Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:50:50 +0000
Bill Gates’ nuclear innovation firm TerraPower has broken ground on the non-nuclear portion of Kemmerer Unit 1, a 345-MW Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) power plant. The groundbreaking on June […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 19:59:41 +0000
Framatome and TerraPower will team to design and develop a pilot line for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) metallization, a crucial deconversion process, at Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 12:05:33 +0000
The White House has unveiled a suite of new measures aimed at slashing risks associated with new nuclear reactor development and construction, underscoring its policy push to champion nuclear. At […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:29:03 +0000
A group established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates is preparing to begin construction of a new generation of nuclear power plants in June, according to the company’s chief executive. Chris […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:49:07 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for uranium enrichment and storage services as part of a measure aimed at stimulating a domestic supply […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:45:14 +0000
Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel have together proposed a deal to supply the Czech Republic with as many as four AP1000 nuclear reactors. The proposal aims to construct one or […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:20:43 +0000
Days after Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced it would participate in a consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants, the owner and operator of South Korea’s 25 nuclear […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:16:48 +0000
In January 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) published a list of five nuclear energy stories to watch in 2022. Here’s an update on the items the NE felt were important for industry insiders to keep an eye on. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law The DOE noted in the January […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:26:42 +0000
Many experts believe small modular reactors (SMRs), which are generally classified as nuclear power reactors with an electrical output of 300 MW or less, offer great promise for supplying the world with carbon-free energy. Several SMRs designs are under development by companies around the world including NuScale Power, GE-Hitachi, Terrestrial Energy, TerraPower, Toshiba, X-energy, and […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:15:45 +0000
Regulated utility PacifiCorp has launched a joint study with nuclear technology firm TerraPower to evaluate the feasibility of deploying up to five additional Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactors (SFRs) and integrated energy storage systems at retired coal plant sites in the utility’s service territory by 2035. The joint study “will evaluate, among other things, the […]
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