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Bipartisan Nuclear Modernization Bill Clears Congress

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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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TVA Extends Deadline for Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Deal

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A Tennessee businessman now has until the end of November to finalize a two-year-old purchase agreement for the unfinished Bellefonte nuclear power plant in Alabama. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which began building the plant in 1974 but ended construction in 1988 amid a downturn in the nuclear power industry, on November 9 said it […]

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Dominion Files to Extend Operations at Surry Nuclear Plant to 80 Years

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Dominion Energy has filed an application to extend the operating licenses for two 45-year-old nuclear reactors at the Surry Power Station through 2052 and 2053—when they will be 80 years old.  Surry’s Unit 1 and 2, located near Newport News, Virginia, are three-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors (PWRs) that began operation in December 1972 and […]

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Oldest U.S. Nuclear Plant Shuts Down

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The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey, the oldest operating nuclear plant in the U.S., was shut down September 17. Workers marked the closure with a ceremony at the plant, as 400 current employees and former workers watched via a livestream as operators took the plant offline. Oyster Creek, a 625-MW single-reactor plant […]

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Oyster Creek Will Close Sept. 17; Fuel Could Remain at Site for 60 Years

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Officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 2 said Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the country’s oldest operating nuclear power plant, will officially close on September 17. They also said radioactive material is likely to remain at the site in New Jersey until at least the late 2070s, and perhaps beyond. The […]

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Oyster Creek Will Close Sept. 17; Fuel Could Remain at Site for 60 Years

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Officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 2 said Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the country’s oldest operating nuclear power plant, will officially close on September 17. They also said radioactive material is likely to remain at the site in New Jersey until at least the late 2070s, and perhaps beyond. The […]

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NuScale Boosts SMR Capacity, Making it Cost Competitive with Other Technologies

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Optimization through advanced testing and modeling tools will increase NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) capacity by 20%, which could make it “even more competitive with other electricity generation sources,” the Portland, Oregon, company announced on June 6.  The breakthrough would boost the power capacity of a 12-module SMR plant currently planned by Utah Associated Municipal […]

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NuScale Boosts SMR Capacity, Making it Cost Competitive with Other Technologies

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Optimization through advanced testing and modeling tools will increase NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) capacity by 20%, which could make it “even more competitive with other electricity generation sources,” the Portland, Oregon, company announced on June 6.  The breakthrough would boost the power capacity of a 12-module SMR plant currently planned by Utah Associated Municipal […]

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NuScale: 20% Capacity Increase Makes SMR Cost Competitive with Other Technologies

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Optimization through advanced testing and modeling tools will increase power generation by NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) by 20%, which could make it “even more competitive with other electricity generation sources,” the Portland, Oregon, company announced on June 6.  The breakthrough would boost the power capacity of a 12-module SMR plant currently planned by […]

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