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Nuclear Fuel Facility Unveiled for Natrium Fast Reactor Demonstration

October 27, 2022 admin Business, DOE, full coverage, geh, gnf-a, haleu, natrium, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, triso-x, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:11:52 +0000

A fuel fabrication facility that will create reliable fuel for TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) 345-MWe Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactor (SFR) demonstration in Wyoming and future Natrium nuclear plants is taking shape at Global Nuclear Fuel–Americas’ (GNF-A’s) nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. GNF-A, a 2007-established GE-led joint venture with […]

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U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing May Be Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

October 27, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, advanced nuclear fuel, argonne, Business, curio, DOE, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, International, mox, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oklo, pyroprocessing, recycling, reprocessing, separation, supply chains, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:47:24 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has ramped up efforts to explore recycling spent nuclear fuel (SNF), or used nuclear fuel (UNF), from the nation’s fleet of light water reactors (LWRs), doling out $38 million in federal awards to a dozen projects on Oct. 21. Teams will receive funding under the DOE’s March 2022–launched “Converting UNF […]

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Pilot Advanced Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Facility Opens

August 25, 2022 admin Business, fcm, Fuel, full coverage, mmr, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oak ridge, Technology, triso, ultra safe nuclear, usnc

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:13:11 +0000

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. has opened a pilot fuel manufacturing facility that will produce TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) coated fuel particles and the company’s proprietary fuel for use in its high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR). The Pilot Fuel Manufacturing (PFM) facility, located at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is one of the […]

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Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Valuable Resource—Not a Waste

August 1, 2022 admin DOE, Environmental, Fuel, fuel rods, full coverage, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, Safety, snf, Spent nuclear fuel

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:17:34 +0000

Did you know that more than 90% of the potential energy that exists in fuel rods when they’re loaded into commercial nuclear reactors still remains in the fuel after five years of operation? Well, that’s

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[UPDATED] Researchers Say SMRs Will Produce More Waste Than Large Nuclear Reactors, NuScale Disputes Claim

June 10, 2022 admin full coverage, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear waste disposal, NuScale, Plant Design, r&d, radioactive waste, research, Research and Development, Safety, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Stanford, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:54:36 +0000

Findings from research led by a team that included a former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairperson and experts from Stanford University suggests small modular reactors (SMRs) will generate more radioactive waste than conventional gigawatt-scale nuclear units. The results were released in a research article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences […]

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Researchers Say SMRs Will Produce More Waste Than Large Nuclear Reactors, NuScale Disputes Claim

June 2, 2022 admin full coverage, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear waste disposal, NuScale, Plant Design, r&d, radioactive waste, research, Research and Development, Safety, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Stanford, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:06:36 +0000

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There’s Value in Old Power Generation Components

May 2, 2022 admin arthur d. little, blocks, bricks, Coal, coal combustion residuals, distributed energy, fly ash, Gas, ge, globe metal, Hydro, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, offshore wind, recycling, reuse, sidley, siemens gamesa renewable energy, Solar, solar panels, we recycle solar, Wind, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 04:18:00 +0000

Equipment from both renewable and thermal energy power plants is finding new life in the recycling market. The market for recycled power equipment components is getting a boost due to ongoing global supply

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Pressure on U.S. Nuclear Power Could Mount if Sanctions Imposed on Russian Uranium

March 10, 2022 admin Business, CERAweek, Fuel, full coverage, geopolitical, International, Legislative, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, Russia, Safety, Technology, Ukraine, uranium

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:14:04 +0000

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ensuing sanctions may have a limited immediate impact on the U.S. nuclear industry, despite its reliance on uranium imports. Potential implications over the longer term, however, require urgent action, officials from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said. NEI CEO and President Maria Korsnick told reporters at the ongoing CERAWeek by […]

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Exclusive: Why Oklo’s Demonstration of HALEU Could Be Groundbreaking for New Nuclear

February 20, 2020 admin aurora reactor, Business, DOE, downblending, eletrometallurgical process, enriched uranium, Fuel, haleu, heu, inl, Markets, micro-reactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oklo, Research and Development, supply chains, Technology, uranium enrichment, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:06:59 +0000

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In an exclusive interview, executives from Silicon Valley–based Oklo, a company Idaho National Laboratory (INL) chose this week to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind use of recycled high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel in its full-size Aurora micro-reactor, told POWER that the project could have broad implications for the future of nuclear power. Marking a significant boost for […]

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MOX Nuclear Fuel Loaded in Russian Reactor, More to Come

January 28, 2020 admin Department of Energy, DOE, Fuel, International, mixed-oxide fuel, mox, mox fuel fabrication facility, national nuclear security administration, news, nnsa, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant, O&M, Plant Design, rosatom, Russia, Safety, savannah river, tvel

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:45:33 +0000

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Power plant engineers have loaded 18 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies in Unit 4 at the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Distinct from traditional nuclear fuel with enriched uranium, MOX fuel pellets are based on the mix of nuclear fuel cycle derivatives, such as plutonium oxide bred in commercial reactors and uranium oxide […]

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