Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:27:37 +0000
The UK government has narrowed its shortlist of technologies competing in its flagship Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition to four candidates. On Sept. 25, it announced that Westinghouse, GE-Hitachi Nuclear […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:31:46 +0000
Pennsylvania has been a hotspot for nuclear power since the advent of commercial nuclear power, which it pioneered with first power from the 60-MW Shippingport Atomic Power Station near Pittsburgh […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:11:04 +0000
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said generation capacity of nuclear power worldwide is expected to rise more than the group previously expected, to as much as 950 GW of […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:25:19 +0000
While global nuclear power capacity has remained at a consistent level over the past decade, newly released data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggests that more than two-thirds […]
The post IAEA: Aging Nuclear Fleet Warrants Reactor Life Extensions, Much More New Capacity appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:05:51 +0000
State-run China Energy News reported that officials on August 19 approved construction of 11 nuclear reactors across the country, part of a wave of new reactors that could see China […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:52:44 +0000
Former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who is now a senior policy advisor for the law firm Van Ness Feldman and co-chair of the Natural Allies Leadership Council, is keen […]
The post Landrieu: Natural Gas Is ‘Not the Enemy, It Is Part of the Solution’ to Achieving Climate Goals appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:46:19 +0000
Nuclear power has consistently provided about 19% to 20% of total annual U.S. electricity generation since 1990. It provides significant amounts of electricity in many other countries as well. According […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:39:38 +0000
Adding new reactors to the U.S.’s fleet of nuclear power plants doesn’t happen every day. In fact, prior to the addition of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4, it hadn’t been done from scratch in decades
The post Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Win <i>POWER’s</i> Plant of the Year Award appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:52:34 +0000
Southern Nuclear, a subsidiary of Southern Company and operator of more than 8.2 GW of nuclear power capacity, said it has completed the installation of lead test assemblies with additively […]
The post First-Ever Additively Manufactured Debris-Filtering Bottom Nozzles Installed at Farley Nuclear Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:46:13 +0000
The U.S. Senate has passed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, sweeping legislation that seeks to promote U.S. nuclear leadership, accelerate advanced nuclear technology […]
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