Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:45:27 +0000
A U.S. bank that supports technology exports to international groups is committing $98 million toward development of a small modular reactor (SMR) project in Romania. The board of directors of […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:44:57 +0000
Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 3). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also requires
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:08:59 +0000
Marking the first-ever revival of a nuclear power plant in the U.S., the Department of Energy (DOE) on Sept. 30 finalized a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec International to […]
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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: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:36:44 +0000
Groundbreaking has kicked off at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where Project Pele—the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) full-scale transportable microreactor prototype—will be placed for testing in 2026. When operational, the reactor […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:29:06 +0000
Google’s top executive confirmed the company is working on large-scale data centers that would use more than 1 GW of power. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in a […]
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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: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:06:16 +0000
Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use nuclear power to provide […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:52:11 +0000
Fusion energy is a promising form of power generation that aims to harness the same process that powers the sun and stars. Fusion involves combining two light atomic nuclei to […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:44:37 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Abilene Christian University (ACU) a construction permit to build its Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) facility on the university’s campus in Texas. The […]
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