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Myhrvold Pushes Advanced Nuclear at NRC Conference

March 12, 2019 admin International, light water reactor, nathan myhrvold, news, NRC, Nuclear, reactor technology, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:34:15 +0000

Nathan Myhrvold, the long-time polymath idea man for Bill Gates, his former boss at Microsoft, on March 12 told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) annual regulatory information conference, “Energy is the fulcrum that gives leverage to human ingenuity.” Nuclear, he said, must be a large part of providing that leverage to the world. Myhrvold, speaking […]

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NRC Greenlights Final Rule Governing Nuclear Plant Mitigation of Severe Events

January 25, 2019 admin backlit rule, Business, containment venting, fukushima, Legal & Regulatory, mitigation strategies, news, NRC, Nuclear, Physical security, rulemaking, Safety, spent fuel instrumentation

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:19:31 +0000

A final rule the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to publish this spring to replace pivotal actions it issued after the Fukushima accident will require U.S. nuclear generators to ensure they can mitigate severe events at reactors within a two-year compliance timeframe. More than three years after it was proposed, the NRC’s five commissioners on […]

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DOE Designates Part of UAMPS SMR Plant for Research, Self-Power

January 3, 2019 admin Business, DOE, idaho national lab, jump program, news, NRC, Nuclear, NuScale, Research and Development, smr research, smrs, Technology, uamps

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:24:34 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) wants to use two of 12 modules at the NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) plant that Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems intends to build at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). One module will be used strictly for research, development, and demonstration activities under the newly launched Joint Use Modular […]

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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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TVA Extends Deadline for Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Deal

November 11, 2018 admin ALABAMA, bellefonte, Business, DOE, franklin haney, Legal & Regulatory, light & water, memphis gas, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear development llc, TVA

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

October 18, 2018 admin Business, Dominion, Legal & Regulatory, license, news, north anna, NRC, Nuclear, operation, peach bottom, slr, surry, turkey point, Virginia

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

September 17, 2018 admin Business, DOE, EIA, Exelon, New Jersey, New York, news, nine mile point, NRC, Nuclear, oyster creek, Pennsylvania, Vogtle

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

July 3, 2018 admin decommissioning, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, news, nine mile point, NRC, Nuclear, oyster creek, Yucca Mountain

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

July 3, 2018 admin decommissioning, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, news, nine mile point, NRC, Nuclear, oyster creek, Yucca Mountain

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

June 6, 2018 admin news, NRC, Nuclear, NuScale, smr, uamps

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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