deeming their applications “incomplete.” In a series of orders, the federal regulatory agency’s three […]

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Exelon’s Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Licensed for 80 Years—Will It Make It?

March 17, 2020 admin Business, courts, Environmental, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, license extension, Markets, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, nuclear subsidies, peach bottom

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:31:18 +0000

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted a 20-year license extension for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3. The extension authorizes the two reactors—both of which began commercial operation in 1974—to continue operating through 2054. “We are pleased with the NRC’s decision to grant a subsequent license renewal for Peach Bottom Units […]

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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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Energy Northwest Study Makes a Case for SMRs in Future Power Mix

February 4, 2020 admin batteries, Business, Carbon Capture, climate change, Coal, e3, energy northwest, Energy Storage, Environmental, foak, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, news, noak, northwest, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear relicensing, NuScale, Renewables, smrs, Solar, study, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:10:39 +0000

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Deep decarbonization of the U.S. Northwest can be achieved at “manageable” costs by 2045, but only if utility agency Energy Northwest secures zero-emitting firm capacity, such as by relicensing Columbia Generating Station—the sole nuclear plant in the region—and building small modular reactors (SMRs), a new study suggests. The study by San Francisco-based consulting group Energy […]

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GEH Launches NRC Licensing Process for BWRX-300, an ESBWR-Derived SMR

January 30, 2020 admin Business, bwr, bwrx-300, esbwr, Gas, geh, History, International, news, NRC, Nuclear, NuScale, Plant Design, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:28:11 +0000

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Marking another major milestone for U.S.-based small modular reactor (SMR) development, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) said it has formally begun the regulatory licensing process for its BWRX-300, a 300-MW water-cooled nuclear technology that it claims could be competitive with natural gas power. The company revealed on Jan. 30 that it submitted the first licensing […]

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Top 6 Nuclear Power Achievements of the Year

December 27, 2019 admin academik lomonosov, acpr-1000, AP1000, Business, cgn, Clinch River, EDF, EPR, Georgia Power, Instrumentation & Controls, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale Power, O&M, Plant Design, power plant, reactor, rosatom, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Southern Company, Taishan, Technology, tennessee valley authority, TVA, Vogtle, yangjiang

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:34:04 +0000

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The past year has been filled with firsts for the nuclear power industry. Three power plants sporting first-of-a-kind reactors entered commercial operation, while the first U.S. AP1000 nuclear project reached key milestones on its path to completion. Furthermore, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted the first early site permit for a utility to construct […]

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Joint U.S-Canadian Advanced Nuclear Review May Focus on Terrestrial’s Molten Salt Reactor, NuScale SMR

December 12, 2019 admin advanced nuclear, Business, cnsc, Fuel, holtec, hydrogen, imsr, International, joint collaboration, kairos, Markets, mmr, molten salt, news, NRC, Nuclear, NuScale, Safety, smr, Technology, terrestrial, usnc

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:47:21 +0000

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Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), a 195-MWe Generation IV nuclear technology, and NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) may be the focus of the first joint technical review by U.S. and Canadian nuclear regulators in a bid to boost their regulatory effectiveness as more advanced reactors and SMRs trundle toward commercialization. Rumina Velshi, president […]

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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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POWER Digest—September 2019

September 3, 2019 admin chp, Croatia, fuel cells, geothermal, hi-star, hydrogen, Kenya, mozambique, news, notebook, NRC, Nuclear, Solar, Uncategorized, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Kenya Launches Africa’s Largest Wind Farm. Kenya in July began operating the 310-MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) facility, which the government said is Africa’s largest wind power farm. The LTWP project

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Applying IEEE 1584 in Power Generation Facilities

July 31, 2019 admin arc flash, browns ferry, Coal, eaton, Gas, ieee 1584, ieee 1584-2018, maintenance, news, NRC, Nuclear, O&M, operations, Renewables, Safety

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

An arc flash is the explosive energy released when an electrical fault causes an arc. This rapid release of energy causes excessive temperatures in addition to air and metal in the path of the arc expanding

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