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China Hits EV Target 10 Years Early, Still Hasn’t Reached 2020 Nuclear Target

December 28, 2024 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, Nuclear, nuclear energy, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:20:27 +0000

On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric. Per projections from HSBC, … [continued]

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Flamanville 3 Reactor Online in France After 12-Year Delay

December 22, 2024 admin EPR, flamanville 3, France, International, Macron, news, Nuclear, power, reactor

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:56:36 +0000

The largest nuclear reactor in France is finally providing power to the country’s grid, more than a decade after it was expected to enter commercial operation. Flamanville 3, an EPR […]

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Nuclear Startup Seeks Contractors for 6 GW of New Generation

December 20, 2024 admin Business, news, Nuclear, power, solicitation, the nuclear company

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:20:36 +0000

The Nuclear Company, which plans to deploy 6 GW of fleet-scale nuclear power across America, on Dec. 19 announced the issuance of a solicitation of interest to contractors in engineering, […]

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Virginia Officials Say State Will Be Home to World’s First Fusion Power Plant

December 18, 2024 admin cfs, chesterfield, commonwealth fusion systems, data centers, engineering, fusion, news, Nuclear, Plant Design, power, Power Demand, Research and Development, Technology, tokomak, Virginia

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:50:26 +0000

Virginia’s governor and other officials on Dec. 17 said the state has a plan for the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on Tuesday announced it […]

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Another Big Data Center Win for Nuclear: Oklo and Switch Sign Historic 12 GW Deal

December 18, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, Business, clean energy, data centers, google, news, Nuclear, oklo, power, ppas, Renewables, smrs, sustainability, switch, tech industry, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:15:49 +0000

Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has partnered with Switch, a Las Vegas-based data center designer, builder, and operator, to deploy 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses through 2044 in a historic deal […]

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AtkinsRéalis Will Be Owner’s Engineer for Energy Northwest’s SMR

December 12, 2024 admin atkinsrealis, Business, energy northwest, news, Nuclear, smr, x-energy

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:43:52 +0000

AtkinsRéalis Group, a Canada-based global engineering services and nuclear company, on Dec. 12 said it has been chosen as the owner’s engineer for Energy Northwest’s small modular reactor (SMR) project […]

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How Nuclear Power Could Help Decarbonize Industrial Steam Needs

December 12, 2024 admin Business, combined heat and power, decarbonize, dow, Fuel, full coverage, industrial, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Plant Design, power, power podcasts, Small Modular Reactor, smr, steam, x-energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:43:26 +0000

Steam is used for a wide variety of critical processes across many industrial sectors. For example, the food and beverage industry uses steam for sterilization of food processing equipment; cooking, […]

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Six Companies Tapped for $2.7 Billion LEU Push to Boost Domestic Nuclear Fuel Supply

December 11, 2024 admin advanced nuclear technologies, Business, domestic uranium enrichment, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, leu supply chain, low-enriched uranium, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear reactors, u.s. department of energy, uranium enrichment capacity, uranium imports ban

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:27:02 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named six companies that will compete for 10-year contracts totaling $2.7 billion for the supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to support the nation’s […]

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Russia Advances REMIX Fuel Trials in Boost for Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle

December 6, 2024 admin advanced nuclear energy, balanced nuclear fuel cycle, Business, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel cycle, radioactive waste reduction, remix fuel, Research and Development, rosatom, Safety, Spent nuclear fuel, tvel, uranium-plutonium recycling, vver-1000 reactor

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:29:52 +0000

Russia has launched its third cycle of testing innovative uranium-plutonium REMIX fuel at the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant in Saratov Oblast, a key step that advances the closed nuclear fuel […]

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Tech Giant Meta Seeking Nuclear Power to Support Data Centers

December 4, 2024 admin Amazon, data centers, google, meta, microsoft, natural gas, news, Nuclear, power, Power Demand, rfp, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:42:45 +0000

Facebook parent Meta wants to find developers that can provide nuclear reactors to support electricity demand from the tech company’s data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. The group said […]

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